Category Archives: Formats

HD DVD Loses Market Share Again

Posted on Friday, February 15, 2008 by MegaZone

After a few weeks of clawing back market share from Blu-ray, HD DVD had a major backslide the week ending 2/10. HD DVD fell from 26% back to 19%, giving Blu-ray 81% of the high-def media market. This puts Blu-ray … Continue reading →

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Wal*Mart Goes Blu-ray Exclusive, HD DVD Finally Dead?

Posted on Friday, February 15, 2008 by MegaZone

Toshiba, and the rest of the HD DVD camp, have done a wonderful job of completely ignoring the piles of bad news heaped on HD DVD over the past couple of months. They’ve continued to issue basically the same statement … Continue reading →

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Is Toshiba Finally Ready To Admit Defeat?

Posted on Friday, February 15, 2008 by MegaZone

The Hollywood Reporter claims that ‘reliable industry sources’ tell them Toshiba is finally ready to give up on HD DVD and will pull the plug ‘in the coming weeks’. Toshiba, of course, maintains that no decision has been made: Officially, … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray News Round-up

Posted on Friday, February 15, 2008 by MegaZone

An array of Blu-ray news today. Opus Arte, a distributor specializing in ‘high-art’ titles (Swan Lake, Strauss: Die Fledermaus, and the like), has previously been exclusively HD DVD. However, they’re going neutral, adding Blu-ray Disc to their high-def releases. Their … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray News Round-up

Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2008 by MegaZone

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Blu-ray is seeing explosive growth in Europe. Just two months after reaching the one million unit mark in movie sales they’d reached the two million mark. Media Control Gfk International reports movie sales total 2.4 … Continue reading →

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