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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.

    1. Re:Great.... by karmatic · · Score: 5, Interesting

      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.


      Well, it's a good thing you don't have to wait. Every disk released so far is cracked. They are going to take a stab at improving the protection, but companies have been doing that since DeCSS came out.

      And yes, I went out and bought a bunch of blu-ray disks after the cracks happened, for much the same reason.
  2. 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..

  3. Re:No surprise by Coco+Lopez · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Rottentomatoes.com has Air Force One at 77% fresh, vs. Casino Royale at 94% fresh.

    Casino Royale is a 17% better movie, which directly explains the roughly 17% faster selling rate.

    What it doesn't explain is why Slashdot has been running so many stories direct from the Sony marketing department lately...