Blu-ray outsells HD DVD 2:1 in first half of 2007
- Posted August 17th, 2007 at 11:55 EDT by
- 19 Comments
PlayStation 3 owners are loving their Blu-ray players while Xbox 360 owners are loving their HD DVD add ons. Some, however, are loving Blu-ray a bit more.
New data from Home Media Research shows that Blu-ray is gaining a significant lead, selling twice as many discs in the first half of this year than that of HD DVD. Sales of Blu-ray disc movies totalled 1.6 million units, compared with 795,000 HD DVD discs.
Blu-ray especially got a boost when leading rental chain Blockbuster said it would offer Blu-ray movies in favor of HD DVD at its stores. Many branches have stopped offering HD DVD all together. The company noted that Blu-ray rentals were "significantly outpacing" HD DVD rentals.
Dave Karraker offered some statistics from their internal survey data taken in May:
* The average survey respondent owns 4.5 Blu-ray movies and 119 DVDs.
* 72% of respondents purchased at least 1 Blu-ray movie since acquiring a PS3.
* 87% of respondents intend to purchase at least one Blu-ray movie in the next 12 months.
Source: GameDaily
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InfernoReaper
- 10:54am EDT - August 17th, 2007
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Are we going to have another article of this kind every month or so? I just assume BD is always in the lead by at least 1.5:1. Tell me if it gets lower, not before then.
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SkyG22
- 1:10pm EDT - August 17th, 2007
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I must admit I am surprised. HD-DVD has been cheaper since its launch and its titles have a great varience. I for one, am disappointed that many movies that are HD-DVD have not come to bluray. Hopefully this wakes up Universal to atleast start selling there movies on blu ray! Its about money. Its only a matter of time before they do. They'll milk HD-DVD for now.
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Gen.Penguin
- 3:59pm EDT - August 17th, 2007
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high fives all around. lol...i love how for the 360 its called an "add-on".
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bluesuedeshoes
- 10:54pm EDT - August 17th, 2007
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Surely the only question in this Hi-def format war is how long HD-DVD can keep stuttering on? In Europe the price differential between Blu-Ray disks and HD-DVD's just isn't that noticable. Most shops have a sizable difference between shelf space in Blu-rays favour as well. Blu-Ray has won, HD-DVD just doesn't know it yet.
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GreenLantern420
- 9:02am EDT - August 18th, 2007
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sony pictures made spiderman 3. so if you want it in high def its blu ray or nothing
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