Disc Sales: Blu-ray Squeaks Weekly Win Against 'Transformers' HD DVD
Fri Oct 26, 2007 at 02:21 AM ET
Tags: Disc Sales, Paramount (all tags)

Home Media Magazine is reporting a narrow Blu-ray disc sales victory for the week ending Oct 21, disputing Paramount's previously released sales numbers for HD DVD edition of 'The Transformers.'

According to the just-published report, Blu-ray won the week by a thin margin that amounts to 51% of the high-def discs sold, versus 49% for HD DVD. Although a two percent lead is certainly not commanding, many were expecting the HD DVD camp to win the week, thanks in large part to Paramount's high-profile HD DVD exclusive release of Transformers.

As we've previously reported, earlier this week Paramount issued a press release projecting record-breaking first-week sales of 190,000 units. Home Media Magazine disputes Paramount's numbers, estimating the actual number of units that sold through to consumers as closer to 115,000.

Some have theorized that Blu-ray's strong showing for the week in the face of such strong sales for 'The Transformers' is attributable in part to a series of "buy one get one free" offers extended by Disney at such leading retailers as Best Buy, Circuit City and Amazon.

In any case, here's betting these latest sales numbers will give both formats something to crow about this Friday. On the HD DVD side, 'The Transformers' propelled the format to its strongest weekly showing against its next-gen rival in over nine months; on the Blu-ray side, even up against the third biggest box office grosser of the year, the Sony-backed format still managed to eke out a victory.

Home Media Magazine报道虽然有人预测HD在变形金刚的带动下能在周销量超过BD 但是上周BD销量仍然占51%轻微领先HD的49%。 另外派拉蒙称变形金刚首周销售19万 实际应该只有11.5万:企鹅筛沙: :企鹅筛沙:
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/ ... formers_HD_DVD/1109

360上加配HD，再入一台PS3，管你BD和HD怎么战，1要有好片，2片子要降价，别的无所谓。。

目前来说，没有D版对于我都是扯。因为我看片子太杂，什么类型的片子都看，以目前的高清视盘价位来看，真是消费不起。
我目前的D版DVD有4箱子（都是没有硬盒包装的，一律纸片简装），至少3000多张，这还没算上我买的一点正版DVD。你算算要是把D版都买成正版需要多钱？
所以国内要是没有D版对我来说一切都是没有意义的。这也是我为什么没有买360的HD驱动器的问题。要是只为了看一两眼高清画面，我的EVD就足够了（我的EVD是因为DVD坏了才买的，否则也不会买）。

现在其实也满奇怪的，我记得以前国内刚出现DVD不久，我就花了4800多圆买了索尼的DVD，想看那个时候所谓的高清欲望很强烈。那个时候还没有D版，想看就只能买水货正版，当然DVD我买了时间不太长就出现D版了。但是我的索尼DVD机读D版又很差，后来不得以又买了飞乐的DVD。
现在对这方面的欲望反而没有了，我看片子主要关注内容，其他都是次要的。这种心态的变化可能也造成我对次世代高清没有太大购买欲望。

BD变形金刚可是买一送一的，LZ怎么不提？

迪士尼，真的对bd 很好，自己大放血。 把bd卖的比 dvd 还便宜。 这样玩格式大战 有什么意义呢。 还不如卖 dvd 吧，价格高，成本低，利润高 :D

扯，一下子扯到49%，还不要命？

等什么时候统计一下Heroes加某黑帮剧的HD版...

是有点奇怪，作为一个内容提供商趟这浑水做什么？

LS的哈哈

这差距不提也罢。感觉谁也战不翻谁现在是