BLU-RAY SALES THREAD: Put all sales figures and comments here! - Page 6  

but like beatboy and thebland ( who obviously use the excuse of have owned in the past an hd-dvd player to bash hd-dvd) ill have a picture of my ps3 and be able to bash the ps3 since i will own it.

I'm gonna laugh my ass off when BR crashes and everyone starts switching over the HD. The BR group is getting way to cocky because there format is just now starting to sell. Remember, you have 10x the hardware sold, the software sales should be KILLING HD, not just slightly beating it.

What do you think it is, csmith?

January 23, 2007: BD-12, HD-2
January 30, 2007: BD-5, HD-3
February 06, 2007: BD-6, HD-2
February 13, 2007: BD-12, HD-1
February 20, 2007: BD-3, HD-1
February 27, 2007: BD-4, HD-3
March 13, 2007: BD-9, HD-0
March 20, 2007: BD-3, HD-0
March 27, 2007: BD-2, HD-3
April 03, 2007: BD-8, HD-0
April 10, 2007: BD-1, HD-1
April 17, 2007: BD-1, HD-2
April 24, 2007: BD-1, HD-1
May 22, 2007: BD-2, HD-0
June 05, 2007: BD-1, HD-0
June 08, 2007: BD-3, HD-0

Blu-ray - 73, HD - 19

This the the "confirmed" release schedule thus far. You can find it easily by typing "blu-ray release schedule" in google.

I'd say thus far. It looks like a landslide.

Maybe if you do get rid of your PS3, you can post a thread on the PS3 forum letting them all know you sold it and you are through with it. Sound familiar?

i did buy one on launch day and posted a review with very little negative comments and i sold it cause i needed the money for xmax but i didnt go and make a topic saying i sold my ps3 cause it keeps locking up...

LOL... did Kysersose threaten to suspend you?

It doesn't have 10 times the hardware sold in the US, which is where we are taking all our sales figures from right now.

It has about 5 to 1. There are various reasons it not completely crushing HD-DVD. Blu-ray lost a lot of support from the "AV" fans last year with bad transfers, and HD-DVD also price cut just about everything, which was the main reason for their rapid increase in sales.

Another thing to consider, being 350 on the sales rank on Amazon and HD-DVD being 550 is a much larger volume lead than say Blu-ray being 550 and HD-DVD being 750. This is further shown by what happened this week on dvdempire.com which reflects a closer to 2 to 1 sales margin.

Just until recently HD-DVD also held the lead in total material available. BR is not going to crash...too many companies are behind it, especially on the manufacturing side. Toshiba is virtually standing alone, a lot like Universal.

High def formats? Is this a typo or is Universal planning a nice, earlier than expected, surprise?

There is rumor from an admin of another Home Theater Forum that Universal will be making some type of release announcement this week. Obviously that is what you quoted...

I see Sony announcing Spiderman I and II if Universale makes any big announcement. Really though, what has Universal done for me lately...recent movie selection isn't the best.

Unless I'm wrong, there has been no sales figures for either format. The closest we have is PS3/HD DVD add-on numbers.

I believe that HD DVD is ahead in stand alone sales, maybe not by much, but they're still ahead. I also believe that the PS3 has sold enough to make up that gap and the add-on drive combined.

Anyone saying BD is trailing 5:1 or winning 10:1 is seemingly talking BS. If I'm wrong I apologise but these trolls can't even get their misinformation right!

Dude, why don't you just ask me to ponder Membrane Theory, or something if you want to make my head spin.

no its not he clearly pointed out in an interview this week with them they are sticking with hd-dvd

and just like any studio and ce\\'s including sony,toshiba,fox they will never say never or unless someone can find me a link to where sony or fox or any exclusive party said they would never support hd-dvd? cause i know some of you have tried or will try to twist what i just posted below saying oh they said \\"at this time\\" must mean their jumping ship


http://hometheaterforum.com/htf/showthread.php?t=250368


http://hometheaterforum.com/htf/show...3&postcount=33


http://hometheaterforum.com/htf/show...5&postcount=62

i agree blu-ray is not doing as well as people think ,theres alot deception on the part of bd , down right lying going on. its sad to see. bd is gonna have to step it up,and giveing loyal bd fans the features they want. at least hd gave it all right from the start bd has held back and its staring to bite them in the ass. they need to match hd in price point and features and if they dont1.there gonna start loseing the loyal fans they have ,and 2 samsung is to have said they are losing faith in in blu-ray,plus they have a laptop with a hd dvd drive,and i know for a fact many bd companys expressed interest in produceing hd players.that was of course was said behind closed doors.bd said they will stay the course,hmmm that sounds that bush guy in washigton and his guys are bailing out!. im interested when 2nd gen bd players come out how it will go,they cant think at current prices they gonna sell players,i know for a fact they are not selling at bb yet hd is. if bd wants to become maint format they are gonna have take some losses and lower price point, bd at the last 3 ces shows said they were winning the war its a down right lie and hd dvd is keeping pace with bd ,dont count your chickens just yet

I find it humourous that some people actually believe that every single PS3 sold is being used on an HDTV and playing Blu-Ray movies.

That's cute.

PS3 is going to skew numbers bigtime. That was the point. Sony can hop all over the place now and show the "sold through" numbers of Blu-Ray players.

On the other hand, the 360 add on is purchased SPECIFICALLY for HD DVD movies. No skewing of the numbers there.

Fact is, we will NEVER EVER have an accurate number for how many Blu-Ray players are actually out there being used for movies. We can only watch the titles sold at this point and judge.

Also, that may be a bit dangerous because people that buy the PS3 may grab a title or 2 to check out Blu-Ray and never get any more titles. It is a game system first, after all.

you are, all HD DVD players (add-on+PC+Toshiba+RCA)=175k (last year)

PS3>1M last time I checked, stand alone BD players no one knows

PS the HD DVD number is from the HD DVD promotion group

Problem is 1 million PS3's but how many are actually being use for BD playback. I personally know 7 PS3 owners and I am the only one really using it for BD.

I personally know like 20 owners who all use it for games and BD playback. No matter how you look at it ps3's WILL effect the amount of blu ray sales. The fact that not everyone is rushing to best buy to repurchase their dvd collection on blu ray does not mean anything. Every ps3 owner is a potential BR customer and when in the future they release kickass movies (pirates of the caribbean , spiderman 3 , etc) they will most likely purchase those in blu ray.

I know I got rid of all my dvd collection after getting the ps3 and the xbox hd-dvd. I am definitely not buying every movie that came out for the formats , only the ones i watch over and over again. And neither camp has many movies that fit in that category.

What do you expect? Some of these knuckleheads think support for an argument is a link to an AVS post.

I'm a gamer AND a movie buff...I bought a PS3 on day one (had it reserved at GameStop). Guess how many PS3 games i own...

0.

How many BDs I own? 10.

I'm just waiting for a good game to come out for this system...in the meantime, I am CERTAINLY using it to play BDs, and as you can see by the quantities of each type of disc i own (0 and 10), that i actually bought it JUST to play the movies that were available at the time.

The only 3 other people i know personally (sean, bryant, adrian), who actually have PS3s at this time, own 3 games between the 3 of them (all three bought 1 copy of "Resistance"), but they've got about 35 BD movies between the three of them. It's only 3 people, I know, but nevertheless, EVERYONE i know who owns a PS3 bought it just for BD movies. (at least for the time being). It's entirely possible that that trend is repeated all over the country and the majority of PS3s are actually being bought with the intention of using them as a movie playback device first and foremost. Or perhaps the other 1 million people who bought one thought the same thing I did: "We're gamers AND movie fans...and as such, this machine at $500 is the best value in the history of both of those markets."

Brywalker,

Do you own a Blu Ray player?

At least we know someone is being honest.

I doubt that Sony is to 1 million sold in the US yet. Shipped maybe, but not sold.

And for those who say that the number of people who use a PS3 for watching Blu-ray movies is really small, then that wouldn't be a good sign for how HD DVDs are selling if they aren't looking better in the rankings than they are now. If Blu-ray ends up with an attach rate for the PS3 that is equivalent to standalones at about 15-20% of the total PS3 systems, that would be significant to this war going forward. Obviously the number isn't going to be 100%, it isn't going to be 0% and it doesn't even have to be most of PS3 owners that use it for Blu-ray movie playback for it to be very significant to software sales between the formats.

--Darin

Why would you get rid of all your DVD's you can still watch them. I have over 300 DVD's and around 20 BD and HD DVD's total...I hate double dipping...but if something comes out in BD/HD DVD that has stellar PQ/AQ I am all over it.

I don't.

Currently the only reason is cost. I don't find the PS3 a good value at all, and I do NOT use my consoles for movie playback. Period.

When I can get a player for $399 that has every feature it should (BD-J, etc) I will jump in.

This is exactly the kind of ignorant people I am talking about. You are always talking $*it

Well, before you make a comment like that, I have the Sony BDP-S1 and a PS3. All hooked up to a Sony "Pearl" projector.

If you could tell the difference between the two of them on video/audio quality you are better than me. I can't tell the difference except when using the 1080p/24 output on the BDP-S1.

Don't kid yourself. The PS3, for a high definition disc player, is probably one of the best on the market. As far as loading times, it pretty much blows any stand alone player out of the water. Mine has never froze up(Sony does on SD occasionally), no audio sync problems (Toshiba HD-A1 did this constantly).

I think the PS3 is the best "value" on the market today. Including all Blu Ray players and any HD DVD player. For you to make that comment above makes me believe you have never seen a PS3 in action other than a store display.

Neatrul is spelled Neutral.

I do think you spelled ignorant right though.