HD DVD players lead in HD sales

HD DVD players lead in HD sales.

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By Henning Molbaek
FIRST ONLINE Oct 10, 2007

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New numbers from NPD put HD DVD stand-alone players in front when it comes to sales.

Year to date figures say that HD DVD has 53% of all sales with Blu-ray doing 44%. The last 3% accounts for Combo HD DVD and Blu-ray players.

Jodi Sally, Toshiba VP of marketing of digital A/V products, told VideoBusiness.com that Blu-ray had weekly victories in the run-up to the home theater installer conference CEDIA but said that HD DVD claimed the top spot again short after.

Not included in these figures are Playstation 3 and XBOX 360 add-on sales. The PS3 have sold about 2 million units in the U.S. since launch. Toshiba believes that HD DVD drives for computers will out-weigh the PS3 advantage next year. Here they hope to sell more than five million drives. Surveys have revealed that only 20% of PS3 owners use their game console for movie playback. Toshiba believes the percentage for PC drives to be higher.

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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

hoodaguy

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October 2007

This really isn't surprising. HD DVD players are way cheaper, and they are just going to get cheaper this holiday season. When you add in the fact that you get a boatload of free movies when you purchase the HD DVD player, what else would you choose?

Wednesday, October 10, 2007