Blu-ray dominates on Amazon, not Google
It's the weekend, everyone. You know what that means! A dearth of news, a plethora of entertainment -- this is true for both the website and for real life. You work and work every day of the week, then comes the weekend and you can play and be entertained. How do you go about having fun, you ask? Watching your favorite movie in a high-definition format is an excellent start. Speaking of HD movies, let's give you an update on how the two rivals are faring.
According to
eProductWars, a site measuring data gathered from
Amazon.com, our own Blu-ray format is beating out HD DVD in the following categories:
There is one chart that seems to indicate HD DVD is in a lead position. The last chart is for Google searches and HD DVD is much more sought after by the search engine elite. So, kudos for that one. We've noticed a few trends as well for both formats, including one good one just for HD DVD:
- Average price is increasing for both
- Number of DVD's available for purchase and shipping have leveled out
- Blu-ray is losing steam in the top 100 product sales rank
It's amazing how Blu-ray continues to pull ahead, even if some of the charts indicate a closing gap between formats for a brief time. If the rumor that Universal is switching to a neutral position to support both formats turns out to be truth (
it has been dismissed as "totally false" by the President of Universal Studios himself, Craig Kornblau), this meaningless war won't end, but it will shift in a new direction. Also, word on the street is Microsoft is
considering a Blu-ray add-on to the 360 around the holiday season...
