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the best thing about blu-ray lagging is I still hear people making the "blu-ray is ahead of where dvd was at this point in its life!" argument....

Posted by x (aka dmuck) Nov 3 '08, 03:32

i mean c'mon people. if you're only standing at 4% of sales a good 10 months after the format war was decided you've quite clearly failed to make much headway at all on the marketplace. the mainstream just doesn't care enough about you.

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I'd like to know how it compares to laser disc. -- nm - mafic Nov 3, 05:27 2
- Smaller. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 3, 05:44 1
  - but worse as a frisbee -- nm - colin Nov 3, 06:00
*yawn* - Stewie Nov 3, 03:50 11
- Just to clarify that's 10-12% of the top 20 sales. Not of the whole market. - Inigo Nov 3, 05:11 2
  - Let's see how it's doing when it's not relying on mega-blockbusters to drive sales. - Will Hunting Nov 3, 05:21 1
    - 10-12 % of the big releases would seem to me to show that a fair number of people won't pay the markup.... - x Nov 3, 05:25
- market share there higher than i've seen elsewhere, i'll admit.... - x Nov 3, 03:58 7
  - The potential customer base is only people with HDTVs, that's what 20% of households? - Stewie Nov 3, 04:11 6
    - it's sort of a success in the way ps3 is. you're making profits, which is good. just not the way you'd hoped....nm - x Nov 3, 04:13 5
      - But it comes with a free frogurt. - Don Homer Nov 3, 04:34 4
        
        But the frogurt is also cursed. - Shaun of the Dead Nov 3, 05:26
        
        the frogurt is also cursed. - mafic Nov 3, 05:25 2
        
        But you get your choice of toppings. - Cuzzin Todd Nov 3, 05:48 1
        
        The toppings contain sodium benzoate. -- nm - Ender Nov 3, 06:55

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