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wraggster
January 22nd, 2008, 20:33
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According to the latest NPD group report, during the month of December Blu-ray players held 60 percent of the HD media player market -- despite the fact that HD DVD players were considerably cheaper. While that might've helped Warner in its decision to go Blu, the move has definitely had a dramatic effect on player sales since. According to the same study the week after the announcement, Blu-ray players were able to grab 93 percent of the market, which puts the year to date (short, we know) share for Blu-ray players at 70 percent. Granted, it's hard to put too much stock in just a week or two of data, but if this and the recent media sales numbers (85 percent) becomes a trend, maybe this won't be such a slow death for HD DVD after all.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/22/blu-ray-players-grab-93-percent-of-market-after-warner-went-blu/

sappo
January 23rd, 2008, 12:47
BLU-RAY IS THE EVIL!

Buy HD-DVD!

VampDude
January 24th, 2008, 06:41
It's a good thing I'm not going to invest in the HD DVD drive, because the HD DVD market I feel is going to crash.

Shrygue
January 24th, 2008, 18:13
The HD-DVD add-on for the Xbox 360 costs about £115 and when I saw that hit the shops, I had a feeling they weren't going to sell well.

Seeing the statistics, it looks like the Blu Ray format will own HD-DVD big time.