Blu-ray fails to overtake DVD as many predicted

Two years ago Disney predicted that Blu-ray sales would overtake DVD in two years. Like pretty much every prediction about Blu-ray this has failed to occur. In fact the studios have actually reduced the number of BDs they are producing: this year there are actually 10% less BD titles released than in the preceeding 12 months (source: DVD Release Reports). Additionally a similar reduction in the number of titles also afflicts DVDs too.

Current sales numbers indicate that DVD sales continue to slow, and BD sales slowly rise. However DVD still sell boat-loads more than BD, and for many reasons (not just because I refuse to buy any).

Think of these predictions when you read the same folks predicting how huge 3D BD will be.

In other news, Netflix streaming video is claimed to take 20% of internet bandwidth in the USA. Related? You be the judge.

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• Anonymous
  October 25, 2010
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• Anonymous
  October 26, 2010
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  October 29, 2010
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• Anonymous
  November 08, 2010
  "Now of course there's some Plasmas out there that maybe popular in some places but until recently they weren't even selling them here and considering how few they sell I've heard too much stories of them failing too soon. And TBH when talking about average plasma TV I have doubts if they match the average PAL CRT in color reproduction, atleast those I've seen don't look good at all. (I guess that's why they've never used plasmas in production/broadcast monitoring)" My Pioneer Kuro wipes the floor with any other TV I've ever owned. True that Pioneer have abandoned developement, but the tech has been sold to Panasnonic. Watching films has never been so enjoyable.

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  November 19, 2010
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  April 28, 2011
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