![]() That said, Universal's executive VP of HD strategic marketing certainly neither confirmed nor denied when he commented to Ars Technica on the rumors that the studio's HD DVD contract has actually expired. Still, the war technically isn't over yet, and HD DVD maintains some loyal followers like Microsoft, in addition to Universal and Paramount. Between aggressive holiday Blu-ray sales and Warner becoming the sixth major Hollywood studio to abandon HD DVD, the lowest disc sales record right after a big holiday season is not the greatest way to kick off a new year. Given that HD DVD's share of HD discs ranged between 18 and 49 percent on a weekly basis throughout 2007, the admittedly-small sampling from earlier this month is troubling. ![]() Even worse, not a single movie in the same week's top ten HD sales list was HD DVD Blu-ray dominated the chart.įor comparison, Nielsen's 2007 sales figures gave HD DVD an average share of 35 percent. ![]() Early 2008 numbers from Nielsen VideoScan reported by Home Media Magazine show HD DVD garnering just 15 percent of high-definition disc sales during the first week ending on January 13. Even though Universal and Paramount are officially holding out in the HD DVD camp for now, the rest of the industry is content with yet more evidence that the format is close to putting both feet in the grave. ![]()
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