Blu-Ray sales impacting DVD sales Many of you have been asking whether Blu-ray could withstand the competition of DVD and wondering about Blu-ray's future.A new article shows that some popular movies are showing 10% to 12% of total sales being Blu-ray. Where as during the height of the format war, HD sales accounted for about 2% to 3% (even the best selling Transformers on HD DVD accounted for only 4%).It's only been a little over a month since the demise of HD DVD and Blu-ray's future is already looking promising.Just thought you'd be interested.Here is the link:http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Disc_Sales/Industry_Trends/Industry_Forecasts/Report:_Blu-ray_Disc_Sales_Impacting_DVD_/1602Laters.J. Blu-Ray sales impacting DVD sales Many of you have been asking whether Blu-ray could withstand the competition of DVD and wondering about Blu-ray's future.A new article shows that... » Read More Blu-Ray sales impacting DVD sales Many of you have been asking whether Blu-ray could withstand the competition of DVD and wondering about Blu-ray's future.A new article shows that some popular movies are showing 10% to 12% of total sales being Blu-ray. Where as during the height of the format war, HD sales accounted for about 2% to 3% (even the best selling Transformers on HD DVD accounted for only 4%).It's only been a little over a month since the demise of HD DVD and Blu-ray's future is already looking promising.Just thought you'd be interested.Here is the link:http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Disc_Sales/Industry_Trends/Industry_Forecasts/Report:_Blu-ray_Disc_Sales_Impacting_DVD_/1602Laters.J. « Show Less
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"10% to 12% of total sales being Blu-ray" << What really counts is how many total DVDs are produced and find their way into the marketplace, first as rentals and later as used discs. I cant imagine that for any movie released within the last year that more than 1% total were other than SD format. It's going to be that way for quite awhile... we still live in what is basically an SD format market. All of the movies are mainly rented and watched as SD. Blu-ray is a niche market and will be for several more years. I just bought a 2nd HD-A3 so I can take advantage of its superb upconverting capability, and that's what I will be using for most of the next decade. "10% to 12% of total sales being Blu-ray" << What really counts is how many total DVDs are produced and find their way into the marketplace, first as rentals and later as used discs. I cant imagine that for any movie released within the last year that more than 1% total were other than SD format. It's going to be that way for quite awhile... we still live in what is basically an SD format market. All of the movies are mainly rented and watched as SD. Blu-ray is a niche market and will be for several more years. I just bought a 2nd HD-A3 so I can take advantage of its superb... » Read More "10% to 12% of total sales being Blu-ray" << What really counts is how many total DVDs are produced and find their way into the marketplace, first as rentals and later as used discs. I cant imagine that for any movie released within the last year that more than 1% total were other than SD format. It's going to be that way for quite awhile... we still live in what is basically an SD format market. All of the movies are mainly rented and watched as SD. Blu-ray is a niche market and will be for several more years. I just bought a 2nd HD-A3 so I can take advantage of its superb upconverting capability, and that's what I will be using for most of the next decade. « Show Less
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Posted by the scurviest (is that even a word?) Blu zombie of them all. Can you say "propaganda"?Blu-ray won, why do you feel the need to continue posting pro-BR crap in an attempt to curtail A-3 sales?
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If HD had won Im sure HD sales would be up as well. They need to also account for the lost sales. Im not currently buying any standard def DVD's. If HD were avail I would probably be buying them. Blu does look like it might survive. It will still be much slower to catch on than HD would have been.
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The sales as they stack up to DVD are far from impressive, ranging from 4-6%. No surprise since the hardware is still horribly overpriced and thus far the promises of cheaper hardware have yet to be met.
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Give me monthly figures and not what happens to be taking place in a given week (or two).
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WTH!My HD DVD players will start at the point where you stop it.Of course since they don't make HD DVD any more because Sony cornered the market on High Definition DVD's we're stuck with their problematic Bluray disc players.And why can't they make a bluray that can also play a HD DVD?Anyway thanks for the feedback Knocker!
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Thanks for the update. I ended up buying the LG BD570 Network Blu-ray Disc Player after all my investigations and it has turned out to be a great device.I hardly use it for disc playback though, but it's nice to know that the option is there.
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C.. what no parade today? You're a lot of help!? Just kidding. Are you thinking about an extended warranty w/your set? $300 isn't casual money, but I assume an electronic problem would be a financial disaster. Still we're only talking about 4 years in a set life hopefully a good deal longer for the price. Do you already have a blue-ray? thanks dn
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> Many more vendors were out of stock leaving far fewer sources of supply with much higher prices.Interesting that they all happen to be 'out of stock' just at predictable peak demand...> Will there be increased future supply, possibly, but you take the chance there won't.It's an interesting marketing strategy for sure... I can wait them out. Meanwhile, I'm also _not_ buying any of the 20-or-so BluRay discs on my wishlist...Last year it was widely known that Panasonic had stopped production of the BD-55 and there would be no replacement until April the following (this) year. Can't imagine why Panasonic wouldn't be able to make production this year - it's almost as if they are daring me to buy from Sony (won't happen...) > Many more vendors were out of stock leaving far fewer sources of supply with much higher prices.Interesting that they all happen to be 'out of stock' just at predictable peak demand...> Will there be increased future supply, possibly, but you take the chance there won't.It's an interesting marketing strategy for sure... I can wait them out. Meanwhile, I'm also _not_ buying any of the 20-or-so BluRay discs on my wishlist...Last year it was widely known that Panasonic had stopped production of the BD-55 and there would be no replacement... » Read More > Many more vendors were out of stock leaving far fewer sources of supply with much higher prices.Interesting that they all happen to be 'out of stock' just at predictable peak demand...> Will there be increased future supply, possibly, but you take the chance there won't.It's an interesting marketing strategy for sure... I can wait them out. Meanwhile, I'm also _not_ buying any of the 20-or-so BluRay discs on my wishlist...Last year it was widely known that Panasonic had stopped production of the BD-55 and there would be no replacement until April the following (this) year. Can't imagine why Panasonic wouldn't be able to make production this year - it's almost as if they are daring me to buy from Sony (won't happen...) « Show Less
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Peter, can you share names / websites of these independent sellers of blu-ray disc players? I'd like a blu-ray disc player that plays PAL and NTSC blu-ray and DVD discs from all regions (if such players are available). Thank you.
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I will buy a dual format player as I have about 60 movies on each format. At the moment I think that my preferred format will not survive. I have no intention of selling my HD DVD library, and I would like to buy more movies that are currently available that I have not yet bought. Universal and Paramount will decide whether I buy those titles on HD DVD or Blu-ray. I don't want to continue to use my PS3 to watch movies. This player will also make a nice secondary HD DVD player. I hope that Samsung and LG decide not to pull the rug out from under dual format players because of Warner Brothers decision. I will buy a dual format player as I have about 60 movies on each format. At the moment I think that my preferred format will not survive. I have no intention of selling my HD DVD library, and I would like to buy more movies that are currently available that I have not yet bought. Universal and Paramount will decide whether I buy those titles on HD DVD or Blu-ray. I don't want to continue to use my PS3 to watch movies. This player will also make a nice secondary HD DVD player. I hope that Samsung and LG decide not to pull the rug out from under dual format players because of... » Read More I will buy a dual format player as I have about 60 movies on each format. At the moment I think that my preferred format will not survive. I have no intention of selling my HD DVD library, and I would like to buy more movies that are currently available that I have not yet bought. Universal and Paramount will decide whether I buy those titles on HD DVD or Blu-ray. I don't want to continue to use my PS3 to watch movies. This player will also make a nice secondary HD DVD player. I hope that Samsung and LG decide not to pull the rug out from under dual format players because of Warner Brothers decision. « Show Less
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We have never had any issue with a disk at all, if one of the bunch didn't work then I would say yes. Could happen, but if all don't play, you hve a problem with the blu Ray playing reg disk,
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Probably 10 percent is HD. If your connection is fairly good (~3 MPS) then it's good, and in some cases, quite good. A lot depends on the quality with which the source material was converted to digital. If the "HD" content was up-converted from a low-resolution source, then it may be noticeably pixelated, but I've seen a few Netflix HD instant play items that were as good or better than DVD. The series Wild China, for example, was very good... better than DVD in some scenes. The downside is that I haven't found a way, in NetFlix, to filter the instant play content for HD-only. I just add stuff to my instant play queue and then, in the Blu-ray player, it indicates whether it's HD or not. I experienced all this with the Samsung BD-P1590, which was great while it lasted (about 2 weeks). I took it back to Costco after it crapped out. Hopefully an LG is more robust. :-)
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I don't understand your comment. I have a Samsung Blu ray 4k upscale DVD player and it has performed very well. I number of blu rays DVD's look better than on a normal HD tv especially the 4k mastered ones that I have are excellent. I think the blu rays DVD's upscaled to near 4k rival the best movie theaters I have been to. With regular DVD's, there appears to be some upscaling but you tend to not get the color brilliance and definition that you get with blu rays.
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I bought that Sharp TV 3 days ago and at the time of check out I was surprized by the offer for a free Blu Ray player. Put it in your cart and see what happens. I did not know about the promotion, so it was a complete freebie to me
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Does not play blu-ray. Just dvd and cd's. I just bought for the multi region capability and it fits my needs just fine. I dint want to spend a lot of money and I don't think Blu-Ray is all that much better then DVD. I think this was a good buy.
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Thanks,I called to Sony to get my setup mike replaced and while at it, I asked about this. He gave the same explanation. Putting 4.5 in Bluray today. Nice toys !
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I went ahead and got the PS3 for future blu-ray 3D and 3D gaming as opposed to the Samsung 3D blu-ray player even though that would have netted me the glasses/movie deal as I bought the ln46c750 at the same time. It's just too versatile especially since I have no other next gen gaming systems. Really there are less than 5 3D blu-ray movies right now, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Monsters vs. Aliens, Coraline? (not sure) are there even any others than that? My opinion is the versatility is worth the delay.
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Thanks, Grumpy Jay! About 70% of my movie list is classic movies, so that's perfect! And I'm very interested in checking out the British line, too. Woohoo!I don't yet have an HD TV. Hopefully I'll get one this year, but it's on the back burner for now. I'm assuming the Roku HD Player will work even w/o HD TV, right? And I have to have wireless, I'm guessing, which I do.Thanks again, Everyone! I really appreciate all the input!CJ
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Thanks BlueDemon.I have actually been following the thread on AVSForum since it began. While there are some reports of loose HDMI connectors, muting, etc; it really isn't much (actual content-wise vs. wishing/hoping-wise). Amazon had a yellow note on their HT-CT500 page for a while saying that no orders were being taken because of Amazon customer-reported issues. I was curious to see what the actual issues were (causing a suspension of sales), in case any of those customers returned here.Thanks~Bill
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Good info, totally makes sense. Im excited for the 3D and all that but I am also looking forward to the 240Hz in 24" and at the price as there is currently nothing like that now. Will probabaly have to use a different Blu-Ray player for movies to have that smooth look to them as I don't think the PS3 can play movies past 60Hz. Still curious how it looks. I personally like smaller HD screens and am curious how it will look.