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RE: Anything else growing 224% ?

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Tom Schuman

In Reply to: RE: Anything else growing 224% ? posted by Ole Lund Christensen on December 07, 2009 at 12:17:16

If you sell 10 in one year and 22 the next year, that's 220%. Doesn't mean the raw numbers are massive. Last year at this time there were at most 50 titles in BluRay in our superstores here, in Hamburg. Now there are hundreds.
With the huge marketing campaign towards HDTV and lots of software available, the increase is not at all surprising.
I bought a BluRay player even though my display is not full high definition, and although the quality and sound is better, the production values of the film/sound are more important than the delivery medium.
- I think we all still enjoy a good film on VHS.

What gets me is that the conglomerates have to keep introducing new technology and patent it, otherwise they die out. I find that a new delivery media ever 8-10 years does not improve the quality of the overall experience.
It does create profits, though, because people are always wanting and being sold on 'new and improved'.

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Transfer quality. - grantv 09:50:49 12/10/09 (3)
I also am using a non-HD display (X1 PJ), so maybe that's part of the reason. But I also find that there are movies in SD that look much better than others in BD. I watched I-Robot a while back in SD and the PQ was stunning on my 110" screen. A BD rental the same weekend (can't recall, but I think it was a Pirates movie, which in itself is a way over-rated flick IMO, but then I am old) was far less stellar.
Now that I have my raised rear seat area I want to have a Star Trek invite, I wonder how the BD transfer is on that flick.
My thoughts also on the growth rate. Just over double from the previous year doesn't seem all that high to me, thought it would have been higher TBH.
- RE: Transfer quality. - Jack G 11:48:10 12/10/09 (2)
  Yes, transfer quality is an issue, and always will be no matter what the media. The BD of the new Star Trek movie is good.
  
  "Just over double from the previous year doesn't seem all that high to me, thought it would have been higher TBH."
  Me too, but doesn't it sound much more impressive if you say it grew 224%?
  Besides, that's profits, I wonder what the unit numbers are.
  I do think the recession has taken a bite out of BD's potential growth.
  Jack
  - Rented Star Trek on BD. - grantv 09:35:49 12/16/09 (0)
    Sometimes my old Infocus X1 PJ (non HD) amazes me. The sound (expected) and picture quality was great on this flick. Not the best dialogue inteligibility, but otherwise a good system test (great sub(s) test), no doubt. Everybody that came over was amazed. Particularly my buddy who has a 42/46" 120Hz 1080p Samsung LCD.
  - Thanks. - grantv 12:18:57 12/10/09 (0)
    I'll rent it soon.
    224% may sound better to some, but it all sounds the same in my head TBH. I'm sure the recession has played a part in slower growth, absolutely. And I had no idea that was profits, I wonder if the units are higher or lower. Interesting.

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