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Of course sales are up big time. Why wouldn't they be?

The BD hardware user base was almost non-existent this time last year.

A whole year of HDM hardware sales and a large increase in the s/w library are the main reasons.

I'm sure the HD DVD sales are up as well. Not bad for a dead format.]]>Apr 22nd 2008 3:03PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/Apr 22nd 2008 3:05PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/
Not obvious at all. MUCH more obvious is the fact that in Jan 2007 there were only the initial PS3s available as players and the disc selection was minuscule. At the beginning of January 2007, HD DVD had a wide wide lead -- about to fall to the PS3, of course, but the to-date numbers were all HD DVD.

Now, if there are numbers showing BD up Q1 vs Q4 (or even close), then maybe. But attributing the Q1 vs Q1 numbers to one of two major events (HDDVD dying in January and the actual introduction of BD at the end of 2006) is nonsense. The cause is mixed and nothing is "obvious."]]>Apr 22nd 2008 3:09PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/Apr 22nd 2008 3:12PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/Apr 22nd 2008 3:12PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/Apr 22nd 2008 4:59PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/Apr 22nd 2008 3:30PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/Apr 22nd 2008 4:18PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/
I personally have probably bought no more than ten DVDs in the past four years, anticipating HD, and now that I have Blu-ray I've bought about 60 discs in the past eight months. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has transitioned completely to HD, and as time goes on more and more people will be doing the same.

Hollwood Reporter article:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i91323da4b3be14d2f74080ce44d7b5c4]]>Apr 22nd 2008 4:26PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/Apr 22nd 2008 4:27PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/
The truth is that 351% more of almost nothing is still almost nothing.

For all the talk of 'DVD sales are down' we are still in a total market that sees DVD movie disc sales of 750 million +.
Blu-ray has barely broken into double figures in 2 years
(it's still not even a true 1% of the annual market sales......despite the ridiculous BS & spin the BD goons are trying to push).

That's why you've been getting all that ratio & percentage sh!te since day 1.

The truth is that the wider public have no interest in Blu-ray, not only is it an unfinished 'spec' right now (they have no proper range of - supposedly - final spec players) it's just way too expensive & as far as the a/v mass-market are concerned the benefits simply aren't worth the premium those greedy SOB CE corps want for it.

......and no amount of PS3 fanboys trying to claim otherwise changes that single truth one jot.

Maybe in a couple of years when it has pricing much closer to today's DVD (both players & movies) then people might give it a 2nd glance but right now forget it.

]]>Apr 22nd 2008 6:55PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/Apr 22nd 2008 4:47PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/Apr 22nd 2008 5:00PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/Apr 22nd 2008 7:00PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/Apr 22nd 2008 5:59PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/Apr 22nd 2008 11:42PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/]]>Apr 22nd 2008 11:51PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/04/22/shocker-blu-ray-sales-way-up-year-over-year/Its very easy to forget DVD's past isn't it?

DVD had players near the thousands of dollars for years after it first came out as well as disc prices most commonly at $50 also for years!
Then one day, it started to take off as player prices hit the $250-$300ish price point and the disc prices came down $10-$15 dollars.
Then it replaced VHS and all prices became dirt cheap.

All of the above took many years to accomplish and that was with no initial replacement format war(please don't say it competed with Laser Disc because it really didn't). The difference is, DVD had an immediate impact on a/v quality, size and functionality(instant track indexing and no rewind) where as Blu only shines when the consumer has an HD TV. The PS3 is a big factor because it has sales in the millions and that adds the best Blu-Ray player to many homes much earlier in the game than DVD. By today's standards, people are willing to spend a little more for quality then they were when DVD was new so Blu is performing well if you really look at properly. Its easy to forget the past but if you put a little time into looking up the facts, you'll see the real story,]]>Apr 23rd 2008 6:40AM