Warner Exclusive Blu-ray= More PS3 sold?

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That's true, but we can compare to previous LTD data, and it already suggests an acceleration; Warner's move will certainly have an effect as well.
 
The Warner exec. said the attach rate of PS3 owners is lousy but overall, they do see more sales of Blu-Ray, which ultimately is what they care about.

In December, sales of Blu-Ray standalones outsold HD-DVD standalones, despite a price disadvantage.

Why, who knows, maybe people didn't want Toshiba gear.

Sales in the week following CES has been really lopsided in Blu-Ray's favor but some people are attributing it to promos run for Blu-Ray players.
 
People haven't just been buying more Blu-ray players though, they have been buying less HD-DVD players too.

I haven't kept up with the "war" in America, so maybe someone can confirm if Blu-Ray player sales were reduced when HD-DVD players came out at $99 or whether they remained constant.
 
Sony shrinks Blu-ray lasers, cheaper drives expected

Besides building marketing momentum, it seems that Sony R&D has also been hard at work: http://www.tech.co.uk/home-entertai...ves-cost-down?articleid=1714997370&source=rss

Developed jointly with Nichia of Japan, the new laser unit is just 3mm thick and should help manufacturers miniaturise the hardware in their Blu-ray drives. Sony says it imagines the device ending up in 9.5mm laptop drives sometime this year.

Cost savings come from a simpler manufacturing process that will yield dividends in mass production, while other features include the ability to handle dual-layer BDs and disks with organic dye in the recording layers. Organic disks can be churned out from existing DVD production lines, so it's a win-win situation here.
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SPM said:
It will push HDTV adoption. People will be forced to go down to their electrical retail store to buy a new TV when analogue TV's go off air. About 85% of TV sets displayed/sold at retail outlets are HDTVs, so the chances are that they will walk out with an HDTV even if they are not really sure what it is.
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The only people who only get analog OTA are either to poor to afford cable/sat or don't care enough about tv to get cable/sat. Those people are not going to spend a grand to replace the tv when they can get a converter box for under 100.
 
quest55720 said:
The only people who only get analog OTA are either to poor to afford cable/sat or don't care enough about tv to get cable/sat. Those people are not going to spend a grand to replace the tv when they can get a converter box for under 100.
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Although there are some that won't spend the money for HDTV, there are also a lot that will. I'm one of the latter. I'd rather spend my money that would have went to cable/sat on my DSL & cell phone services. However, I did buy an HDTV(32" LCD for $700 a year ago). My sister did the same thing instead she bought a 36" LCD for around $900. Neither of us have cable/sat or ever plan on getting it. OTA HD is free. So why pay for cable or sat and only get local channels in SD? So I wouldn't say we don't care about TV or we're too poor to afford it. We just have different set of priorities. I'm sure there will be a lot of folks that do the same thing when they get their tax checks in. Spend it on bigger TVs, ones that just so happen to all be HDTVs.

BTW, converter boxes should run less than $50 when they come out in the next couple of months. I'm getting at least one, but will also have 2 $40 rebates to use if needed. Not all my TVs are HD or have digital tuners.

Tommy McClain
 
Cable and satellite are broadcasting local channels in HD in most of the bigger markets.

They are suppose to have the smaller markets eventually.

Lot of cable channels have also started airing programming in HD.

Just as this generation of consoles came out at a time when more people had broadband to use online gaming if they wanted, I think by the time the next gen consoles are out, HDTV will be pretty entrenched.
 
Color me purple as I am the owner of a PS3 now to go along with my HD-DVD on the 360. The sole reason for the PS3 was blu-ray. However may try a few games on the PS3. Problem is I am sooo far behind n the 360 games the thought of having even more games to play and still not time to play them is a nice "problem" to have I suppose....
 
SPM said:
It will push HDTV adoption. People will be forced to go down to their electrical retail store to buy a new TV when analogue TV's go off air. .
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No,all you nee is a digital box which my cable company has had for years now and gives as part of their cable package. I have a seven year old TV connected to one.
 
ninzel said:
No,all you nee is a digital box which my cable company has had for years now and gives as part of their cable package. I have a seven year old TV connected to one.
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No, if you have cable nothing will change for you. Cable customers aren't effected by the digital switch.

Also, anyone who has an HDTV but only pays for analog cable can probably get the local networks in HD if their tuner supports QAM. Cable companies in the USA are not allowed to encrypt them.
 
Brad Grenz said:
No, if you have cable nothing will change for you. Cable customers aren't effected by the digital switch.

Also, anyone who has an HDTV but only pays for analog cable can probably get the local networks in HD if their tuner supports QAM. Cable companies in the USA are not allowed to encrypt them.
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I've been told by Rogers in Canada a digital cable box will be required,which they rent for you for about $2/month. Or you can purchase.
Either way,no one is required to purchase a new HDTV for the digital switch.It will only be a factor in driving HDTV adoption,if sales people use it to lie to customers.
I don't understand why this digital switch issue comes up every time the issue of HDTV adoption comes up. The two are almost completely unrelated.
 
Rogers Canada may be switching to an entirely digital service, but that's unrelated to the broadcast switch in the states and not necessarily indicative of what other cable companies are doing. Comcast has a big ad campaign going to reassure their existing customers that the switch doesn't effect them whatsoever.
 
Brad Grenz said:
Comcast has a big ad campaign going to reassure their existing customers that the switch doesn't effect them whatsoever.
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Here Cox Cable is doing the same thing. They offer local HD channels for my local TV market, but they don't offer service in my area. We have the craptastic SuddenLink instead. If I lived in a Cox Cable area I would seriously consider getting cable TV for their HD line-up alone.

Tommy McClain
 
[modhat]Not sure where this thread is heading. Discussion of cable providers isn't really pertinent to BRD sales and impact on consoles. Please try to relate your points to the topic, such as HD cable providers rending BRD sales and thus impact on PS3 redundant.[/modhat]
 
Added momentum from the Warner announcement is that Netflix and Bestbuy to favor blu-ray in HDM. Keeping an eye out for month to month direction if PS3 will pick up from the adoption to blu-ray:

Netflix Goes Blu-ray Exclusive
Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 12:30 PM ET
Tags: Netflix, High-Def Disc Rentals (all tags)

Online rentailer Netflix has announced it will drop support of the HD DVD format, and will exclusively stock Blu-ray discs.

Source: http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/s...s/Netflix/Netflix_Goes_Blu-ray_Exclusive/1451

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Best Buy to Recommend Blu-ray over HD DVD
Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 04:17 PM ET
Tags: Best Buy, Industry Trends (all tags)

The nation's largest consumer electronics retailer says it will recommend Blu-ray as its preferred high-def format.

According to a just-issued press release, Best Buy says that in endorsing Blu-ray, the company hopes to take a step forward in addressing consumer confusion about high-definition formats.

source: http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/s...est_Buy_to_Recommend_Blu-ray_over_HD_DVD/1455
 
Keep an eye on this one but it looks that the Warner announcement was in part a push in the PS3 numbers for January...

In a statement, Jack Tretton, CEO of SCEA offered: "Coming off a great holiday season we see strong momentum behind PS3 in 2008, and feel confident about the year ahead.

"We have Blu-ray emerging as the de-facto high-def standard, the developer community is hitting their stride, consumers are recognising the tremendous value and innovative services such as PlayStation Home are all in the works, so this is definitely shaping up to be a breakthrough year for us."

Source: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=33157
 
And, as mentioned in another thread, now Walmart will go BluRay exclusive in June.
 
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