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gekko · 02-24-2008, 11:31 PM

Why the potty mouth?

Blu-Ray and HD DVD combined made up < 1% of total DVD sales. Losing HD DVD, Blu-Ray now gets 0.66% of disc sales. HD DVD dropping out of the war does not mean Blu-Ray has won, it's just now uncontested. DVD still get 99.33% of sales. Once again, 99.33% of all disc sales belong to the out-dated DVD platform.

Less than 50% of homes in America (much less the world) have HDTVs. Of those 50% tech junkies... very few even cared about this new format. Blu-Ray has a long, long road ahead before it matters, and your HD DVD player still works. Hell, all my HD DVDs I either have on DVD, or are combo discs. Win-win for me.

But really, there's still a very, very high chance of Blu-Ray never taking off. So enjoy your HD DVDs, definetly don't take another gamble and buy Blu-Ray, and sit back and wait. Also, some companies are continuing to support HD DVD, because some people have huge collections. As the priced go down, and with licensing out the window, you may see many players allow playback on HD DVD in a few years.

Or we may all lose be watching movies via digital distribution. Or another format may come out and be even better. It's not the first Sony product that didn't take the market by storm... Beta-Max, Memory Stick, UMD, MiniDisc. All are either dead, or used exclusively by Sony, and Blu-Ray has yet to succeed. Their track record is great!

02-24-2008, 11:31 PM	#22
gekko Knight gekko is offline Now Playing: Posts: 3,890	Re: Just purchased HD-DVD drive Why the potty mouth? Blu-Ray and HD DVD combined made up < 1% of total DVD sales. Losing HD DVD, Blu-Ray now gets 0.66% of disc sales. HD DVD dropping out of the war does not mean Blu-Ray has won, it's just now uncontested. DVD still get 99.33% of sales. Once again, 99.33% of all disc sales belong to the out-dated DVD platform. Less than 50% of homes in America (much less the world) have HDTVs. Of those 50% tech junkies... very few even cared about this new format. Blu-Ray has a long, long road ahead before it matters, and your HD DVD player still works. Hell, all my HD DVDs I either have on DVD, or are combo discs. Win-win for me. But really, there's still a very, very high chance of Blu-Ray never taking off. So enjoy your HD DVDs, definetly don't take another gamble and buy Blu-Ray, and sit back and wait. Also, some companies are continuing to support HD DVD, because some people have huge collections. As the priced go down, and with licensing out the window, you may see many players allow playback on HD DVD in a few years. Or we may all lose be watching movies via digital distribution. Or another format may come out and be even better. It's not the first Sony product that didn't take the market by storm... Beta-Max, Memory Stick, UMD, MiniDisc. All are either dead, or used exclusively by Sony, and Blu-Ray has yet to succeed. Their track record is great!