Every week Home Media Magazine reports the latest Nielson VideoScan numbers for the Blu-ray vs. HD DVD battle. They include three figures: Weekly, Year-to-date, and Since Inception. Weekly numbers examine discs sold at retail over the course of just the current week, the YTD numbers look at sales from the first week ending in 2007 to the present, and the since inception numbers show the relative performance of Blu-ray and HD DVD discs since the formats' respective births.
Nielson VideoScan Data for Week Ending 9/16/07
Source: Nielson VideoScan via http://www.homemediamagazine.com/
Weekly sales: Blu-ray leads HD DVD 61% to 39%, 100:63.9, or 1.56:1
YTD sales: Blu-ray leads HD DVD 66% to 34%, 100:51.5, or 1.94:1
Since Inception sales: Blu-ray leads HD DVD 61% to 39%, 100:63.9, or 1.56:1
It's been a pretty down month for Blu-ray, but starting with next weeks data, we enter another period with a lot of good Blu-ray releases. Hopefully the data will go back to its earlier numbers with Blu-ray dominating HD DVD.
Nielson VideoScan Top 10 for Week Ending 9/16/07
Source: Nielson VideoScan via http://www.homemediamagazine.com/
Once again, there's nothing new under the sun. Although it is interesting how quickly Heroes and Blades of Glory on HD DVD have fallen on the chart. Again, hopefully next week will return us to Blu-ray domination.
Top 20 Box Office Films Expected for Video Release in Q4
Source: http://www.homemediamagazine.com/
Of those titles, most have already been announced for release. Here's the breakdown:
- 11 are Blu-ray Exclusive (+ 1 for The Simpson's if Fox gives it a Blu-ray release) -- This includes both New Line titles which won't be available on HD DVD until sometime next year
- 5 are HD DVD exclusive
- 2 are Neutral
- 1 (1408) isn't set for release on either format.
So, 65 or 70% of the big releases for this fourth quarter will be available on Blu-ray, while only 35% will be available on HD DVD.
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