Comments on: Sony expects 50% Blu-Ray market share split with DVD by end of year http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/04/07/sony-expects-50-blu-ray-market-share-split-with-dvd-by-end-of-year/ Technology news Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:15:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Allan Silliphant http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/04/07/sony-expects-50-blu-ray-market-share-split-with-dvd-by-end-of-year/comment-page-1/#comment-104935 Allan Silliphant Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:16:16 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/04/07/sony-expects-50-blu-ray-market-share-split-with-dvd-by-end-of-year/#comment-104935 Once people realize that Blu-ray machines up-convert regular widescreen DVDs to 1080p, and know that will always look good to great, they will buy or rent blu-ray disks, at least 4 or 5 purchases a year, and 5 time that in rentals. Red ray DVD is playable on a BLU-ray, but BLU-ray disks require a BLU-ray player. When all the first line movies can be rented in BLU-RAY, like by Christmas, half of the people will buy, the other half over then next 2 years...It will go down like that...in MHO! Once people realize that Blu-ray machines up-convert regular widescreen DVDs to 1080p, and
know that will always look good to great, they will buy or rent blu-ray disks, at least 4 or 5 purchases a year, and 5 time that in rentals. Red ray DVD is
playable on a BLU-ray, but BLU-ray disks require a
BLU-ray player. When all the first line movies can be rented in BLU-RAY, like by Christmas, half of the people will buy, the other half over then next 2 years…It will go down like that…in MHO!

]]> By: Allan Silliphant http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/04/07/sony-expects-50-blu-ray-market-share-split-with-dvd-by-end-of-year/comment-page-1/#comment-104933 Allan Silliphant Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:14:52 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/04/07/sony-expects-50-blu-ray-market-share-split-with-dvd-by-end-of-year/#comment-104933 Once people realize that Blu-ray machines up-convert regular widescreen DVDs to 1080p, and know that will always look good to great, they will buy or rent blu-ray disks, at least 4 or 5 purchases a year, and 5 time that in rentals. Red ray DVD is playable on a BLU-ray, but BLUR-ray disks require a BLU-ray player. When all the first line movies can be rented in BLU-RAY, like by Christmas, half of the people will buy, the other half over then next 2 years...It will go down like that...in MHO! Once people realize that Blu-ray machines up-convert regular widescreen DVDs to 1080p, and
know that will always look good to great, they will buy or rent blu-ray disks, at least 4 or 5 purchases a year, and 5 time that in rentals. Red ray DVD is
playable on a BLU-ray, but BLUR-ray disks require a
BLU-ray player. When all the first line movies can be rented in BLU-RAY, like by Christmas, half of the people will buy, the other half over then next 2 years…It will go down like that…in MHO!

]]> By: KL http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/04/07/sony-expects-50-blu-ray-market-share-split-with-dvd-by-end-of-year/comment-page-1/#comment-83363 KL Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:30:59 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/04/07/sony-expects-50-blu-ray-market-share-split-with-dvd-by-end-of-year/#comment-83363 I think Sony got a little too excited about their Blu Ray sales of No Country For No Me, 65,000 in first week, even then that only represented 9% of the market share. Its all about spin and Sony love the sound of their own voices! What Sony have forgotten about during their format war with HD DVD is the simple consumer, and the simple economics of supply and demand. Currently there is no real demand for HD content amongst the masses. If there was mass demand for HD then how come only a tiny percentage pays to see HD content on TV, whilst the masses are quite content with standard definition broadcasts. Just because Sony are pushing the supply, it doesn't follow that consumer demand will be magically created out of thin air. I think Sony got a little too excited about their Blu Ray sales of No Country For No Me, 65,000 in first week, even then that only represented 9% of the market share.

Its all about spin and Sony love the sound of their own voices!
What Sony have forgotten about during their format war with HD DVD is the simple consumer, and the simple economics of supply and demand.
Currently there is no real demand for HD content amongst the masses.
If there was mass demand for HD then how come only a tiny percentage pays to see HD content on TV, whilst the masses are quite content with standard definition broadcasts.
Just because Sony are pushing the supply, it doesn’t follow that consumer demand will be magically created out of thin air.

]]> By: DaveBG http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/04/07/sony-expects-50-blu-ray-market-share-split-with-dvd-by-end-of-year/comment-page-1/#comment-82734 DaveBG Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:37:56 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/04/07/sony-expects-50-blu-ray-market-share-split-with-dvd-by-end-of-year/#comment-82734 Lying liars lying to us again. ....either that or they have totally lost their minds. DVD sells 750+ million movies a year. Blu-ray has yet to top 15 million movies in the entire 2 years it has been available. The Blu-ray shills are simply shameless. Lying liars lying to us again.

….either that or they have totally lost their minds.

DVD sells 750+ million movies a year.

Blu-ray has yet to top 15 million movies in the entire 2 years it has been available.

The Blu-ray shills are simply shameless.

]]> By: Ken http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/04/07/sony-expects-50-blu-ray-market-share-split-with-dvd-by-end-of-year/comment-page-1/#comment-82731 Ken Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:52:25 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/04/07/sony-expects-50-blu-ray-market-share-split-with-dvd-by-end-of-year/#comment-82731 I would like a suitcase of whatever Sony is ingesting. I would like a suitcase of whatever Sony is ingesting.

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