Blu-ray Disk Sales Ahead OF HD DVD
Posted by: [NT] on: 03/07/2007 11:26 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ] · 554 views
Sales of movies in the Blu-ray high-definition format have accounted for more than 60% of the market since the first week of January, far outpacing sales in the competing HD DVD format, figures from market researcher Nielsen VideoScan showed.
Since the week ended Jan. 7, Blu-ray sales have ranged from a low of 63.3% to a high of 69.6%, VideoScan said Tuesday. On the week ended Feb. 18, the latest figures available, Blu-ray accounted for 65% of the market, compared with HD DVD's 35%.
VideoScan declined to draw any conclusions from the numbers, but starting about two weeks after the release of Sony's PlayStation 3 videogame console, which includes a Blu-ray DVD player, the high definition format steadily grabbed market share from HD-DVD. Sony, which created the Blu-ray format, released PlayStation in the United States on Nov. 17. Full Story at I-Week.
Since the week ended Jan. 7, Blu-ray sales have ranged from a low of 63.3% to a high of 69.6%, VideoScan said Tuesday. On the week ended Feb. 18, the latest figures available, Blu-ray accounted for 65% of the market, compared with HD DVD's 35%.
VideoScan declined to draw any conclusions from the numbers, but starting about two weeks after the release of Sony's PlayStation 3 videogame console, which includes a Blu-ray DVD player, the high definition format steadily grabbed market share from HD-DVD. Sony, which created the Blu-ray format, released PlayStation in the United States on Nov. 17. Full Story at I-Week.
Related Stories
02/26/2007 07:44 PM: Sony announces cheaper Blu-ray player by [NT]
Sony said Monday it is bringing out a cheaper player for Blu-ray discs early this summer, a crucial step in its battle to make the high-definition format the replacement for DVDs. The BDP-S300 will co...
02/24/2007 06:58 AM: New Blu-ray laser can result in write speeds of up to 10x by [NT]
Blu-ray disks are currently limited to a slow 2x write speed, as are the burners. Fortunately, Nichia Corporation looks to change that....
02/14/2007 01:36 PM: HD-DVD and Blu-Ray are totally Busted by [NT]
A user called arnezami has busted the copyprotection of Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. He has worked out a way of extracting the processing key from a high-def DVD player. Previous hacks of Blu-Ray and HD-DVD in...
01/29/2007 04:19 PM: AACS Responds to Cracked HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc Protections by [NT]
The AACS LA, those behind the advanced access content system protecting HD DVD and Blu-ray Discs, today responded to the recent defeat of its technology. “AACS LA has confirmed that AACS Title Keys...
01/23/2007 10:06 AM: Blu-Ray Kills HD DVD by [NT]
At the show floor at CES 2007, Blu-Ray released a research conducted by an independent research firm and released it to its partners across the floor. In fact, we even received the research in our hot...
Sony said Monday it is bringing out a cheaper player for Blu-ray discs early this summer, a crucial step in its battle to make the high-definition format the replacement for DVDs. The BDP-S300 will co...
02/24/2007 06:58 AM: New Blu-ray laser can result in write speeds of up to 10x by [NT]
Blu-ray disks are currently limited to a slow 2x write speed, as are the burners. Fortunately, Nichia Corporation looks to change that....
02/14/2007 01:36 PM: HD-DVD and Blu-Ray are totally Busted by [NT]
A user called arnezami has busted the copyprotection of Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. He has worked out a way of extracting the processing key from a high-def DVD player. Previous hacks of Blu-Ray and HD-DVD in...
01/29/2007 04:19 PM: AACS Responds to Cracked HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc Protections by [NT]
The AACS LA, those behind the advanced access content system protecting HD DVD and Blu-ray Discs, today responded to the recent defeat of its technology. “AACS LA has confirmed that AACS Title Keys...
01/23/2007 10:06 AM: Blu-Ray Kills HD DVD by [NT]
At the show floor at CES 2007, Blu-Ray released a research conducted by an independent research firm and released it to its partners across the floor. In fact, we even received the research in our hot...
« Security expert cracks RFID chip in U.K. passport · Blu-ray Disk Sales Ahead OF HD DVD
· MAME 0.113 »
