Wed Oct 1, 2008 12:01PM EDT
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Gosh, the high-def DVD battle seems like it ended years ago (in reality: Februrary 2008), but, believe it or not, it seems like the fight still continues. The strangest news of the week comes from UK's Financial Times, which reveals that HD DVD is still selling strongly, with thousands of titles on the market being snapped up at bargain prices.
Blame drastic price cuts for the continued interest in HD DVD as the players and media are sold off in fire sale mode. Discs can cost as little as $10 (cheaper than a comparable DVD even) and players can be found as cheaply as $60 or less.
Online retailer Buy.com says that "HD DVD sales are still very strong" and even intimates that continued interest in the now-defunct platform may be cutting into Blu-ray sales, where a "huge increase in sales... just hasn't happened."
One distributor says that he's sold about a million HD DVD discs that were returned after Toshiba called it quits earlier this year and expects to sell up to three million more before Christmas.
Of course, prices and inventory like this won't last forever. We're dealing with a finite resource (not including used HD DVDs, that is) that will eventually dry up. But because no new titles are being released on HD DVD, the overstock market will eventually go the way of Sega Genesis game titles: The dollar racks at Half.com. Get 'em while they're, um... hot?
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If Bluray would drop to these prices it would actually sell. But until then, old standard DVD wins.
I still HD DVD, you don't have to wait for downlowds like blu ray. Yes, they sell the titles online everywere. Blu ray needs to bring the prices down yesterday. Will see what happen!!!!!!
1 Posted by rogueist on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:49PM EDT Report Abuse
Like I said before - BluRay is DEAD - it NEVER won the war - HD DVD actually won the war, and the figures STILL bear it out! And it is not "Bargain" prices either - check the prices out - yeah a few are "bargain" priced, but otherwise, the prices are on-par with DVDs and in some cases higher.