Comments on: JB Hi-Fi to stock HD-DVD http://www.australiandvd.net/2007/10/21/jb-hi-fi-to-stock-hd-dvd-2/ Australian DVD News, Reviews & Information... Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:43:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Jim http://www.australiandvd.net/2007/10/21/jb-hi-fi-to-stock-hd-dvd-2/#comment-3824 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:54:48 +0000 http://www.australiandvd.net/2007/10/21/jb-hi-fi-to-stock-hd-dvd-2/#comment-3824 So, in what is HD DVD's strongest market (North America), Transformers hasn't sold as well as the early reports claimed: http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Paramount/Disc_Sales/Disc_Sales:_Blu-ray_Squeaks_Weekly_Win_Against_Transformers_HD_DVD/1109 300 on blu-ray did significantly better in its first week. Based on the sales results of other titles, I think it's fair to say if Paramount had continued to release on both formats the blu-ray version would have sold twice as many as the HD DVD version. I just can't see a future for the HD DVD format. Early next year after Christmas I expect it will be even further behind blu-ray. So, in what is HD DVD’s strongest market (North America), Transformers hasn’t sold as well as the early reports claimed:

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Paramount/Disc_Sales/Disc_Sales:_Blu-ray_Squeaks_Weekly_Win_Against_Transformers_HD_DVD/1109

300 on blu-ray did significantly better in its first week. Based on the sales results of other titles, I think it’s fair to say if Paramount had continued to release on both formats the blu-ray version would have sold twice as many as the HD DVD version.

I just can’t see a future for the HD DVD format. Early next year after Christmas I expect it will be even further behind blu-ray.

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