Blu-ray sales dramatically down
NPD Group retail sales tracking data released this week show sales of Blu-ray standalone players have decreased drastically since the beginning of the year.
Standalone Blu-ray player unit sales in the States dropped a whopping 40% from January to February and saw just a 2% increase between February and March, according to NPD.
Unsurprisingly sales of the [...]
Betamax To HD-DVD Converter Is Already Obsolete
ThinkGeek recently announced their latest electronic gadget, a device that can easily convert your old Betamax Tapes to brand-spankin’-new HD-DVD discs.
While it won’t handle transfers of DIVX, MiniDisc or SelectaVision Videodiscs, the BetaMaxHD will convert between two of the most undoubtedly out-of-fashion consumer media formats money can (or can’t) buy.
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Toshiba Takes $1Billion Hit For HD DVD Loss
Toshiba will take a serious but far from fatal blow to its bottom line for its decision to discontinue HD DVD, according to a report by Japan’s Nikkei Business Daily (account required). The electronics maker is predicted by the newspaper to be spending $986 million this quarter to ramp down its production of HD DVD [...]
Paramount, DreamWorks rip up HD DVD release list
Paramount has confirmed its last ever HD DVD releases will go on sale in the States on Tuesday, 4 March. From then on, it’s DVD and Blu-ray Disc only.And DreamWorks Animation has clearly had word from Toshiba: it’s knocking its HD DVD release schedule on the head too, including the Bee Movie disc, originally due [...]
Blu-ray sales get a boost from the demise of HD DVD – and player prices are falling
Play.com has seen the sale of Blu-ray players increase seven-fold since the demise of HD DVD last month, and Pricerunner says it has experienced a 132 per cent increase in the number of users looking for Blu-ray players. And it looks as if prices are starting to fall to more affordable levels.
Mattias Berg, managing director [...]
HD disc format war: Dixons survey suggests half of customers will be disappointed with outcome
A new survey from Dixons suggests that around half of its customers could end up disappointed, whichever way the high definition disc format war eventually goes.
When asked which format they preferred, 53% of Dixons.co.uk customers went for Blu-ray, with 47% choosing HD DVD.
Unfortunately, in interpreting the results, deVere Forster, Director of E-Commerce, appeared to show [...]
Paramount Blu-ray movies spotted on Amazon.co.uk Images
Despite Paramount’s official statement that they are sticking with the flagging HD DVD format as their next-gen disc of choice, rumours still abound online that the company will go Blu-ray in the not-too-distant future.
Adding fuel to those particular flames of rumour is the recent discovery of some “coming soon” Blu-ray-flavoured Paramount discs on Amazon.co.uk.
The three [...]
“Save HD DVD” epetition going strong
“Please take HD DVD off life support and let the HD packaged media community and market heal and grow. Please let HD DVD die.”
So ends the heartfelt plea currently live on PetitionsOnline.com, created in response to the “Save HD DVD” campaign running concurrently on the same site.
At the time of writing, the kill-it crew have [...]
Retailers already pushing Blu-ray over HD DVD?
The move by Warner Bros. to produce only Blu-ray movies is already beginning to push HD DVD out of stores, says a report from Video Business. Several retail chain owners, including Trans World Entertainment and Video Buyers Group, have revealed that they will either emphasize or introduce Blu-ray in their stores in response to the [...]
