How many DVD's are in existence?
06-22-08, 12:18 PM
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How many DVD's are in existence?
I'm wondering if there is a stat somewhere that states how many commercial DVD's have been released and sold in the history of the SD medium...
06-22-08, 01:10 PM
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About 130,000 or so.
Full list of titles in Excel format:
http://hometheaterinfo.com/dvdlist.htm
(Which includes titles that were cancelled, mulitple releases of the same movie, etc.) The number probably drops to 100k or so if you drop all of that stuff. Maybe even lower...
Full list of titles in Excel format:
http://hometheaterinfo.com/dvdlist.htm
(Which includes titles that were cancelled, mulitple releases of the same movie, etc.) The number probably drops to 100k or so if you drop all of that stuff. Maybe even lower...
06-22-08, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by DeputyDave
Number of copies or individual titles?
06-22-08, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by TomOpus
As Dave mentioned, if you're talking about copies (which I think you are)... well, some releases have sold millions.
06-22-08, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by scott1598
no, no...just individual titles released. double dips, triple, box sets, etc..included. not # of copies.
If you were to remove the UMD/HD DVD/Blu-ray titles (in addition to the canceled/postponed DVDs), you could get a more accurate number. But if you mentally shave a few thousand off for that, you've got a pretty solid ballpark with 135k.
06-22-08, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by bboisvert
Then you're looking at 137,632 (give or take) based on the linked spreadsheet.
If you were to remove the UMD/HD DVD/Blu-ray titles (in addition to the canceled/postponed DVDs), you could get a more accurate number. But if you mentally shave a few thousand off for that, you've got a pretty solid ballpark with 135k.
If you were to remove the UMD/HD DVD/Blu-ray titles (in addition to the canceled/postponed DVDs), you could get a more accurate number. But if you mentally shave a few thousand off for that, you've got a pretty solid ballpark with 135k.
06-22-08, 08:16 PM
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DVDProfiler has their database currently at:
329,305 standard dvds. This is for all regions, including no region.
They have 4868 Blu-Ray and HD DVDs in their database for all regions, and 1340 for Region 1.
Their Region 1 number for standard dvds was 74,543. I'm sure there are more than 74k titles released though.
These numbers make my collection look like a joke.
329,305 standard dvds. This is for all regions, including no region.
They have 4868 Blu-Ray and HD DVDs in their database for all regions, and 1340 for Region 1.
Their Region 1 number for standard dvds was 74,543. I'm sure there are more than 74k titles released though.
These numbers make my collection look like a joke.
06-22-08, 09:00 PM
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According to Home Media Magazine, there are 87,042 titles in release as of June 13, 2008. I believe this includes R1 only.
There are also 557 domestic Blu-ray titles in release.
There are also 557 domestic Blu-ray titles in release.
06-22-08, 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by mr. b_dvd
DVDProfiler has their database currently at:
329,305 standard dvds. This is for all regions, including no region.
329,305 standard dvds. This is for all regions, including no region.
06-22-08, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by DerangedHermit
So which one of you has 130K DVDs?
06-22-08, 10:58 PM
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Originally Posted by mnementh
How complete are their listings for non-region-1 DVDs? And what about porn DVDs?
Their database is member drive much like dvdspot. It's anyones guess as to how complete their listings are, regardless of region. That number also includes all ratings, including porn, nc-17, and not-rated. I also recall seeing a few anime bootlegs listed in their database, so I'm sure that number is not entirely accurate. It does give some idea as to the sheer amount of dvds that have been released commercially.
