Digital doesn't break disc- DVD, BD hold up despite onslaught of negative press

[bt12483]

Originally Posted by mikemorel

Haa...Priceless. Major studios spend millions to author, replicate and distribute 650 titles to sell 900,000 copies in April, for an average of 1500 copies per title. BTxxxxx thinks that is "growing into mass market".

When, by 2020?

I wonder if there are 2 or 3 titles among that 650 that sold zero copies in April...Could that be possible?

yet still my comment is more accurate than yours...keep trying to kill spirits though, anti enthusiast that you are...

[Intamin]

Originally Posted by bt12483

and yet more and more movies keep getting announced daily...please explain why they keep announcing titles if no one is buying them...

Damn logic, always has a way with screwing with plans!

[Master X]

I use DD to rent movies from XBL.
FYI you can only but TV shows on XBL, you can only rent movies.
I like having a disc tho.

[HiDefFanboy]

Originally Posted by bt12483

Blu-ray disc sales, in January 2007 = 1.3 million/4 = 325,000

Bllu-ray disc sales, in April 2007 = 900,000/4 = 225,000.

Growth from 2007 to 2008 = 550,000 to 2,200,000 (~4x).

Blu-ray growing into mass level status. Good times.

So using Mike Morell 'logic' here we can extrapolate those numbers.
2008 = 2 M x 6 times the months = 12 M disks (at 4 x growth rate)
2009 = 48 M
2010 = 192 M
2011 = 768 M
2012 = 3 Billion disks sold
2013 = 12 B
2014 = 48 B
.... etc.

Wow, good times indeed...

[Ben]

Originally Posted by mikemorel

Haa...Priceless. Major studios spend millions to author, replicate and distribute 650 titles to sell 900,000 copies in April, for an average of 1500 copies per title. BTxxxxx thinks that is "growing into mass market".

When, by 2020?

I wonder if there are 2 or 3 titles among that 650 that sold zero copies in April...Could that be possible?

Much, much worse for SD DVD. Studios spent millions to author,
replicate and distribute 120,000 SD DVD titles to sell 3,6000,000
in April, for an average of 300 copies per title. Hardly considered
"growing into mass market." SD DVD the little disc that could.

I wonder if there are 4,000 or 6,000 titles among that 120,000 that sold zero
copies in April... Could that be possible?

[JAGUAR1977]

Originally Posted by mikemorel

People who thought the format war was the reason that BD disc sales were so pathetic thought that.

I guess they were wrong. Sales weren't pathetic because of the format war at all. They were pathetic because nobody wants to buy them.

I've said it before, I really do hope you are here to wind people up. I actually feel rather sorry if you actually believe everything you spout, seeing as you've already owned HD-DVD, so are well aware of the quality you are missing out on by avoiding Blu-ray.

[Roshan]

Originally Posted by JAGUAR1977

I've said it before, I really do hope you are here to wind people up. I actually feel rather sorry if you actually believe everything you spout, seeing as you've already owned HD-DVD, so are well aware of the quality you are missing out on by avoiding Blu-ray.

I agree, I think even the mods have to know that he is just stealth trolling. I dont think he believe half the BS he posts.

[Grubert]

Originally Posted by mikemorel

HD Downloads need a standard, which is coming in October. It's called DVD. You may have heard of it.

Look for it at a web site, video store, or shopping mall kiosk near you. Millions of XBox 360s, PCs, Roku Boxes, set top boxes, HD DVD players (and possibly PS3s, and BD Live players) will be playing them.

Really good times.

Sure, sure. *Smiles and nods.*

Too bad the industry doesn't share your download-aggrandizing dreams:

Originally Posted by Adams Media Research president

The fact is, despite what many on Wall Street seem to think, there is very little digital downloading going on.

[Grubert]

Originally Posted by mikemorel

Blu-ray disc sales, in January 2008 = 1.3 million.

Bllu-ray disc sales, in April 2008 = 900,000.

Thise are BDA numbers.

Blu-ray withering into UMD status. Good times.

...and Blu-ray disc sales in Jan-Jun = 7,370,000

You do the math.

[Thulium]

Originally Posted by mikemorel

Haa...Priceless. Major studios spend millions to author, replicate and distribute 650 titles to sell 900,000 copies in April, for an average of 1500 copies per title. BTxxxxx thinks that is "growing into mass market".

When, by 2020?

I wonder if there are 2 or 3 titles among that 650 that sold zero copies in April...Could that be possible?

Major studios spend BILLIONS to author, replicate and distribute 90,000 titles sell an average of 68 million copies a month for an average of 755 copies per title. Mikemorel thinks that is the way to measure the mass market.

[ack_bak]

Originally Posted by mikemorel

HD Downloads need a standard, which is coming in October. It's called DVD. You may have heard of it.

Look for it at a web site, video store, or shopping mall kiosk near you. Millions of XBox 360s, PCs, Roku Boxes, set top boxes, HD DVD players (and possibly PS3s, and BD Live players) will be playing them.

Really good times.

Did you even read the article that Grubert posted. People are not downloading in mass numbers. And you think DVD is going to jumpstart downloading? Umm okay. All of those devices you mention download now. Toshiba is not going to change that. And do you think Toshiba is going to fix the lack of affordable bandwidth in the US as well?

And what does any of this have to do with HD again? Oh yeah, I forgot you gave up on HD and now are pushing low bitrate DVD quality with less superior audio quality and extras as well. Really pushing the envelope huh Mike? Enjoy..

[theflux]

Originally Posted by ack_bak

Did you even read the article that Grubert posted. People are not downloading in mass numbers. And you think DVD is going to jumpstart downloading? Umm okay. All of those devices you mention download now. Toshiba is not going to change that. And do you think Toshiba is going to fix the lack of affordable bandwidth in the US as well?

And what does any of this have to do with HD again? Oh yeah, I forgot you gave up on HD and now are pushing low bitrate DVD quality with less superior audio quality and extras as well. Really pushing the envelope huh Mike? Enjoy..

HD DVD was the best "good enough" product he could buy, but with it gone he has nowhere to go since he can't bring himself to use the actual best product.

[ack_bak]

Originally Posted by theflux

HD DVD was the best "good enough" product he could buy, but with it gone he has nowhere to go since he can't bring himself to use the actual best product.

I guess so. I mean he does not even try to talk about HD anymore. Now he is pushing a technology that has been out for well over 10 years. I mean at least try and push 720p compressed "HD-Lite" PQ. I think he also forgets that this site is "High-Def Digest". Maybe they should have a section called "Low-Def-Digest" for people like Mike..

[Thulium]

Originally Posted by ack_bak

I guess so. I mean he does not even try to talk about HD anymore. Now he is pushing a technology that has been out for well over 10 years. I mean at least try and push 720p compressed "HD-Lite" PQ. I think he also forgets that this site is "High-Def Digest". Maybe they should have a section called "Low-Def-Digest" for people like Mike..

I think mikemorel suffers from "High-Def inDigestion"

[Favelle]

Originally Posted by Thulium

Major studios spend BILLIONS to author, replicate and distribute 90,000 titles sell an average of 68 million copies a month for an average of 755 copies per title. Mikemorel thinks that is the way to measure the mass market.

Studios are authoring 90,000 DIFFERENT DVD tiltles every month? Really? Do you have any links?