HD-DVD Winning - Says HD DVD Group June 12, 2007

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Here we go again people. Last month it was the Blu-ray camp claiming superior numbers compared to HD DVD and today we have the HD DVD Promotional Group with some favourable stats of its own.

Of course, all of these must be taken with just a pinch of salt and the realisation that it’s way too early to tell which one will be leading by the time you decide to invest in either of the HD formats.

The HD DVD Promotional Group [in the US] said it is way ahead in the – and this is the important bit – “dedicated consumer electronics player market” with 60% of players sold. HD movie sales hit an all time high in May too, with 75,000 movie HD DVD movies shifted in the last week of May alone. This is no doubt down to the mega-price cuts and movies deals announced recently.

The number of Toshiba players sold so far has now hit a healthy 150,000. Remember, this is the dedicated player market though and does not count Blu-ray equipped PS3s. First Toshiba planning to equip every notebook with HD DVD drives and now this. It’s finally good to see HD DVD battling back against the Blu-ray media storm. While two HD formats is still bad for us consumers, increased competition isn’t. -Martin Lynch

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