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Where are the official HD DVD vs Blu-ray sales numbers? {Engadget HD}
Jan 18th 2007 11:14PM Hmurchison, Sorry that i don't read all your posts but i'm relatively new to the site. Your saying that consumers are going to decide based on price (HD-DVD) vs. content (blu-ray). I've just done some research and the cost for HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray movies are relatively the same. For example, according to the BestBuy Canada website the following movie sells for the following
Superman Returns HD-DVD $34.99
Superman Returns Blu-Ray $29.99
In the long run, the format discs should balance out to be the same. Some might sell for more, other will sell for less. Now, it basically comes down to hardware.
Toshiba HD-2A $599.99
Samsung BD-P1000 $1299.99
Playstation 3 $659.99
Here, we see the price difference but as some of us are aware, Toshiba is selling there player at a loss and the same can be said for the PS3. For majority of individuals the stand alone player blu-ray is too expensive but i have a source inside of Sony and i'm hearing that Sony next two models of blu-ray players (CES show) will sell for sub $1000. Most likely $600 and $800. Now why not buy a PS3 play games, surf the web, watch HD movies, etc.
I don't really think HD DVD has a chance in the long but i cannot see a clear cut winner for a few years
Where are the official HD DVD vs Blu-ray sales numbers? {Engadget HD}
Jan 18th 2007 9:18PM Here's a reality check.... Logically the next step for DVD is HD-DVD. But what happens after that? Oh wait a minute... yes, you might have guessed it, It's Blue-Ray. With more than 170 leading consumer electronic, computing manufacturers and content providers there's no way in the long run that HD-DVD will survive.
Picture quality on both units to most people are exactly the same. So we can rule that out of the equation. (Even though that no television truely displays 1080i, its either 720p or 1080p (that native resolution of the television) so if you have a 1080p set your signal is getting up converted to 1080p, but i'm going to assume that you already knew that)
What comes down to it and what made DVD sales grow dramatically was the ability to have surround sound. And its only a matter of time when content providers (for example George Lucas) will take advantage of Blue-Ray's high capacity storage disks.
And really... does product placement inside a Bestbuy really going to change customers minds? I don't think so. HD-DVD did so poorly for Bestbuy before christmas that Bestbuy has decided to push blue-ray to its end caps. Even though Toshiba pays for all of its end caps to try to get customer to buy HD-DVD.
Where are the official HD DVD vs Blu-ray sales numbers? {Engadget HD}
Jan 18th 2007 9:18PM Here's a reality check.... Logically the next step for DVD is HD-DVD. But what happens after that? Oh wait a minute... yes, you might have guessed it, It's Blue-Ray. With more than 170 leading consumer electronic, computing manufacturers and content providers there's no way in the long run that HD-DVD will survive.
Picture quality on both units to most people are exactly the same. So we can rule that out of the equation. (Even though that no television truely displays 1080i, its either 720p or 1080p (that native resolution of the television) so if you have a 1080p set your signal is getting up converted to 1080p, but i'm going to assume that you already knew that)
What comes down to it and what made DVD sales grow dramatically was the ability to have surround sound. And its only a matter of time when content providers (for example George Lucas) will take advantage of Blue-Ray's high capacity storage disks.
And really... does product placement inside a Bestbuy really going to change customers minds? I don't think so. HD-DVD did so poorly for Bestbuy before christmas that Bestbuy has decided to push blue-ray to its end caps. Even though Toshiba pays for all of its end caps to try to get customer to buy HD-DVD.
Sony looking to jump back into the plasma market? {Engadget HD}
Jan 18th 2007 8:53PM Its obvious Ben Hobbs that you don't know what your talking about. Samsung DOES NOT make Sony's LCD panels. Sony and Samsung are in a joint-venture (if you don't know what joint-venture is, i would do a little research on the web). Its a 50/50 joint venture established in April 0f 2004 in order to create stable amorphous TFT LCD panel production. In addition, the Panel is only responsible for Size, Resolution, and Viewing Angle. All the circuitry are different between the two companies.
Sony looking to jump back into the plasma market? {Engadget HD}
Jan 17th 2007 2:54PM I'm gonna have to agree, that Sony should stick with what it does best and that is making LCD. With a slow start in the LCD market Sony has made its way to Number One in the flat panel market. Sony has no need to make a plasma since LCD is now outselling plasmas. Finally, within the next couple of years we should see Sony OLED hit the market which will blow out any flat panel on the market to date. I'm sorry to say but i think plasma is a thing of the past and its only a matter of time where we'll see faster response times and better blacks
Sony's 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio 27-inch OLED HDTV {Engadget HD}
Jan 16th 2007 5:26PM I know that Sony's OLED display is still a few years away. I also heard that we might not see any SED displays since Canon is trying to buy patent rights from toshiba
