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I've made several posts on BD vs HD DVD in Australia so I'll repeat things in point form:
- BD released here in November 06, a week or 2 later than in the US. HD DVD released here in January 07, more than 6 months after their US release and 2 months after BD. They let BD get the drop on them and get in first.
- Toshiba players here have been expensive since their release, with the cheapest only fractionally cheaper than the PS3 for most of the time. I wonder whether the PS3 is actually cheaper than the cheapest Toshiba since the last PS3 price reduction.
- BD players and discs have been on display everywhere. In recent months I've finally started to see HD DVD discs around but I have still to see a HD DD player on display anywhere.
In other words, HD DVD started last, is basically no cheaper, and has virtually no visibility whatsoever here while BD got in first and has had high visibility since its release, and there are players available at similar prices to the Toshiba.
HD DVD blew every advantage they had in the US when it came to Australia. Everything they did right in the US, they did the exact opposite here. BD basically released at the same time as in the US, have comparable prices to the US rather than significantly higher, and have gone out of their way to be noticed. No wonder they've got a bigger share of the market.
David Aiken
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I hope you did not intend that?
Please bring some positive information to this forum in the future.
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A lot of people do care about Australia. They are nice and friendly people with good manners.
You have so far not posted much useful information in Video Asylum.
If you do not like my post, then do not read them.
Anywhere else is a sideshow (for the moment), That could change if the US economy tanks but than again, if the US economy tanks, so does the rest of the World.
and the bulk of the world outside the US will play a large part in that.
The US movie studios will go with whatever gives them the best overall chance of a profit and they won't worry too much about whether that profit is coming from the domestic or international market. The domestic US market is small enough at this stage that offending early adopters by ditching one format is not going to worry any company. The international market at this stage is small enough that offending early adopters by ditching one format is not going to worry any company. Making a decision that maximises profit is something that will give each company some concern.
Money talks.
David Aiken
Europe have more people and more money according to CIA. Note how much the USD droped since 2006.
USA is now less than 20% of the world economy.
If the USA economy tanks, the world will keep on going and drag USA up again. The growth in Brazil, Russia, India, China and Europe is strong and based mainly on savings.
see CIA link
- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2001rank.html (Open in New Window)
Europeans are more likely to save money rather than waste it on consumer goods.
Take sales of recorded music
USA 2005 USD 11,195 million
Europe 2005 USD 11,294 million
Since 2005 the USD have dropped a lot.
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-------------"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
A few things I noted:
1. The "study" was a Sony marketing report. Biased results, anyone?
2. The data is for October only.
3. Speaking of biased results...it appears that Sony is counting sales of PS3 hardware as a victory proof-point, regardless of whether said PS3 is actually used for Blu-ray movies, or just for games.
As long as the Blu-boys continue to point at game-only PS3s as some sort of proof of Blu-ray movies' market dominance, it's going to be difficult to take the Blu-boys' "facts" seriously.
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