Comments on: Crazy End of Year Prices on HD-A30 and HD-A35

By: Pravin

Pravin — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:28:11 +0000

I’m sure the manufacturers know how much of various things they have sold, but they keep a lot of that information to themselves. I had the same curiosity and even looked it up in Warner’s stock filings, but they didn’t break out their sales numbers by title, only by corporate division. In other words, they’ll say how Warner Home Video is doing, but don’t give specific numbers.

Instead, we have to rely on third parties who monitor this stuff, but the problem with them is that they’re usually not comprehensive enough and miss out on a vendor or two.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:07:18 +0000

Does anyone have or know where I can view the sales numbers for the HD-A3 series of players for Nov-Dec 2007? Considering the fact that “300″ is bundled with the new players and that WB was paid for the discs by Toshiba, I would like to figure out the true tallies for the HD DVD version of the film against the claims that the BR version is outselling it.

By: Vin

Vin — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:45:37 +0000

Seconding what Holmes wrote. I bought my very first HD-DVD at BB and was later steered towards Fry’s and Amazon. I haven’t bought a title from them again since.

By: Holmes

Holmes — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:12:23 +0000

Actually Amazon really is the best way to get your HD DVDS. They have the widest selection. A lot of titles not in the sotres are available through Amazon. Add to that the fact that Amazon has prices that are much lower and it really is the best alternative.

By: Pravin

Pravin — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:27:54 +0000

I read somewhere, perhaps at the AVS forum, that Circuit City is doing a “Buy 2 Get One” sale in two weeks. B2G1 is not as good as B1G1 because your savings are diluted, but it’s better than no sale at all.

Another issue that needs to be addressed is that retail stores need to stock more movies in the first place. Online merchants like Amazon don’t have shelf-space issues and can offer a lot more movies when you go looking, but not everybody goes online.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:14:42 +0000

Don’t know if it’s true, but just in case it is. A Best Buy employee, whom I personally know for about 3 years, told me that he heard that next week Best Buy will have a Buy 2 get 1 Free deal from any of their HD DVD and Blu Ray discs in store.

Let’s hope this is really going to happen.

By: Holmes

Holmes — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:42:40 +0000

The Best Buy BOGO is getting a little thin for both formats but if you find titles you like on the list, you can really save. Of course Amazon always has the lowest proices on HDDVDS so I tend to order directly from them. Any serious film fan should definitely check out the Blade Runner collection. It was a watershed film when it was released and is still one of the most engaging and intelligent Sci-Fi films ever made.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:29:13 +0000

I grabbed my HD-A30 from Amazon last week at $238. I’ve noticed from the Amazon Sales Ranking that the A30 is outselling the A3.
It’s also interesting to see that even the high-end A35 is outselling cheaper Blu-Ray models.