And The Winner Is Blu-ray, But Do Consumers Care?
Story posted on: September 17, 2008
The high-definition video-disc crown can safely be placed on Blu-ray’s head. The Sony-backed technology came from behind to dispatch its cheaper rival: HD-DVD.
But winning the war may being few spoils. Sales of DVD players have declined in major markets in North America, Europe, Japan and China after reaching 142 million units in 2007, according to in-Stat.
Part of the reason is market saturation. Another explanation is that consumers are soaking up hard-drive-based digital video recorders instead.
In-Stat now expected sales of Blu-ray players and recorders will reach 5 million units in 2008.
By Mark Boslet, Editor at Large.
But winning the war may being few spoils. Sales of DVD players have declined in major markets in North America, Europe, Japan and China after reaching 142 million units in 2007, according to in-Stat.
Part of the reason is market saturation. Another explanation is that consumers are soaking up hard-drive-based digital video recorders instead.
In-Stat now expected sales of Blu-ray players and recorders will reach 5 million units in 2008.
By Mark Boslet, Editor at Large.
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