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Blu-ray players grab 93 percent of market after Warner went Blu {Engadget HD}
Jan 24th 2008 10:37PM NPD has refuted this initial report. Only about 1% of the blu-ray stand alone players were actual sales. The others were all free or near free with HDTV purchases.
http://www.betanews.com/article/print/NPD_Free_Bluray_player_deals_led_to_boosted_sales_this_month/1201203983
Blu-ray players grab 93 percent of market after Warner went Blu {Engadget HD}
Jan 24th 2008 10:30PM NPD has refuted this initial report. Only about 1% of the blu-ray stand alone players were actual sales. The others were all free or near free with HDTV purchases.
http://www.betanews.com/article/print/NPD_Free_Bluray_player_deals_led_to_boosted_sales_this_month/1201203983
Warner goes Blu-ray exclusive {Engadget HD}
Jan 4th 2008 4:21PM So I guess there are now close to 1 million early HD-DVD adopters that will likely stick with upconverted Standard definition DVDs for while. Sony will really have to work on getting $100-$200 players to the market fast. If they don't there is still a good chance HDM will never reach mass market adoption. And without the competition, I don't see price drops coming any time soon.
Anybody in either camp better take advantage of the BOGO deals while they last, It will be a LONG time before you see these again, especially for Blu.
Bourne, Potter dominate sales charts {Engadget HD}
Dec 20th 2007 5:05PM Are the numbers out for the week yet? Not saying they are not, but I thought the numbers were published on Friday.
Bourne, Potter dominate sales charts {Engadget HD}
Dec 20th 2007 4:50PM There are still two more weeks left of the Neilson numbers after tommorrows since they report sales for the previous week.
Nielsen VideoScan High-Def market share for week ending December 2nd, 2007 {Engadget HD}
Dec 7th 2007 7:26PM Don't forget to factor in that the PS3 just came out with a couple of games to play. Since the game machine now has games to play people may buy games instead of movies.
Nielsen VideoScan High-Def market share for week ending December 2nd, 2007 {Engadget HD}
Dec 7th 2007 7:04PM @ HDpurist
"Ironic thing is, HD-DVD had 1 full year head start over BD."
Then I suppose Blu-Ray is to blame for the format war since HD-DVD was already on the market for a full year before BD came and muddied the waters?
Nielsen VideoScan High-Def market share for week ending December 2nd, 2007 {Engadget HD}
Dec 7th 2007 6:58PM If you look at this link, you can see the top 5 for each side.
http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/questex/hom120907/index.php
Blu
1.) Live Free or Die Hard
2.) Spider-Man 3
3.) Ratatouille
4.) Planet Earth
5.) 300
HD
1.) Planet Earth
2.) Transformes
3.) Shrek the Third
4.) Top Gun
5.) Star Trek: The Original series
Looks like two very different demographics. Three of the top five for HD-DVD look to appeal to an older audience. Four of the top five Blu-Ray look to appeal to a younger audience. Blu-Ray seems to be pretty in-line with PS3's main demographic. I'm not sure how Hairspray got in there at number 10 overall though.
Warner to finally go Blu-ray-only at CES? {Engadget HD}
Dec 7th 2007 5:35PM Nielsen numbers can be found here until posted on engadgethd
http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/questex/hom120907/index.php
Girl in Austin not sure about PS3, waits in line for fun {Joystiq}
Nov 16th 2006 5:32PM I live in Austin, and there actually was a pretty strong cold front that came through yesterday. Temperatures overnight were in the upper 30's to lower 40's. Not freezing, but cold considering the highs were in the 80's within the last 24 to 48 hours.
