The Future of Home Entertainment

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But what is the real future of home entertainment? No one knows. The amount of options out there right now is just staggering though. Take Heroes for example the wildly popular "superhero" themed TV show on NBC. It was just announced that episode will be available to view on Netflix the day after airs! Of course you could watch it at NBC if you want or you can wait for the DVD or HD DVD to come out. Well, if you don't mind commercials, you can just watch it on Mojo (in high def) or G4 (standard def but with a post show wrap after). Essentially, there is no excuse for missing an episode of Heroes.


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[superdynamite]

Transformers was supposed to be HDDVD's savior... that plan didn't work.

Next was the $99 junk HDDVD players... That didn't work either.

The Nielsen Sales numbers came out today and it actually got worse for HDDVD. Now it's BD 72% to HDD 28%.

The war is officially OVER!

Nielsen/VideoScan Weekly Sales Numbers

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Nielsen/VideoScan Numbers ending November 25th (Includes Black Friday)

WE: BD-72% HDD-28% YTD: BD-65% HDD-35% SI: BD-62% HDD-38%


Nielsen/VideoScan Numbers ending November 18th

WE: BD-66% HDD-34% YTD: BD-65% HDD-35% SI: BD-61% HDD-39%


Nielsen/VideoScan Numbers ending November 11th

WE: BD-65% HDD-35% YTD: BD-65% HDD-35% SI: BD-61% HDD-39%


Nielsen/VideoScan Numbers ending November 4th

WE: BD-71% HDD-29% YTD: BD-64% HDD-36% SI: BD-61% HDD-39%
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THE END!

[Clint DeBoer]

Woohoo! Call Toshiba and tell them cause I don't think they get it.

This war won't be "over" until one folds and your mother or Aunt can tell you what a High Definition DVD is - and own one.

[MikeMA]

We all know that advertising works or else businesses wouldn't spend so much on it. Take the high definition player war. After the "secret" sale at Wal-Mart blew out up to 90,000 units, Blu-ray went on the offensive (pun intended) with its "aimed at your kids" Disney exclusive marketing campaign. Well, according to Nielson, it worked. During Black Friday, 72% of all HD players sold were Blu-ray even though the lowest priced Blu-ray player was more than double the price of the HD DVD players sold during the same time. Nielson didn't release the final numbers but you can bet that it was only a small drop in the bucket compared to the DVD players on the market. High def is still a niche though it does seem to be making some in-roads.

That is completely wrong. 72% of discs were blu-ray, NOT PLAYERS!!!

Please correct!

Some research might help.

[fmw]

Oddly enough, I've never watched Heroes. How's that for backward?

[MikeMA]

High-def hardware sales jump with Black Friday discounts

Although Bjorn’s reported equal interest for HD DVD and Blu-ray, Crutchfield’s and Ultimate Electronics experienced a much larger price-driven demand for Toshiba HD DVD players. The North American HD DVD Promotional Group touted reaching 750,000 HD DVD units sold, which works out to a 28% jump in set-top sales from its standing prior to Black Friday.

“The Wal-Mart thing and other indicators show that people aren’t hung up on the format as much as they are about price,” said Souder. “We sold out of every [HD-A2] that we had at $129. People are willing to make that level of investment, but they didn’t seem willing to spend $399 and $499.”

Ultimate sold three times as many of Toshiba’s third-generation model, the HD-A3, than all of the Blu-ray models combined. Using its own price reductions and Toshiba’s $100-off rebate, Ultimate offered $149 HD-A3s, which regularly list for $299.

Please change your story.

[davidtwotrees]

Oddly enough, I've never watched Heroes. How's that for backward?

OMG!
You have not LIVED....nay you will never be ALIVE, until you watch Heros!

I haven't either.
Here's one.......What if they had a WAR, and nobody came?!

[stratman]

Oddly enough, I've never watched Heroes. How's that for backward?

Neither have I, but I live in a cave!

[highfihoney]

Neither have I, but I live in a cave!

Thats no excuse mister.