[Andy_MT]

Fox's Dunn Bullish On DVD and Blu-ray
http://www.hive4media.com/index.cfm?sec_id=2

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The early adopter is going Blu-ray, and I think it will be readily apparent to that crucial second tier of consumers that Blu-ray is the obvious choice

really ? i got the impression it was the other way around.

[Jeff®]

He goes on to state:

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"It really is an easy argument to make. Right from the start, Blu-ray is going to be in consoles, computers and video games. You’ve got 170 companies involved, many of which are among the most trusted consumer brands, along with every major motion picture company but one. The penetration of Blu-ray is going to be in the millions of households by early 2007, compared to less than 100,000 households for HD DVD. And, it will penetrate faster than DVD did — going from zero to 10 million households like a rocket. Once the delta between the two formats begins to widen like that early on, it becomes a Blu-ray no-brainer for the consumer."

[RobertR]

Obviously he's talking about the PS3, the assumption being that millions of game players are also going to buy BD movies. It remains to be seen:

1. How many PS3s will be sold

2. The PQ and features as a BD player

3. How many gamers will run out and buy BD movies (and KEEP ON buying them) after shelling out 70 to 100 bucks apiece for games.


By the way, millions of SACD and DVD-A players have been sold, yet those formats are essentially dead for some reason ....

It's never been more obvious that the "PS3 will guarantee millions of movie sales" sales pitch is the primary carrot Sony used to get studio support.

[Marc Colella]

Don't forget that there are millions of PSP's purchased... yet the UMD format is getting it's ass kicked.

Fox really needs to get a clue.

[Larry Sutliff]

The prices need to go down and the quality needs to go up for Blu-Ray before Fox writes off HD DVD.

[Paul.S]

Dunn: "First of all, the format war is really only going on in the press."

I think more than a few of us might disagree with this statement.

[Harminder]

It feels like Dunn use to work at Best Buy since what he's saying is wrong and/or over hyped.

Millions of households for Blu-Ray and less than 100,000 for HD-DVD? I find that VERY hard to believe considering how many people are adopting HD-DVD so far.
If he is counting PS3, than he should look at the forums and see how many people are complaining about the price of the HDMI enabled PS3. I think 90% of gamers are buying PS3 for the GAMES not Blu-Ray movies.

On a side note, I was SHOCKED to find that my local Busted Buy has HD-DVD RIGHT UP at the FRONT of the home theatre section hooked up to a 32" Samsung LCD and Blu-Ray is unplugged and to the side! Hmmmmm...

[Stan Rozenfeld]

Yes, it's become obvious to me that it's all about PS3. He is not the first content provider who has made such statements (please don't ask for links, but I do remember some porn content provider saying almost the same thing). I am curious how this will work out, and what Microsoft will do to try to counteract it.

[Rachael B]

Yeah, I just read the Dunn thang....if he'd just drop his drawers, all the world would know he's got nothing but poppycock. He's so full of himself.

[Paul.S]

LOL, Rachael--I think that just about sums it up. Amen.

[Paul_Scott]

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Originally Posted by Harminder

Millions of households for Blu-Ray and less than 100,000 for HD-DVD? I find that VERY hard to believe considering how many people are adopting HD-DVD so far.
If he is counting PS3, than he should look at the forums and see how many people are complaining about the price of the HDMI enabled PS3. I think 90% of gamers are buying PS3 for the GAMES not Blu-Ray movies.

I don't find it hard to believe, in fact that's the way I expect it to play out.
Some of us have been saying for a while that while specs on paper may tout the technical advantages of Bd, that's not the reason they have overwhelming studio support (and attendant CE support).
You then have to wonder just how committed that format as a whole is going to be to a/v excellance, when they know full well that the greater majority of their customers are playing the discs off of a game console.