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As sad as it may be for some people, the demise of HD DVD is becoming ever-clearer. Just yesterday, we posted about a petition that's going on, regarding Warner's decision to pull-out of the HD DVD camp. Since then, the total signatures have jumped up around 60% to 16,000, but the formats remaining fans may not be enough to save this battle.
According to the NPD research group, Blu-ray hardware has far surpassed sales of HD DVD hardware in the past few weeks. Prior to CES earlier this month, HD DVD held 48.83% of the hardware market, but since then, that number has decreased to a mere 7.47%. Ouch... there is no appropriate word for such a situation. Even with so many dual-format readers being sold, if HD DVD continues this quick decline, it won't be long before the remaining supporters consider their options.
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The sudden shift is credited almost exclusively to Warner, whose decision to drop HD DVD releases will place more than 70 percent of all HD movies in the Blu-ray format when the switch takes effect in June. A number of retailers have already announced retail plans to scale back HD DVD shelf space or introduce HD to stores only in Blu-ray format since the Warner announcement.
Source: Electronista
According to the NPD research group, Blu-ray hardware has far surpassed sales of HD DVD hardware in the past few weeks. Prior to CES earlier this month, HD DVD held 48.83% of the hardware market, but since then, that number has decreased to a mere 7.47%. Ouch... there is no appropriate word for such a situation. Even with so many dual-format readers being sold, if HD DVD continues this quick decline, it won't be long before the remaining supporters consider their options.
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The sudden shift is credited almost exclusively to Warner, whose decision to drop HD DVD releases will place more than 70 percent of all HD movies in the Blu-ray format when the switch takes effect in June. A number of retailers have already announced retail plans to scale back HD DVD shelf space or introduce HD to stores only in Blu-ray format since the Warner announcement.
Source: Electronista
