Susanne Ault of Video Business writes: High-definition DVD player sales during the fourth quarter spiked well above standard DVD at the comparable point in the earlier format's life cycle.
Price-driven promotions are the main reason for high-def's steeper growth curve, according to Paul Erickson, DisplaySearch director of DVD and HD Market Research.
Standard DVD players were priced more steadily during their first months on shelves, he explained, as they were never embroiled in a hyper-competitive format war.
"There is a much larger spike at the end of the year for next-generation DVD due to strong performances by both formats for November and December, as well as heavy competition-driven promotions for both Black Friday and the December holiday season," said Erickson.
I expect Blu Ray to fully replace DVD in Japan this year
Last year the penetration rate was 20%!!!
yea guys 20%
i expect that to become 60% this year. Japanese are very tech savvy
In europe i expect the rate to be around 35-40% this year
in NA cant predict before the arrival of LOTR on Blu ray
nice to see people embrace high definition players.
It shall be interesting to see if it grows at a faster rate, than it did with DVD's.
Is this because of people embracing high def formats over dvds compared? no
Is this because of prices? no
Is this because its the year 2008 and people are much more into tech now? yes
Back when DVD first was released most people were no where NEAR as tech centric as today hell even 90 year old grandmas know what DVD's are in this day and age the attitude has changed and this is the only reason sales are much more then compared to the dvd's first days.
lol disagree with no reason because why? because what i say is a fact and they cannot prove it wrong, its fact becaue its common sense.
oh thought it meant high-def dvd grows at a faster pace than standard DVD is currently growing, not original growth.
But yer I think itd be because of people being more aware and tech savy. Probably more to it, but that's all I can think of.