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HD DVD player sales pass 750,000 in the US

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Old 28-11-2007, 8:20 AM   #1
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Following the Black Friday sales in the US, penetration of HD DVD players has jumped to more than 750,000. So claims the the North American HD DVD Promotional Group. Universal Studio’s Ken Graffeo says: “HD DVD continues to gain momentum and market share with consumers. With more than four weeks left for holiday shopping, HD [...]
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Old 28-11-2007, 12:50 PM   #2
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Re: HD DVD player sales pass 750,000 in the US

I see they're using the XBox360 add-on in the figures. What happened to only using standalone only as a measure - if the BDA used PS3 than the number jumps to 4.5 million worldwide for Bluray, which HD DVD has persistently gone on record as not being repersentative. Double standards, me thinks.
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Old 28-11-2007, 5:05 PM   #3
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Re: HD DVD player sales pass 750,000 in the US

One thing to bear in mind though, is that the add on for the 360 is only used for HD-DVD, whereas people who use the PS3 'may' never watch a Bluray movie.....
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