Curtains for HD DVD?

[Hawk]

Posted by Marc Saltzman at 12:10 PM

Not good news for the HD DVD camp. Market research firm NPD Group has just released some U.S. sales figures for the week ending January 12, and Toshiba has reason to feel "blu."

Blu-ray players captured 90 percent of total unit sales and 90 percent of total dollar sales of all high-definition players for the week.

Blu-ray backers Sony, Panasonic and Sharp captured 34 percent, 27 percent and 23 percent of unit sales, respectively, while Toshiba only garnered 7 percent of unit sales with its HD DVD players.

A bad week for HD DVD in the wake of the Warner Bros. announcement? Or is this curtains for the HD DVD disc format?


Basically I want your opinion on this matter, personally I think HDDVD has very little hope, if at all.

Taken from:http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2008/01/curtains-for-hd.html

 

[DrinkLyeAndDie]

I don't always agree with BetaNews' stories but this story may give some more infomation on this matter: NPD: Free Blu-ray player deals led to boosted sales this month.

Below are two snippets that explain a little about what happened:

So what went on the week ending January 12 that led to such high numbers in Blu-ray standalone player sales? Bundling deals with HDTVs, explained Baker. Sharp Blu-ray players accounted for over 30% of sales, as they were offered free to buyers of the company's LCD televisions.

Sony -- also accounting for one-third of sales -- had a similar $400-off deal for Blu-ray players when buying a Sony HDTV.

Panasonic, like Sharp, offered a free Blu-ray player and made up for the remaining third of units sold. Samsung Blu-ray sales were almost non-existent, as the company did not offer any special deals to TV buyers.

and

NPD's numbers do not include online sales from the likes of Amazon, where Toshiba's HD-A3 HD DVD player is the number one seller in the DVD player category and number 14 in all of electronics. By contrast, standalone Blu-ray players do not make the electronics list.

 

[knobber]

A report from NPD Group claimed Blu-ray standalone player sales accounted for 93 percent of the high-def market for the week ending January 12, but NPD itself won't stand behind the numbers, saying they were leaked and that weekly sales data is not a long-term indicator.


http://www.betanews.com/article/pri...ls_led_to_boosted_sales_this_month/1201203983