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Blu ray Sales Haven t Grown Since HD DVD Dropped Out: related news
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If you thought - as I did - that HD-DVD waving the white flag meant that Blu-ray would see a big boost in sales, we'd both be wrong. According to the NPD Group - a market research firm - Blu-ray hardware sales dropped a stunning 40% from January to February this year, and the February to March figures weren't much better, as sales only grew by 2%. It seems as though the only good news coming out of the Blu-ray camp is that Playstation 3 consoles have been selling at a respectable rate, making up 85% of all Blu-ray players sold. Among the top reasons that the next-gen DVD format hasn't exactly lit up cash registers are consumer satisfaction with current standard and upconverting DVD players, and the significant financial investment necessary to go Blu.
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via Overclockers Club @ 11:35 2nd May
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The problem with the whole format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray is not choosing the winner—that's probably still a year or two away. The problem is that if you pick one format, you'll be missing out on great movies in the other format. Choose Blu-ray, and you miss out on the Matrix Trilogy and Transformers. Chose HD DVD, and no Pirates of the Caribbean for you.
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via Extreme Tech @ 1:09 4th Jul
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While Blu-ray player sales in the US have been down since January, sales in Japan have risen by nearly threefold. Much of this is due to the popularity of Blu-ray recorders, which topped DVD recorders in sales for the first time last month.
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via CDRLabs.com @ 13:42 28th May
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checking tire pressure If you haven’t jumped on the Blu-ray band wagon, this may be the moment you have been waiting for. DivX has granted certification to six new Blu-ray DVD players from Panasonic, Philips, and Denon. These models include the Panasonic DMP-BD30EE, the Philips BDP7200 and Denon DVD-2500BTC1B, DVD-3800BDC1B, DVD-3800BDC1B, DVD-3800BDSP and DVD-2500BTSP.
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via Best Stuff @ 16:56 24th May
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I've been trying to avoid the great HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray DVD debate, but after an interesting experience at CEDIA, I figure it's time to weigh in. Warning: I'm defintely not a HD-DVD or Blu-Ray expert, but I have been following the progress.
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via Projector Reviews @ 4:56 24th May
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via Business Portal 24 @ 20:33 3rd Jul
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With the format war over between HD-DVD and Blu-ray, one would expect to see bigger sales for the Blu-Ray players. But these high-definition players having been going down hill.
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via Post Chronicle @ 13:38 1st May
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BEIJING, May 23 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- CCID Consulting, China's leading research, consulting and IT outsourcing service provider, and the first Chinese consulting firm listed in Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stock Exchange: HK08235), recently released its article on China's DVD industrial role changes. February 19, 2008 has historical significance to the global DVD industry. After years of competition between blue-ray DVD and HD DVD, with Toshiba giving up its support to HD DVD, HD DVD has lost its market. Will Blue-ray DVD standard benefit from the absolute advantage? As a big manufacturing nation, China is only a stander-by in this competition among foreign giants. Facing fierce competition, patent fee's compression, industrial profits' great slide, China's DVD industry faces the challenge of four roles changes.
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via Financials.com @ 0:33 24th May
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Blu-ray, winner of the format war against Toshiba's now dead-and-buried HD DVD, has seen a surprising fall in sales since its emergence as the sole next-generation format.
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via Hexus @ 22:18 2nd May
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FRAMINGHAM, Mass., May 14, 2008 – Overall PC market growth, driven by portable PCs, will give the worldwide CD/DVD market a moderately positive outlook in 2008 and lead to increased demand for slim drives. Despite the ramp of Blu-ray drives, DVD burners will continue to be the leading volume product until 2012. However, as the PC market's adoption of DVD burners becomes saturated and increasingly commoditized, Blu-ray adoption will accelerate in 2009 and Blu-ray drives will become the majority of the total market value in 2012.
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via IDC @ 12:54 14th May
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FRAMINGHAM, Mass., May 14, 2008 – Overall PC market growth, driven by portable PCs, will give the worldwide CD/DVD market a moderately positive outlook in 2008 and lead to increased demand for slim drives. Despite the ramp of Blu-ray drives, DVD burners will continue to be the leading volume product until 2012. However, as the PC market's adoption of DVD burners becomes saturated and increasingly commoditized, Blu-ray adoption will accelerate in 2009 and Blu-ray drives will become the majority of the total market value in 2012.
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via Health Industry Insights @ 2:31 14th May
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DVD Clone Factory is a powerful DVD clone software. It clone any of your DVD movies to a single recordable DVD disc with amazing high speed and top quality. You can clone an entire DVD movie - including menus, trailers and special features to a single DVD disc. DVD clone factory is very easy to use, the unique DVD clone wizard will guide you step by step through all settings - ideal for both beginners and veterans! DVD clone factory is proved a very popular application for owners of DVD burners. DVD clone can be very necessary, like for those "limited edition" discs that get way too much playtime, or if for whatever reason, all your discs end up full of scratches and finger prints.
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via PDA Street @ 11:13 28th Jun
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Sales of Blu-ray disc players haven't been helped by maker Toshiba's capitulation over producing the rival HD DVD format, research firm NPD Group said Wednesday.
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via The Age @ 3:23 1st May
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Sales of Blu-ray disc players haven't been helped by maker Toshiba's capitulation over producing the rival HD DVD format, research firm NPD Group said Wednesday.
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via Business Week @ 3:24 1st May
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Sales of Blu-ray disc players haven't been helped by maker Toshiba's capitulation over producing the rival HD DVD format, research firm NPD Group said Wednesday.
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via San Francisco Chronicle @ 19:54 30th Apr
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Toshiba to add Internet connectivity to DVD players? Toshiba’s HD DVD format may be dead and forgotten, but the Japanese company just isn’t ready to surrender against Blu-ray and start manufacturing players for the format. Not only are they working on DVD up-scaling technology that will supposedly deliver quality video comparable to that of Blu-ray, but apparently the company is also looking into adding other HD DVD-derived features to DVD players.
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via TechSpot @ 18:06 5th Jul
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City of Industry, CA --(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 05/30/2008 - Media entertainment industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. Rentrak Retail and Home Video Essentials, business units of Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ: RENT), today announced the Top 10 DVD sales and rentals for the prior week. Retail Essentials measures weekly consumer sales activity on standard DVD and Blu-ray Disc titles in the U.S. brick-and-mortar channel. No other service provides faster access to in-depth market data and weekly estimations of gross consumer spending. Rentrak delivers sell-through data broken down by DVD format, category, genre, TV market and more, within 72 hours after the close of each business week. Clients can access current, weekly, and historical title sales data to competitively benchmark industry performance.
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via U.S. Equity News @ 3:10 31st May
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(AP) -- Sales of Blu-ray disc players haven't been helped by maker Toshiba's capitulation over producing the rival HD DVD format, research firm NPD Group said Wednesday.
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via PhysOrg.com @ 3:24 1st May
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Ready to run any HD disc on your PC?Review While it's clear that Blu-ray Disc is going to rule the HD roost, unfortunately for Sony, the rival HD DVD format will take some time to wither away.
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via Addict3d.org @ 15:29 30th Apr
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amazon, blu-ray, dvd, japan, overtake, resident evil, sales, trilogy boxsetJAPAN: Blu-ray outselling DVD
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via PCRetail @ 10:47 30th Jun
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CAMPBELL, Calif. — DVDPlay, a DVD rental kiosk operator and developer that has units in many major supermarket chains, said yesterday that it plans to add the Blu-ray Disc format to its standard DVD selection at the beginning of June. It claims to be the first such kiosk operator to do so. Blu-ray Discs will be offered at the same $1.49 rental cost as standard DVD rentals. Among the supermarket chains with DVDPlay are several Safeway banners, including Safeway, Dominick’s, Randall’s, Tom Thumb, Vons, Pavilions and Genuardi’s, as well as Kroger and Albertsons stores. “The focus of this strategic decision is to prepare for the long term success and sustainability of the kiosk and ultimately give consumers what they want,” said Chuck Berger, chairman and chief executive officer of DVDPlay.
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via Supermarket News @ 5:17 29th May
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June 5, 2008 (FinancialWire) Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. (AMEX: TLF) (Current Market Cap: US$ 34.36 Mil.) said that its sales for the month of May were $4.5 million, down 1% from May 2007 sales of $4.6 million. The company s year-to-date sales are down 4% to $22.6 million in the current year from $23.5 million last year. The company s Retail Leathercraft segment posted an 8% sales increase for May, with sales totaling $2.0 million compared to $1.9 million in May 2007. The 67 comparable stores posted a 3% same store sales gain for the month. Five stores that opened in or after May 2007 added sales for the month of $86,000. Year-to-date sales for Retail Leathercraft are $10.4 million this year, up 3% over last year's sales of $10.1 million. As of the end of May, same store sales were down 3% for the year.
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via Macro World Investor @ 20:00 5th Jun
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