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Paul_Scott · 03-29-2008, 06:15 AM

I thought I read the first week( or was it 5 days?) units sold for 'No Country...' were in the range of 685,000 giving the Bd around 68,000. Going on the assumption these figures were accurate, in 'absolute' terms the dvd sales aren't that spectacular( especially for a crime/thriller that just won Best Picture and seemed to be fairly popular with 25-35 males among others). On the other hand, I think it's good for anyone that wants to see HDMs thrive, that the ratio is 10% and not 3 or 5%. Studios are simply not going to stop releasing NEW movies on disc-and hopefully 10% ( and going up?) would be incentive for the studios to go with a Bd release on more borderline/arthouse/limited appeal new releases. Catalog will still be a different story but hopefully the rising tide will raise all the boats, not just the shiny new ones.

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03-29-2008, 06:15 AM	#19 of 24
Paul_Scott Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Local Time: 04:16 AM Local Date: 05-17-2008 Posts: 5,604	Re: Interesting Article on Blu-Ray sales Rising I thought I read the first week( or was it 5 days?) units sold for 'No Country...' were in the range of 685,000 giving the Bd around 68,000. Going on the assumption these figures were accurate, in 'absolute' terms the dvd sales aren't that spectacular( especially for a crime/thriller that just won Best Picture and seemed to be fairly popular with 25-35 males among others). On the other hand, I think it's good for anyone that wants to see HDMs thrive, that the ratio is 10% and not 3 or 5%. Studios are simply not going to stop releasing NEW movies on disc-and hopefully 10% ( and going up?) would be incentive for the studios to go with a Bd release on more borderline/arthouse/limited appeal new releases. Catalog will still be a different story but hopefully the rising tide will raise all the boats, not just the shiny new ones.