BLUE-RAY UPDATE:Sony Gives Blu-Ray Discs for Free!!!

[Kiran.dks]

Sony Gives Blu-Ray Discs for Free: Blu-Ray Outsells HD DVD.
Blu-Ray Discs Outsell HD DVD by a Factor of Two

Sales of movies on Blu-ray discs have surpassed sales of motion pictures on HD DVDs in the USA, a market study by a market tracking agency claims. But that is not a surprise: Sony has bundled some PlayStation 3 game machines with a BD movie and included a voucher for another Blu-ray disc, essentially shipping several hundreds of thousands Blu-ray movies for free.

A recent market research report from Nielsen VideoScan claims that the numbers for the week ending January 7th demonstrate that for every 47.14 HD DVD movies sold, there are 100 Blu-ray movies sold, but on the following week, ending January 14th the amount of HD DVDs sold would be 38.36, for every 100 Blu-ray discs sold, PSX Extreme web-site claims.

This is not the first time when a research indicates about Blu-ray outpacing HD DVD sales. According to 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, a studio that exclusively supports Blu-ray format, Blu-ray discs started to outsell HD DVDs in late December and by early January there were 3.5 BDs sold on every single HD DVD movie.



HD DVD manufacturers – primarily Toshiba and Thompson – said they shipped about 175 thousands of HD DVD players in 2006. But while the Blu-ray camp led by Sony Corp. did not indicate how many players were sold, it is known that Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. shipped one million PlayStation 3 gaming machines in late-2006 – early-2007.

Many of the PlayStation 3 game consoles included Talladega Nights movie on Blu-ray and/or a voucher to purchase a Blu-ray movie for free, meaning that there were several hundred of thousands of Blu-ray movies purchased for free during the period.

Blu-ray disc fiercely competes with HD DVD format to replace conventional DVD in future. While Blu-ray offers larger storage space for content, HD DVD drives and discs are easier and cheaper to produce.

News Courtesy: Xbitlabs

[Lucky_star]

When will the rays in blue shine here?

[Chrono Cr@cker]

Anybody have any idea how much a Blu-Ray will cost. I thin it will be cheaper to buy 50 DVD's.

~ CC

[webgenius]

Even if it's cheaper, just imagine the number of DVD pouches you'll need to store those discs

[led_shankar]

will they give blu-ray writers for free, too?

[goobimama]

Funny, I don't see as many blu-ray rips on torrent sites as there are HD DVDs... even though both are just as easily crackable...

[Kiran.dks]

Originally Posted by led_shankar

will they give blu-ray writers for free, too?

That would never happen! Especially when Sony is going through huge losses due to chargeable Battery and PlayStation 3 issue...

[hailgautam]

Blue ray seems to be a better option compared to HD DVD due to more capacity of Blue Ray Disks. but considering what happened to Betamx one might wonder will the history repeat.

But now things are different. Sony will not be expected to commit the same mistakes. Add to that Sony Pictures is one of the largest Production Houses in US, therefore they will have many title under their belt to release to the market.