To put an end towards second guessing which format is winning or losing (in actual fact, , who cares, and it doesnt matter!), this website tracks them from Amazon.com sales every 15 minutes. Complete with historical graphs and charts, this is the definitive source for you rabid <insert favourite next gen HD format here> fanboys to claim your boisterous victories over the opposing other.

Me? I'll take a lazy chair, a bucket of caramel popcorn and watch both sides sling muds and filth at each other!

http://www.eproductwars.com/dvd/

At the time of this post, the current leader is Bluray.

Take it away! Fight!

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Mar 12 2007, 05:10 AM

Haha, call in the FRU, the spectators have been known to riot.

Amazon is extremely win though. They provide so much information that can be used for market surveys for free.

Whaaat? No mudslinging and anti-rootkit banners? Boo! We want our money back!

Nah, sony sent free batteries to all the righteous anti-rootkit people, and suddenly all the opposition stopped.

Are you sure they are the non-exploding kind? Nyahahahaha! Vengeance!

No idea, but i'm sure the truth lies somewhere between bribery and assasination

huh ? no one yet? okay let me start?

what the fvck!! what dvd wars ? Blu-ray is not dvd remember !!

Did you even bother clicking the link?

Last i check Bluray still tops!

One intresting thing I notice at releases there seems to be more for Bluray then HD-DVD in the coming months. Bottom line is if there are not enough titles in the pipelines announced by HD-DVD the tip balance of scale will point towards owning a Bluray player.

HD-DVD release:

January 23, 2007
Black Rain (Paramount)
Brokeback Mountain (Universal)

January 30, 2007
Beerfest (Warner)
Half Baked (Universal)
The Wicker Man (2006) (Warner)

February 06, 2007
Failure to Launch (Paramount)
Hollywoodland (Universal)

February 13, 2007
The Departed (Warner)

February 20, 2007
Babel (Paramount)

February 27, 2007
Bullitt (Warner)
The Getaway (1972) (Warner)
Nine Inch Nails Live: Beside You in Time (Interscope)

Bluray release

ien vs. Predator (Fox)
Black Rain (Paramount)
Casanova (Buena Vista)
Chicago (Buena Vista)
Courage Under Fire (Fox)
The Guardian (2006) (Buena Vista)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Buena Vista)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004) (Paramount)
Men of Honor (Fox)
Saw II (Unrated) (Lionsgate)
Saw III (Lionsgate)
We Were Soldiers (Paramount)

January 30, 2007
Beerfest (Warner)
Flyboys (Fox)
Hart's War (Fox)
Open Season (Sony)
The Wicker Man (2006) (Warner)

February 06, 2007
American Psycho (Lionsgate)
Failure to Launch (Paramount)
First Blood (Lionsgate)
Reservoir Dogs (Lionsgate)
Running With Scissors (Sony)
The Tailor of Panama (Sony)

February 13, 2007
Broken Arrow (Fox)
Chain Reaction (Fox)
The Departed (Warner)
Entrapment (Fox)
Ladder 49 (Buena Vista)
Marie Antoinette (Sony)
The Marine (Fox)
Phone Booth (Fox)
Planet of the Apes (Fox)
Reign of Fire (Buena Vista)
The Sentinel (Fox)
The Usual Suspects (Fox)

February 20, 2007
Babel (Paramount)
The Prestige (Buena Vista)
Vertical Limit (Sony)

February 27, 2007
Bullitt (Warner)
The Getaway (1972) (Warner)
Nine Inch Nails Live: Beside You in Time (Interscope)
Stranger Than Fiction (Sony)

March 13, 2007
Casino Royale (Sony)
Commando (Fox)
Dances with Wolves (MGM)
Dodgeball (Fox)
Hoosiers (MGM)
Ice Age (Fox)
Layer Cake (Sony)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Fox)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) (MGM)

March 20, 2007
Big Fish (Sony)
Chicken Little (Buena Vista)
Finding Neverland (Buena Vista)

March 27, 2007
Happy Feet (Warner)
National Geographic: Relentless Enemies (Warner)

April 03, 2007
Dude, Where's My Car? (MGM)
The Fly (1986) (Fox)
G.I. Jane (Buena Vista)
Hannibal (MGM)
King Arthur Director's Cut (Buena Vista)
Me, Myself & Irene (Fox)
The Silence of the Lambs (MGM)
Tristan & Isolde (Fox)

April 10, 2007
Payback: Straight Up - The Director's Cut (Paramount)

April 17, 2007
Turistas (Fox)

April 24, 2007
Planet Earth: The Complete Collection (BBC)

June 08, 2007
Con Air (Buena Vista)
Crimson Tide (Buena Vista)
The Rock (Buena Vista)

Source: AVS Forums

i did. that is why i posted the question. i see so many variation of the charts on several sites. i only belief in Amazon rankings from Amazon sites and DVDEmpire

The data is compiled FROM Amazon data, how more straightforward do you want? Amazon could care less about generating charts and data comparison as how this site does, so this site takes care of that. After all, cold hard facts shuts even the most vocal fanboy out there.

i disagree with that. If the hardware sales of HD DVD continues to be consistent as it is currently, BD exclusive studios will have to follow where the money is.

One more thing, consumers can let format owners to bully them into deciding on a format by deprieving consumers of contents or they can excert power over this format owners choosing a format which he/she likes without being constantly blackmail into thinking the format of his/her would be dead. Consumers need to realise that they hold the power in the form of check books. Studios will have to follow where the money is at the end of the day. Basically, every single consumer should now that studio support is irrelevant in the format war. Hardware is the KING. Drop the price of PS3, drop the price of HD A2, everybody body is happy.

That's the scenario in the most ideal world, but in reality, whichever format gets cheap enough for the pirates to mass produce first, the Average Joes will follow. This ring even greater truth on this side of the globe.

I dont the current HD-format war going anywhere at the moment. Once studios starts releasing big titles they are withelding right now, then you'll see tides changing. Pirates Bluray? Pixar movies Bluray? Sign me up!

hmm come to think of it, Studios and CEs should not be in the same boat on this. Lots of pirate disks .. Studios 'lose' money. CEs on the other hand, see sales jump of players ..

The hardware is only as good if there is software to support it and in this case Bluray seems to be having the edge base on the impending releases. New buyers will look at the hardware as well as what kind of movies will be coming out. Also take into account not everyone is going to buy the movies but rather rent them out first, in the case of the USA, and with the pipeline of titles announced so far consumers may lean towards the Bluray alternatives.

Pre-hype business of annoucing titles to come will only tip the favour towards Bluray.

True, hardware is the KING. But let me put some info to get u into perspective in terms of industry support.

Blu-Ray Disc
Apple; Dell Inc.; Hewlett Packard Company*; Hitachi, Ltd.; LG Electronics Inc.; Mitsubishi Electric Corporation; Panasonic (Matsushita Electric); Pioneer Corporation; Royal Philips Electronics; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; Sharp Corporation; Sony Corporation; TDK Corporation; Thomson

*Supporting both formats

HD-DVD
Toshiba, NEC*, Memory-Tech, Microsoft, Intel, Sanyo*, HP*

*Supporting both formats

I think pRon will swing the way for this war. Just like Betamax VS VHS, we all knew how that went after Betamax disregarded the pRon industry.

Apparently, its the same with Bluray as well. So, I will say HD DVD to pick up soon enough. Although Amazon might not reflect that

Errr, there are Bluray pRon on the market already.

reality check .. Toshiba alone sold more standalone players than all of these "Hitachi, Ltd.; LG Electronics Inc.; Mitsubishi Electric Corporation; Panasonic (Matsushita Electric); Pioneer Corporation; Royal Philips Electronics; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; Sharp Corporation; Sony Corporation; TDK Corporation; Thomson" CEs COMBINED. If the current trend continues its just a matter of time before before HD DVD overall hardware sales overtake blu-ray hardware sales inclusive of the PS3 sales. We are already seeing signs that Sony is having problem selling remaining 1/2mil PS3 shipped on north america. PS3 in the console's stronghold, Japan is having the same problem. Retailers are already slashing the price of the subsidised PS3 by 20%. There are FIVE exclusive studios behind Blu-ray yet, HD DVD movie titles are still more in the market. HD DVD plans bring to market 300 titles this year. and by all mean, that number is MORE than sufficient to HD DVD momentum going. How many people buy 300 dvds a year? How many people have more than 300 dvds in their life time collection?

Yes, yes.....that's more like it! More...more!

*popcorn bucket in hand, and large oversized soda on the other, dims the stage lights*

It made me chuckle when people feel the need to defend their purchases, or their format of choice for that matter. Im not pointing fingers at anyone here, but it made me giggle to no end nonetheless.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Jan 23 2007, 05:41 PM