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shawnmos @ Dec 9th 2008 8:02PM
I guess that's good, but 147,000 doesn't really sound like a lot.
JDS @ Dec 9th 2008 8:24PM
147,000 BD players @ an average price of $200 beats 90,000 HD DVD A2s @ $99 per in both number of units [+57,000 units] & average sale price [+101.00 per]
Bozster @ Dec 9th 2008 8:33PM
@JDS
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.
Kumar @ Dec 9th 2008 8:46PM
haha, who even cares about hd dvd sales stats anymore, when the likes of netflix hd downloads are steamrolling?
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 :/
WebDev511 @ Dec 9th 2008 9:44PM
@Kumar
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.