HD or Blu-ray??

[Danny]

uh....proof please. http://www.cepro.com/news/editorial/14139.html http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2017527,00.asp http://www.i4u.com/article7621.html http://bluraysucks.com/

[Chaos]

uh....proof please. http://www.cepro.com/news/editorial/14139.html http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2017527,00.asp http://www.i4u.com/article7621.html http://bluraysucks.com/ Using data provided by consumer research firm Nielsen VideoScan: * Blu-ray has surpassed HD-DVD in cumulative sales. * Blu-ray titles outsold HD-DVD titles by more than a two-to-one margin during the first week of January (47.14 HD DVD titles for every 100 Blu-ray titles) * Blu-ray titles outsold HD-DVD titles closer to three-to-one during the second week of the month (38.36 HD-DVD titles for every 100 Blu-ray titles) *Notice your sources include such sites as bluraysucks.com while my source comes from the premier consumer research group, Nielsen Videoscan. Any questions? Blu-Ray has come from behind, and is dominating HD-DVD in all IMPORTANT areas. If you got to www.thedvdwars.com, you can see blu-rays domination, and Blu-Ray can only really go up from here. Blu-Ray wins: Salesrank of top 10 products Salesrank of top 25 products Salesrank of top 100 products # in top 100 # in top 1000 # in top 10000 HdDVD wins: Total copies in stock at Amazon Number of DVDs that can ship today Average Amazon.com price Google Searches

[MaximusIncredulous]

that was what made vhs win over betamax in the video tape battles Partially, but VHS being able to record 8 hrs or more over Beta's 5 hrs also had something to do with it.

[Kaos]

Using data provided by consumer research firm Nielsen VideoScan: * Blu-ray has surpassed HD-DVD in cumulative sales. * Blu-ray titles outsold HD-DVD titles by more than a two-to-one margin during the first week of January (47.14 HD DVD titles for every 100 Blu-ray titles) * Blu-ray titles outsold HD-DVD titles closer to three-to-one during the second week of the month (38.36 HD-DVD titles for every 100 Blu-ray titles) *Notice your sources include such sites as bluraysucks.com while my source comes from the premier consumer research group, Nielsen Videoscan. Any questions? Blu-Ray has come from behind, and is dominating HD-DVD in all IMPORTANT areas. If you got to www.thedvdwars.com, you can see blu-rays domination, and Blu-Ray can only really go up from here. Blu-Ray wins: Salesrank of top 10 products Salesrank of top 25 products Salesrank of top 100 products # in top 100 # in top 1000 # in top 10000 HdDVD wins: Total copies in stock at Amazon Number of DVDs that can ship today Average Amazon.com price Google Searches Sorry to take the wind out of your "sales" (pun intended), but videoscan has admitted that it did not include HD-DVD - SD combo disks in their totals. Given quite a bit of HD-DVD releases are of the combo variety, it is clear that the 2 to 1 sales figure is largely...incorrect. Don't get me wrong though. The HD-DVD Promotional Group is blowing this war by virtually sitting out of the first quarter and not releasing enough titles. I own HD-DVD now, but I have no qualms picking up a Bluray HD Dvd combo player once they hit $400 or so. In any event, nobody really will have a clue who will win until after the next CES.

[DjfunkmasterG]

You can't be too sure I'd just wait it out until who wins the battle; then I'll buy a HD player & a HD TV!!! Why wait buy the HD tv now... then just buy an HD up-res DVD player so you can watch stuff in 1080P or 720P

[Neil]

Sony proclaim they're the winner... http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/468

[DjfunkmasterG]

Like Kortick said... without Blu-Ray adopting porn I just don't see how they can declare themselves the winner. I wouldn't rush out to buy the Blu-Ray player just yet, also remember Sony bragged they won the Betamax vs VHS WAR back in the day, and where is Betamax now?

[capncnut]

Sounds like "on the ropes" talk to me. It's a very natural thing to claim you're winning when in fact your losing. It's almost instinct to say that.

[Chaos]

Porn mattered a lot more back when the VHS vs. Beta war was raging on, because that was the only outlet for private use in the home. Now, when 3/4 of all porn is being accessed via streaming media over the web, it isn't a factor anymore. The simple fact of the matter is, Blu-Ray entered this race late but has managed to climb ahead of HD-DVD on total sales. Blu-Ray is out selling HD-DVD by 3 to 1 and has more titles available for the first time since the battle lines were drawn. At this point, porn is about the only thing that's supporting HD-DVD, only because Blu-Ray shot them down in the first place!

[MinionZombie]

Yeah but Betamax initially did well and then VHS still got picked up by the masses. I saw something interesting online earlier today, some folk at Sony are claiming the war between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD already won and they say they've won it, just because at this moment in time they have more titles out (and simple mathmatics would means they're selling more next-gen DVDs ... because they have more films out at the moment) ... but to say the war is won already? Yet more arrogance, the fat bitch ain't sung yet...

[tju1973]

Sounds like "on the ropes" talk to me. It's a very natural thing to claim you're winning when in fact your losing. It's almost instinct to say that. I think he is on Sony's payroll now...