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Blu-ray Holds On To Player Sales Lead Over HD DVD While Toshiba Struggles

Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 by MegaZone

Despite Toshiba’s massive player price cuts, which took effect on January 13th, HD DVD was unable to undo the sales advantage of Blu-ray in standalone player sales for the week ending January 19th. Not surprisingly, Blu-ray did lose market share … Continue reading →

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Woolworths Drops HD DVD, Gartner Calls Blu-ray Win, Toshiba Blows $2.7 Million On Super Bowl Ad

Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 by MegaZone

Major UK retailer Woolworths (not to be confused with defunct US retailer F. W. Woolworth Company aka Woolworth’s) has decided to drop HD DVD from their stores after Blu-ray bested the format 10-to-1 during the holiday shopping season, according to … Continue reading →

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The Hits Keep Coming For HD DVD, Blu-ray Pulls Away

Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 by MegaZone

Things aren’t looking much better for HD DVD with the new figures out from Nielsen VideoScan. While up slightly from the 85/15 split for the week ending 1/13, it is indeed only very slight. The numbers for the week ending … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray Garners Increasing Support, And Marketshare

Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 by MegaZone

Dealerscope is reporting that Best Buy plans to promote Blu-ray in stores. Customers who purchase two Blu-ray discs will receive a $10 gift card, those who purchase three will receive a $25 gift card. This will reportedly apply to all … Continue reading →

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Gizmodo’s Take On the Format War & HD DVD’s Demise

Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 by MegaZone

Gizmodo has an interesting post on the Blu-ray / HD DVD format war, and, in their words, the ‘demise of HD DVD’. They repeat a rumor I’ve seen reported elsewhere, that Fox has been considering switching to HD DVD, and … Continue reading →

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