Comments on: Blu-ray movie sales surpass HD DVD http://wesleytech.com/blu-ray-movie-sales-surpass-hd-dvd/156/ Optical storage and technology Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:49:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Wesley Novack http://wesleytech.com/blu-ray-movie-sales-surpass-hd-dvd/156/#comment-1266 Wesley Novack Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:31:29 +0000 http://wesleytech.com/blu-ray-movie-sales-surpass-hd-dvd/156/#comment-1266 Hi Steve, thanks (as always) for your take on this topic. I heard also heard about the Blu-ray sale at Amazon. Blu-ray movies are selling like hotcakes! http://eproductwars.com/dvd/ Hi Steve, thanks (as always) for your take on this topic.

I heard also heard about the Blu-ray sale at Amazon. Blu-ray movies are selling like hotcakes!
http://eproductwars.com/dvd/

]]> By: Steve http://wesleytech.com/blu-ray-movie-sales-surpass-hd-dvd/156/#comment-1264 Steve Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:57:55 +0000 http://wesleytech.com/blu-ray-movie-sales-surpass-hd-dvd/156/#comment-1264 Milt goes around the web posting the same stupid thing over and over again which is contrary to all facts presented by the professionals. He doesn't recognize Neilson or NPD as reputable sources calling them "unaudited." He's probably right that if Sony lost $1.5bil. per quarter they would try to fix something, but what? Blu-ray would stay and PlayStation would go. But Sony has mixed everything together so much it will be hard to drop one thing. Sony couldn't drop Blu-ray because the PS3 is built on that technology. There is also no evidence to suggest that HD DVD is inherently cheaper to manufacture. In fact if it was cheaper you would expect to see cheaper players on the market, but Toshiba is still the only manufacturer of HD DVD drives. Check out the 50% off list on select Blu-ray titles on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=xs_gb_email_BestDeals_8033?ie=UTF8&docId=1000062781 Milt goes around the web posting the same stupid thing over and over again which is contrary to all facts presented by the professionals. He doesn’t recognize Neilson or NPD as reputable sources calling them “unaudited.”

He’s probably right that if Sony lost $1.5bil. per quarter they would try to fix something, but what? Blu-ray would stay and PlayStation would go. But Sony has mixed everything together so much it will be hard to drop one thing. Sony couldn’t drop Blu-ray because the PS3 is built on that technology.

There is also no evidence to suggest that HD DVD is inherently cheaper to manufacture. In fact if it was cheaper you would expect to see cheaper players on the market, but Toshiba is still the only manufacturer of HD DVD drives.

Check out the 50% off list on select Blu-ray titles on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=xs_gb_email_BestDeals_8033?ie=UTF8&docId=1000062781

]]> By: Milt R. Smith http://wesleytech.com/blu-ray-movie-sales-surpass-hd-dvd/156/#comment-1021 Milt R. Smith Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:56:06 +0000 http://wesleytech.com/blu-ray-movie-sales-surpass-hd-dvd/156/#comment-1021 Nothing for the HD-DVD camp to do, really, but watch the Sony financials next two or three fiscal quarters: if the PS3/Bluray division repeats anything approaching the staggering $1.5-BILLION loss last quarter, you can BET they'll drop the Bluray project like a flaming turd. This is still, after all, above all a BUSINESS. Sony is a big company, but not big enough to absorb repeated losses of that magnitude. Starting out $1.5 BILLION in the HOLE on the project just makes the effort to get into profit an ENORMOUS hill to climb. For its part, Toshiba, if it wishes to do so, can relentlessly undercut Bluray because of the intrinsically lower cost structure of the HD-DVD format. Prediction: first format with a street price $169 player 'wins' the war; and who is in a FAR better position to do just that? Easily HD-DVD. Just sit back, relax and watch the financial pages; it's like having your own REALLY GOOD crystal ball. Nothing for the HD-DVD camp to do, really, but watch the Sony financials next two or three fiscal quarters: if the PS3/Bluray division repeats anything approaching the staggering $1.5-BILLION loss last quarter, you can BET they’ll drop the Bluray project like a flaming turd. This is still, after all, above all a BUSINESS. Sony is a big company, but not big enough to absorb repeated losses of that magnitude. Starting out $1.5 BILLION in the HOLE on the project just makes the effort to get into profit an ENORMOUS hill to climb. For its part, Toshiba, if it wishes to do so, can relentlessly undercut Bluray because of the intrinsically lower cost structure of the HD-DVD format. Prediction: first format with a street price $169 player ‘wins’ the war; and who is in a FAR better position to do just that? Easily HD-DVD. Just sit back, relax and watch the financial pages; it’s like having your own REALLY GOOD crystal ball.

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