Toshiba and Co. may huff and puff about not being dead now, but the first sales numbers in the post-Warner world don’t look good for HD DVD. The week of Jan. 12 saw Blu-ray capture 90 percent of the market. Hence the massive price cuts by Toshiba on HD DVD hardware on Jan. 13.
And to make sure we’ve crossed all the Ts here, the relevant NPD guy said not to make too much out of one week’s sales numbers—that’s a data point, not a trend, he says.
OK, that may not be a trend, but when I have relatives calling me, bothering me, asking me about “that Blu-ray thing,” maybe then we’re getting closer to the average Joe paying attention to high-def discs.
Sales of HD DVD Players Plunge After Warner Move [New York Times]
Actually, It looks like the New York Times is using NPD numbers. NPD came out ans said that the conclusions made by NYT are inaccurate, at best.
http://www.dailygame.net/news/archives/007137.php
good bye hd-dvd. it was nice knowing you. i will miss you just as much as i missed betamax.
“And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would have liked to have known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did”
-sir elton john
Hello everybody, my name is Damion, and I’m glad to join your conmunity,
and wish to assit as far as possible.