Blu Ray nabs 92% of Hardware market in US after WB announcement.

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Here's how the January Week 1 unit sales looked for each format (week ending 1/5)...

Blu-ray Disc - 15,257 units
HD-DVD - 14,558 units

That was prior to the Warner announcement, which came on 1/4. Now here's how the January Week 2 unit sales data for each format looked AFTER the announcement (for the week ending 1/12)...

Blu-ray Disc - 21,770 units
HD-DVD - 1,758 units

As you can see, the HD-DVD player numbers dropped dramatically. However, it's also true that 21,770 isn't a doubling of the 15,257 of the previous week, so we stand corrected on the Blu-ray comment - Blu-ray player sales did not double, but they did increase significantly. It was always our intention that the data would speak for itself, which is why we were very careful in accurately creating the pie charts, and it's why we're posting the unit sales data for you now. We think the data DOES speak for itself, but now you can all draw your own conclusions.

While we're at it, here are the unit sales numbers for the month of December as well (weeks ending 12/8 to 12/29)...

Blu-ray Disc - 115,132 units
HD-DVD - 76,148 units

 

[nads]

And?

old info.

 

[Anonymous]

Hardly old news lol.

 

[Anonymous]

Hi rjbreslin, whilst you are at it can you also provide sales figures for the 4-week period after Toshiba dropped their prices?

I bought one after the announcement!

Gorge.

 

[Anonymous]

I think they have only dropped the prices in the last week so four week figures will not be available yet.

 

[Anonymous]

I can wait and whilst I do I enjoy my new EP35

 

[Anonymous]

[quote user="rjbreslin"]
http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9856126-1.html?tag=cnetfd.mt

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#npdfollow

Here's how the January Week 1 unit sales looked for each format (week ending 1/5)...

Blu-ray Disc - 15,257 units
HD-DVD - 14,558 units

That was prior to the Warner announcement, which came on 1/4. Now here's how the January Week 2 unit sales data for each format looked AFTER the announcement (for the week ending 1/12)...

Blu-ray Disc - 21,770 units
HD-DVD - 1,758 units

As you can see, the HD-DVD player numbers dropped dramatically. However, it's also true that 21,770 isn't a doubling of the 15,257 of the previous week, so we stand corrected on the Blu-ray comment - Blu-ray player sales did not double, but they did increase significantly. It was always our intention that the data would speak for itself, which is why we were very careful in accurately creating the pie charts, and it's why we're posting the unit sales data for you now. We think the data DOES speak for itself, but now you can all draw your own conclusions.

While we're at it, here are the unit sales numbers for the month of December as well (weeks ending 12/8 to 12/29)...

Blu-ray Disc - 115,132 units
HD-DVD - 76,148 units

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Now here's the truth:http://www.hddvd.com/
http://www.tech.co.uk//blu-ray-and-hd-dvd/news/freebies-caused-blu-ray-spike-in-jan?articleid=505493568

 

[Anonymous]

The link does not appear to be working.

 

[Anonymous]

[quote user="Bullseye"]
The link does not appear to be working.
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Just go to Hddvd.com and Tech.co.uk its on the front page.