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Jack G

In Reply to: RE: Please stop being negative. See here the USA DVD facts from CE posted by David Aiken on June 29, 2007 at 17:16:14

The sales figues are pretty useless as is. We don't know how many of the PS3s are used as BD players-guestimates are at most 20%, probably less. As you say, many if not most aren't even hooked to an HDTV. In fact, sales have been pretty flat, at a point when the numbers should be going up by now. To keep things in perspective, you can buy/order about 356 BD titles and 304 HD, while this week there were 466 new DVDs released.
Jack

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Yeah, except the games themselves are blu-ray, the PS store invites blu-ray movie trailer downloads - Jazz Inmate 22:26:34 06/30/07 (4)
in addition to game trailers...it's all integrated. Sony did a great job not only with the blu-ray format, but with creating a media server, game console and movie player all in one.
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- That only promotes the idea that BD is just the PS3 movie format. (nt) - Jack G 07:24:51 07/01/07 (3)
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  - At this juncture, such promotion would be far more successful than anything HD-DVD is doing - Jazz Inmate 09:35:13 07/02/07 (2)
    And as you well know, the fact that there are Blu-ray drives for your computer, standalone components for your home theater and games for your console goes a bit beyond PS3.
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    - Except the stand alones aren't selling - Jack G 09:50:25 07/02/07 (1)
      I can't comment on computer drives, but the Stand alone BD players aren't selling well-that's the point. They couldn't compete against the subsidized PS3 that sold for 1/2 the price or less. You know this. The only thing keeping BD alive, is the PS3.
      Jack
      
      Edits: 07/02/07
      - Maybe if they bundle 'em with 10 free BDs...heeheee NT - Jazz Inmate 10:21:03 07/02/07 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Except the stand alones aren't selling posted by Jack G on July 02, 2007 at 09:50:25
        
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