Sorry, DAZA, but I find it hard to believe that whichever HD media type gets a let up in the recordable media industry will make even a dent in the overall impact of the format war. Recordable media is an afterthought. Toshiba and Sony care about two things only: Player sales and movie sales. People keep saying how much of a small percentage of people are interested in either format, and it's an even smalelr percentage that's interested in recording on either format.
Blu-ray may have the lead in sales, but think about this: Blu-ray has many more times the amount of players than HD DVD, mostly because of the PS3. Yet, they are not that far ahead in terms of movie sales. It seems that those who invest in HD DVD, on average, buy more movies than those who invest in Blu-ray. This also may be because of people inadvertantly buying a Blu-ray player (PS3) when they're buying a conolse, however. An interesting stat nevertheless.
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MDB @ Jun 19th 2007 1:03PM
Sorry, DAZA, but I find it hard to believe that whichever HD media type gets a let up in the recordable media industry will make even a dent in the overall impact of the format war. Recordable media is an afterthought. Toshiba and Sony care about two things only: Player sales and movie sales. People keep saying how much of a small percentage of people are interested in either format, and it's an even smalelr percentage that's interested in recording on either format.
Blu-ray may have the lead in sales, but think about this:
Blu-ray has many more times the amount of players than HD DVD, mostly because of the PS3. Yet, they are not that far ahead in terms of movie sales. It seems that those who invest in HD DVD, on average, buy more movies than those who invest in Blu-ray. This also may be because of people inadvertantly buying a Blu-ray player (PS3) when they're buying a conolse, however. An interesting stat nevertheless.