http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/ Engadget HD Comments for Over 100,000 standalone HD DVD players sold in North America http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/
Kidding, kidding. :)

Of course individual writers have their biases, but you guys have been pretty fair throughout format-war hell, and I appreciate it.

-Pie]]>Apr 18th 2007 11:39AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/Apr 18th 2007 12:00PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/Apr 18th 2007 12:08PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/
Get a standalone player for under $250. Take a small loss to get ahead if you have to. The rewards of having the winning format will more than make up for a few months of small profits.

Pony up some cash and get the rights to release Disney (Buena Vista), Fox, Lionsgate, and MGM films. Sony is killing you with studio support!

The HD-DVD discs are cheaper to make than Blu-Ray right? Then why do they cost the same for %75 of the movies available for both formats??? Get the price of ALL HD-DVD movies between $20-$25!

Seriously, with as big of a head start as HD-DVD got they've kind of dropped the ball. I personally could care less which format eventually wins out - whatever is affordable and well supported will get my vote. It just pains me to see that HD-DVD is letting so many opportunites slip away. ]]>Apr 18th 2007 1:45PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/Apr 18th 2007 4:14PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/ Actually Casino Royal shipped 100,000 they had sold less than 30k copies, this is according to sony's own neilson scan report. A copy can be found here http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=142774 - (funny thing the original post of the report from digital bits is MIA) apparently Sony figured people could read - and thus consumers figured out Sony is being deceptive in the numbers they share in press releases - Casino Royal is not the best selling BD title - it's actually The Departed - as of 3/18 CR had sold 28,000 copies - 10,000 less than The Departed. This was reported after Sony made such a big deal of how well CR did.... Lies, all Lies from sony - good marketing though BS has never been so edible...]]>Apr 18th 2007 4:42PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/Apr 18th 2007 4:16PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/Apr 18th 2007 5:50PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/
I can't wait to see what holiday prices are going to be. I see a $250 player by then Timezones. Maybe under $220 at Costco and Sams.]]>Apr 18th 2007 7:10PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/Apr 18th 2007 7:27PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/Apr 18th 2007 9:04PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/
BD will die if people see a comparable, or greater, selection of HD-DVD titles and the box to play them is $100 cheaper. Sony can enjoy their PS3 high, but they better get some competitively priced stand alone players to market or BD will join the long list of other Sony formats that didn't survive.]]>Apr 19th 2007 1:06AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/18/over-100-000-standalone-hd-dvd-players-sold-in-north-america/Over where Steve?
Over there... do you hear it?
I don't here squat Steve, I think you're losing it dude.

No listen... listen carefully... if you don't hear it then you are a Blu-Ray owner, because us HD-DVD'ers are hearing and watching the lobby scene of the first Matrix movie like never before. Whoa... my SVS cylinder sub is really going to take a pounding once I get back from vacation. Damn straight!!! I hope I have the discs for Memorial Day.

Guys... please... let's talk trash about HD-DVD when The Matrix hits the street and then let's talk about IF BD even gets it this year.

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