Nielsen VideoScan/Home Media Magazine: Blu-ray/DVD/HD DVD Stats (Updated Weekly)

[admin]

I'm going to use this thread to post stats from Home Media Magazine, which are published in the free digital edition of the magazine with polling conducted by Nielsen VideoScan. Here's the list of links to archived editions of the digital magazine:

http://www.homemediamagazine.com/index.cfm?sec_id=digi_edition

(not updated with latest links though)

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Ok, for the week ending 6th April 2008, here are the stats:

Blu-ray vs DVD: 4% vs 96% (comparison of top 20 titles by volume)
Blu-ray vs HD DVD: 64% vs 36% (67% vs 33% since inception)

A big comeback for HD DVD for some reason, or perhaps a big drop for Blu-ray (Blu-ray had 8% against DVD last week, compared to only 4% this week).

You can read the latest digital edition of HMM with the above stats here:

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/questex/hom041308/

[admin]

For the week ending 13th April 2008, here are the stats:

Blu-ray vs DVD: 5% vs 95% (comparison of top 20 titles by volume)
Blu-ray vs HD DVD: 86% vs 14% (67% vs 33% since inception)

You can read the latest digital edition of HMM with the above stats here:

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/questex/hom042008/

[admin]

For some reason, this week's HMM wasn't published (or at least not online yet). But the stats for the week ending 20th April 2008 are:

Blu-ray vs DVD: 6% vs 94% (comparison of top 20 titles by volume)
Blu-ray vs HD DVD: 91% vs 9% (68% vs 32% since inception)
Blu-ray total spending: $9.93 million

Edit: latest digital edition of HMM with the above stats here:

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/questex/hom744238HGT/index.php

[admin]

For the week ending 27th April 2008, here are the stats:

Blu-ray vs DVD: 6% vs 94% (comparison of top 20 titles by volume)
Blu-ray vs HD DVD: 93% vs 7%
Blu-ray sales down 7.23% compared to last week, total spending: $9.21 million

You can read the latest digital edition of HMM with the above stats here:

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/questex/hom262891WCV/index.php#/2

[admin]

For the week ending 4th May 2008, here are the stats:

Top 20 titles by volume:
Blu-ray vs DVD: 5% vs 95%

All sales by volume (Percentage of Total Sales):
Blu-ray sales down 23.04% compared to last week, total spending: $7.09 million (5.66%)
DVD sales down 5.16% compared to last week, total spending: $118.09 million (94.34%)

You can read the latest digital edition of HMM with the above stats here:

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/questex/hom852467BVM/#/2

[admin]

For the week ending 11th May 2008, here are the stats:

Top 20 titles by volume:
Blu-ray vs DVD: 5% vs 95%

All sales by volume (Percentage of Total Sales):
Blu-ray sales down 7.32% compared to last week, total spending: $6.57 million (5.01%)
DVD sales up 5.52% compared to last week, total spending: $124.61 million (94.99%)

You can read the latest digital edition of HMM with the above stats here:

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/questex/hom523719NHF/index.php

[admin]

For the week ending 18th May 2008, here are the stats:

Top 20 titles by volume:
Blu-ray vs DVD: 5% vs 95%

All sales by volume (Percentage of Total Sales):
Blu-ray sales up 21.71% compared to last week, total spending: $8 million (5.95%)
DVD sales up 1.49% compared to last week, total spending: $126.47 million (94.05%)

You can read the latest digital edition of HMM with the above stats here:

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/questex/hom794427SZP/index.php?startid=1#/2

[blutach]

This BD might be the biggest fizzer in a while. Having said that, sales will increase when BD recordable drives and media come down in price and people can actually backup their media (where permitted by law). However, it's chicken and egg. Prices won't decline significantly until stuff is sold in bigger amounts.

Regards

[admin]

For the week ending 25th May 2008, here are the stats:

Top 20 titles by volume:
Blu-ray vs DVD: 7% vs 93%

All sales by volume (Percentage of Total Sales):
Blu-ray sales up 54.94% compared to last week, total spending: $12.38 million (7.68%)
DVD sales up 17.73% compared to last week, total spending: $148.89 million (92.32%)

You can read the latest digital edition of HMM with the above stats here:

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/questex/hom282637ZBN/index.php?startid=1#/2

[admin]

For the week ending 1st June 2008, here are the stats:

Top 20 titles by volume:
Blu-ray vs DVD: 10% vs 90%

All sales by volume (Percentage of Total Sales):
Blu-ray sales down 18.80% compared to last week, total spending: $10.05 million (7.21%)
DVD sales down 13.11% compared to last week, total spending: $129.37 million (92.79%)

You can read the latest digital edition of HMM with the above stats here:

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/questex/hom852698WCB/index.php?startid=1#/2

[admin]

For the week ending 8th June 2008, here are the stats:

Top 20 titles by volume:
Blu-ray vs DVD: 9% vs 91%

All sales by volume (Percentage of Total Sales):
Blu-ray sales down 0.26% compared to last week, total spending: $10.02 million (7.49%)
DVD sales down 4.35% compared to last week, total spending: $123.74 million (92.51%)

You can read the latest digital edition of HMM with the above stats here:

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/questex/hom926514JKD/index.php?startid=1#/2

[admin]

For the week ending 15th June 2008, here are the stats:

Top 20 titles by volume:
Blu-ray vs DVD: 7% vs 93%

All sales by volume (Percentage of Total Sales):
Blu-ray sales up 27.01% compared to last week, total spending: $12.73 million (7.36%)
DVD sales up 29.47% compared to last week, total spending: $160.20 million (92.64%)

You can read the latest digital edition of HMM with the above stats here:

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/questex/hom153368MNH/index.php?startid=1#/2

[Chewy]

Interesting comment about the big problem being cheap upscale dvd players, it seems if someone buys one then blu-ray won't be added for several years

[admin]

For the week ending 22nd June 2008, here are the stats:

Top 20 titles by volume:
Blu-ray vs DVD: 6% vs 94%

All sales by volume (Percentage of Total Sales):
Blu-ray sales down 33.41% compared to last week, total spending: $8.48 million (6.43%)
DVD sales down 22.94% compared to last week, total spending: $123.46 million (93.57%)

You can read the latest digital edition of HMM with the above stats here:

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/questex/hom852646MNJ/index.php?startid=1#/2

[admin]

For the week ending 29th June 2008, here are the stats:

Top 20 titles by volume:
Blu-ray vs DVD: 7% vs 93%

All sales by volume (Percentage of Total Sales):
Blu-ray sales up 4.71% compared to last week, total spending: $8.88 million (6.41%)
DVD sales up 5.11% compared to last week, total spending: $129.76 million (93.59%)

You can read the latest digital edition of HMM with the above stats here:

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/questex/hom365581NLK/index.php?startid=1#/2