http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/09/standalone-blu-ray-player-sales-triple-over-black-friday/ Engadget HD Comments for Standalone Blu-ray player sales triple over Black Friday http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/09/standalone-blu-ray-player-sales-triple-over-black-friday/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/09/standalone-blu-ray-player-sales-triple-over-black-friday/Dec 9th 2008 8:02PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/09/standalone-blu-ray-player-sales-triple-over-black-friday/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/09/standalone-blu-ray-player-sales-triple-over-black-friday/Dec 9th 2008 8:24PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/09/standalone-blu-ray-player-sales-triple-over-black-friday/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/09/standalone-blu-ray-player-sales-triple-over-black-friday/
That maybe so but I'm not sure why you are comparing sales to HD DVD.. First of all at that time there 2 competing formats so a lot of people were holding off regardless of the price, second a lot and i mean A LOT less people even really understood what HD DVD or Blu-Ray were. This Black Friday it's a full year into Blu-Ray being alone and having sales at less then 150k is still, as shawnmos says, pretty low, I would expected at least 3 times the number of units sold then that.

You can't spin this really in no other way but somewhat disappointing as to what some people might've expected. Also it shows that 300% number sounds really really good but when you see real unit sales, that excitement really somewhat fades away.

Is there a number of how many DVD players were sold? I think that would give you an even more realistic picture.]]>Dec 9th 2008 8:33PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/09/standalone-blu-ray-player-sales-triple-over-black-friday/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/09/standalone-blu-ray-player-sales-triple-over-black-friday/
We all know that if blu players don't drop in price permanently soon, blu will be dead in the water, not due to lack of interest, but lack of funds. Dang, I even have to put off my touch pro purchase :/

]]>Dec 9th 2008 8:46PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/09/standalone-blu-ray-player-sales-triple-over-black-friday/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/09/standalone-blu-ray-player-sales-triple-over-black-friday/No, it won't be dead, it just won't be DVD.

Blu needs to keep its entry level players at $200 or less. Black Friday from 2007 & 2008 proved that affordable players = more sales. No format war helped up the price that people were willing to pay this year, but if player prices stay at $300 or up, adoption isn't going to take off anytime soon.]]>Dec 9th 2008 9:44PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/09/standalone-blu-ray-player-sales-triple-over-black-friday/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/09/standalone-blu-ray-player-sales-triple-over-black-friday/
Next year: FREE.

I was told that there would be No Math.]]>Dec 9th 2008 8:27PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/09/standalone-blu-ray-player-sales-triple-over-black-friday/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/09/standalone-blu-ray-player-sales-triple-over-black-friday/
"In the past two weeks, customers of iTunes and Netflix's streaming digital-movie service have noticed that a growing number of titles are disappearing from the sites or are scheduled to be removed. MacWorld wrote a story last week about how one of the site's contributors noticed that of the 15 films he bookmarked for future viewing at iTunes, nine were no longer available. Among the movies that vanished were Charlie Wilson's War, Eastern Promises, and Michael Clayton."

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10119509-93.html

No thanks. More reasons not to go with these services. I dont want them telling me when I can watch and what to watch and then take it away. Poof, Gone]]>Dec 15th 2008 8:11PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/09/standalone-blu-ray-player-sales-triple-over-black-friday/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/09/standalone-blu-ray-player-sales-triple-over-black-friday/Dec 9th 2008 11:42PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/09/standalone-blu-ray-player-sales-triple-over-black-friday/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/09/standalone-blu-ray-player-sales-triple-over-black-friday/
@mntwister
"I think if they had left the prices at $199 throughout the entire holiday season, they would see a much bigger increase yet to come."

yes when they lower the price... i got my samsung 1500 when it was $150...no way paying $200.

@Darren
"Of course, we can't say that the momentum will carry now that prices are hovering back up"

just a couple days ago Amavon was selling the Samsung1500 for $210 then buy 8 movies and save $200...most movies were $15 or $17 or $21. Prices are still low just look for the deals.]]>Dec 10th 2008 3:12AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/09/standalone-blu-ray-player-sales-triple-over-black-friday/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/09/standalone-blu-ray-player-sales-triple-over-black-friday/Dec 10th 2008 1:30PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/09/standalone-blu-ray-player-sales-triple-over-black-friday/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/09/standalone-blu-ray-player-sales-triple-over-black-friday/
While streaming video is nice, I think there are a lot people out there that want the physical media, me included. I want to play it when I want and where I want. Download also scares me since I have to worry about storage and redundancy of that storage, something that the average Joe isn't, but it will end up biting a lot of them in the ass. I don't foresee streaming or downloadable video really being more than a niche (great for rental type use) in the near future.]]>Dec 10th 2008 7:33AM