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Blu-ray Hits Key Milestone Faster than Standard-Def

Posted by Zonk on from the bond-blu-bond dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Slashdot has already reported on the go-go sales for the 'Casino Royale' Blu-ray on Amazon, but now comes news that the same Blu-ray disc is the first high-def disc to ship 100,000 units within the United States. It took standard-def DVD eleven months to reach that retail milestone (in 1998 with 'Air Force One'), but with 'Royale,' the nine-month old Blu-ray format now has done it two months faster."

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  1. Great.... by FunkyELF · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...I'll get a blu-ray player when I can easily rip the movies and do what I want with them including making standard def dvd backups, or transcode it for my video iPod.

    Right now I can do a lot with standard def DVDs fairly easily. I'll need that functionality before I buy into any HD format. To me that functionality is worth a lot more than the extra resolution.

  2. 9 Years Later by moore.dustin · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Technology adoption has grown dramatically since that time. This is similar to the Vista outselling XP story. The truth is, since XP came out the PC market grew by a huge percentage, thus making the Vista sales claim bunk.

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  3. Depends on your definition of "Key" by Itchyeyes · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If by key you mean some random arbitrary metric of the success of the format, then I suppose the title is accurate. If you mean a milestone with actual meaning, then I think the title is a little misleading.

  4. It's easy to ship when you're giving them away.. by WarwickRyan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... with each PS3 sold.

    All this says is that a number of PS3 owners have registered online for their 'free' disk.

    It's like Nintendo claiming to have won the console wars because of the 1-1 sales of Wii Sports..

  5. Re:PS3 owners? by skitzophile · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I currently use a PS3 strictly for a BD player and it works quite well. I have the BD remote control that Sony sells and it functions like a normal play would. It even boots up faster than the standalone players. However, the true videophile would say that because the source of the movie is 24fps and the PS3 outputs 60fps that you're not getting the best picture available. I'm not so sure if I'm able to tell the difference myself. Here's an article from that explains a little bit more.

  6. Shiped but not Sold? by DeadboltX · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This article states that Sony was GIVING AWAY 500,000 copies of Casino Royale on Blueray to the first 500,000 people to register their PS3 after the European launch of the PS3, which was on March 23rd.

    So how many people actually "bought" the movie?