Apr 23, 2007 10:36 AM

Blu-ray Discs Outselling HD-DVD

Another day, another next-gen DVD metric. Trade publication Home Media Magazine is reporting that Blu-ray movie discs outsold HD-DVD titles 7 to 3 in the first quarter of 2007. The Sony-backed format pulled ahead in February and took a commanding lead in March. The magazine’s survey tallies total sales of 1.2 million next-gen DVD discs […]

Another day, another next-gen DVD metric.

Trade publication Home Media Magazine is reporting that Blu-ray movie discs outsold HD-DVD titles 7 to 3 in the first quarter of 2007. The Sony-backed format pulled ahead in February and took a commanding lead in March.

The magazine's survey tallies total sales of 1.2 million next-gen DVD discs in the quarter. Of those, 832,530 were in Blu-ray format and 359,300 in HD-DVD. Top-sellers were the Blu-ray exclusive "Casino Royale" and Oscar-winner "The Departed," available in both formats.

Another recent survey showed dedicated HD-DVD players outselling Blu-ray.

Blu-ray Burns its HD DVD Rival[Reuters]

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