Tuesday, July 4, 2006
Which HD-DVD Titles Are Hot Sellers?
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 02:00 PM
"With HD DVD movies on sale for more than a month, retailers are beginning to identify strong performers—and deciding what to stay away from in the future. Trans World and DVDEmpire.com have sold through initial orders of Universal Studios Home Entertainment’s Serenity and Doom HD DVD titles. Tweeter singled out Warner Home Video’s The Last Samurai as its top performer, selling about 200 units through its 153 stores. On average, Tweeter is selling 75 units of each HD DVD title. The electronics specialist is planning to order lightly on catalog titles going forward. At Walmart.com, some of the titles that have been in stock longest have generated the most activity: The site’s strongest HD DVD titles include Warner’s three April releases The Last Samurai, Million Dollar Baby and The Phantom of the Opera, said spokeswoman Amy Colella."
The Last Samurai is one of my all-time favourite movies, so it's tempting for me to want to go berserk and and buy an HD-DVD player, but I'm going to hold off for now. It's not surprising to see that newer titles are selling better than older titles - most people buying HD-DVD players are going to be the type of consumer that understands newer movies will have been shot in real HD, not old up-samples being put into HD-DVD. Have any of you Digital Media Thoughts readers purchased HD-DVD discs yet? If so, what movies have you purchased and why?
The Last Samurai is one of my all-time favourite movies, so it's tempting for me to want to go berserk and and buy an HD-DVD player, but I'm going to hold off for now. It's not surprising to see that newer titles are selling better than older titles - most people buying HD-DVD players are going to be the type of consumer that understands newer movies will have been shot in real HD, not old up-samples being put into HD-DVD. Have any of you Digital Media Thoughts readers purchased HD-DVD discs yet? If so, what movies have you purchased and why?
