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Blu-ray Sales Up 400% in UK

he British Video Association (BVA) has revealed that 1.5 Million Blu-ray titles were sold during the month of December, representing a nearly 400% increase over the same period last year, despite the tough economic environment. The top Blu-ray seller, not surprisingly, was Warner's 'The Dark Knight' which sold 281,000 units during the month.

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Liquid Snake - 350 days 13 hours ago

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I wonder what the sales figures for HDDVD and Digital Distribution are?

I can just imagine those Digital Downloads stuffed under a Christmas Tree somewhere during Christmas.

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Sony PlayStation 3 - 350 days 13 hours ago

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OMG what a BS article! Blu-Ray died last year!

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Rhythmattic - 350 days 12 hours ago

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B...B.... Bu.... But....

Blu is Poo !!

/sarcasm (1 more time)

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bumnut - 350 days 12 hours ago

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stop sucking blu rays d!ck guys

the format war is long gone, stop been d!cks about it.

im sick of reading the same comments in every blu ray article.

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thereapersson - 350 days 11 hours ago

1.4 - @ Bumnut

Tell that to all the sensationalized bloggers and media sites who seemingly want to continue to propagate the "Blu-Ray is dying; Digital Distribution and DVD are the future" articles that constantly pop up around here.

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SL1M DADDY - 350 days 10 hours ago

1.5 - @ bumnut

You will continue to see these articles until DVD is no longer for sale and the Digital Download Coalition and HD-DVD revolutionists stop publicizing FUD about BD. Yeah, BD is the winning format but there are a plethora of idiots that would try and say otherwise, even after a year of great sales like 2008 was for BD.

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bumnut - 350 days 9 hours ago

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bluray is great, im just sick of reading these articles with the same predictable comments.

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phosphor112 - 350 days 3 hours ago

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BUT TEH PSTREE TEH SUX!!!....
dumbasses.

Anyway, I'm glad I upgraded to 1080p =]. BD's future is sharp.

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MURKERR - 350 days 13 hours ago

2 - waiting for the 'hd dvd outsells bluray' article

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Cartesian3D - 350 days 12 hours ago

3 - confirmed..

Blu-ray is dead..

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n4gzz - 350 days 12 hours ago

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article says 400% increase same period last year.
Somebody on Open zone jealously says, everything went up 400% 'coz dec 25th is holiday
as there was no dec 25th last year.

that was good laugh.

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Oner - 350 days 6 hours ago

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Just more proof of the idiocy and misinformation that "someone" continually spews....

He just doesn't get it. That's the really sad part.

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d2dahoopa - 350 days 12 hours ago

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Nice, but i still dont feel the need to purchase a blu ray player yet

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LeGenDx - 350 days 12 hours ago

6 - i thought blu-ray was dead?

whats blu-ray?

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Sangria - 350 days 12 hours ago

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It would be interesting to see in comparison the evolution of DVD sales. Did it grow up of 400% as well?

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agent_plang - 350 days 11 hours ago

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This can't be right...the PS3 is dying...

PS3 has Bluray.

Something's not right here!

What's going on?

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Elvfam511 - 350 days 11 hours ago

9 - That's pretty amazing

imagine at the end of this year

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Godmars290 - 350 days 9 hours ago

10 - So I'm thinking...

Lots and lots of articles about how BD's dead/dying in North and South America.

Canada wont count...

On a serious note, love to know how DD is going between the PS3 and 360, especially since MS is often quick to report about it.

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stonecold3 - 350 days 9 hours ago

11 - well done blu ray

well as i am going to say bluray is here to stay now and ps3 is the true next generation and is here to stay i cant really comment much about 360 i thought it died and rip with those horrible rrod and scratching dvds9 i guess 360 isnt high def like the ps3 and the dvd are pretty much died rip dvds and microsoft dont have a chance now as sony owns rights to blu ray and microsoft arent got much happeing in xbox 720 plus ps3 will start cleaning up the competition this year leaving 360 in last third place world wide once that price comes and the launching of killzone 2 on the horizon is going to be pretty big

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dazzalfc - 350 days 8 hours ago

12 - Good to see

Good to see, i like Blu-ray movies, particularly since i have a pretty decent entertainment set-up to take advantage of what Blu-ray brings.

The only people who would genuinly want download as the future of movies are th lazy ones in my opinion. For me, there is nothing better than going out to a store like HMV and picking up a couple of movies and actually owning them. Much rather have a physical copy of a movie than a digital one anyday

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tk - 350 days 8 hours ago

13 - DD & BR

Now imagine this...
PS3 is more suited to DD than the XB360. Simply because you can add a bigger drive etc. So the PS3 would be leading the XB360 in DD, with MS trumpeting how DD is going to win... meaning... PS3 will have the biggest market share there as well... ouch!!!!

Still... There is no substitute for space when it comes to HD content. You can not compress the hell out of it and think no-one is going to notice the color banding and artifacts...

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deep - 350 days 7 hours ago

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What the hell is DD?

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Cajun Chicken - 350 days 7 hours ago

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Direct Downloads?

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peeps - 350 days 8 hours ago

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not surprised tbh. nearly every big film is being released on blu-ray as well as dvd and there not much more expensive now. i think more people are deciding to spend the extra few ££'s and see what the fuss is. i could have got the dark knight for £13 on dvd but decided to spend an extra £3 and get the blu-ray version (first blu-ray purchase) - think alot of ppl are doing the same now. they just need 2 get the price down to the same as dvd and i think most ppl will opt for blu-ray

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greenyac - 350 days 7 hours ago

15 - good

Got my father the planet earth series on blu ray for Xmas. He said it is literally amazing. Good to see it catching on

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ultimolu - 350 days 7 hours ago

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Impossibible! :o

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Karum - 350 days 6 hours ago

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I really need to get me a 5.1 surround system to get the most out of the sound in my growing BR collection.

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malcolm x - 350 days 5 hours ago

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white for C.net to defend they last gen DVD
they well say (bu bu bu but 400% i.. is is n nothing co.. comper t t..to to D D Dv v v D)

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ppthedipshit - 350 days 13 hours ago

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Xbots: Bu bu but teh sales....!, Bluray is de dea dead! Please Big Bill fuk me! DVD's will be around for another 100 years, Kotaku s s said so.... FF13 is better on my Sh1tbox because its on 6 d de de discs, More = Better.

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GiantEnemyLobster - 350 days 13 hours ago

1.1 - Hey buddy

I'm pretty sure sales of EVERYTHING went up 400% during December. Because you know, theres that one little holiday I think its on the 25th..

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Queers of War - 350 days 13 hours ago

1.2 - hey lobsterbot

maybe if you paid close attention to the article, it said a 400% increase over THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. the holiday that was on the 25th...yeah i think it happened last year too. wait lemme check just to make sure i didnt make a fool of myself.....yeap christmas happened last year too.

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GiantEnemyLobster - 350 days 12 hours ago

1.3 - Well jeez I wonder why?

Because I doubt the fact that an extra year going by with people continuing to buy PS3s and Bluray players therefore expanding the market had ANY effect on the increase.

/sarcasm

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Microsoft Xbox 360 - 350 days 12 hours ago

1.4 - HAHAHAHAHahahahaAHAHAHAahahaAHAHA

Queers of War seriously owned this lobster f@g.

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GiantEnemyLobster - 350 days 12 hours ago

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Aww how cute, you got on your alt account to congratulate yourself.

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Queers of War - 350 days 12 hours ago

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jesus we're not talking about any increases here, its a 400% increase compared to sales 1 year ago, its a pretty big jump for a format. and no thats not my alt account otherwise i'd give myself bubbles

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dukadork2 - 350 days 12 hours ago

1.7 - BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HA HA HA HA!

GiantDouche, you're such a brave xb!tch XDDD
here's a bubble for amusing us, you've earned it!

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Gerry Mark II - 350 days 13 hours ago

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I bet you guys Firstwanker or Giant Enemy Loser will make an appearance in this article.

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Microsoft Xbox 360 - 350 days 12 hours ago

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I feel really outdated.

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Camper - 350 days 11 hours ago

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bluray sucks dude not even wroth it waste of money cant even tell difference between dvd

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ViceKingz - 350 days 11 hours ago

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http://www.youtube.com/watc...

watch it in HD, douche

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Marty8370 - 350 days 7 hours ago

4.2 - WTF

Cant't tell the difference. lol.

You most be blind or stupid, Or both.

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Oner - 350 days 7 hours ago

4.3 - ...

The people who can't tell the difference between DVD and Blu-ray are the same people who can notice a pixel missing on PS3 versions of multiplatform games. The term for this is "selective blindness".

"No difference between DVD & BD"...LMFAO

DVD
http://i166.photobucket.com...

BD
http://i166.photobucket.com...
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Edit: ViceKingz nice find! Here is the direct HD link to make it a bit easier for the obviously inept
http://uk.youtube.com/watch...

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Magic_The_Celt - 350 days 3 hours ago

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You havnt seen The Dark Knight until youv seen it on Blu-Ray

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