Blu-ray had 81% HD on disc market share in March

That means Blu-ray is out selling HD-DVD (a discontinued product) by only 4-1.

Surely the BD camp have to be concerned/embarrassed by this.

Agree, lame for Sony, oh wait, LAME Sony...

Very embarrassing! Especially since the install base of DVD by this time was 27 more movies per player, lol. Oh, but I'm sure the Blu Fanboys are right. Digital Download will never overtake Blu Ray. Riiiigggghhhhttt(heavy sarcasm).

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The first quarter of 2008 saw 4.9 million HD movies on disc sold. 3.8 million of those were Blu-ray titles. Since inception 9.8 million HD DVD and Blu-ray movies have been sold.

By the statement above, more high def disks have sold in the last 3 months than during 2006 and 2007 put together?

19% huh? Pretty good for a dead format. Seems the death throes are lasting quite awhile here. How much longer will they last?

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By the statement above, more high def disks have sold in the last 3 months than during 2006 and 2007 put together?

Just goes to show what poor starts both formats have had.

HD DVDs will probably continue to sell well for the rest of this year, as HD DVD owners snag as many good deals as they can find on new HD DVDs. Eventually, though, all things end, and most HD DVD sales will be in the used market, which should, nevertheless, continue to look good for many years to come. (Note used laser disc sales today.)

John

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Just goes to show what poor starts both formats have had.

Yes, it really makes one think that perhaps they were right about having two competing formats being bad for HD media adoption. In any case, that's phenomenal market growth after Warner went exclusive!

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in any case, that's phenomenal market growth after Warner went exclusive!

Agreed - its gone from non existent to very poor indeed.

Makes me wonder what the numbers would have been truly like pending that Blu-Ray was never packaged in a game console. Adoption would have been slower and war would still be on today.