engadgetHD:The success of DVD is the kind that consumer electronics manufactures dreamed of, and now after two years after the introduction of Blu-ray, it appears to be gaining steam even faster -- and during the worst economic crisis of our time. According to Richard Greenfield of Pali Capital, in two years there were about 1.2 million DVD players sold, whereas Blu-ray stand-alone player sales are estimated to be at 2.5 million -- no this doesn't include PS3s which are expected to be at 8 million. Of course choosing between a $129 DVD upconverter and a $199 Blu-ray player isn't that hard of a choice, but paying 30 percent more for a movie is. The news here isn't bad for Blu-ray either as it has managed to almost double its market share of the top 20 titles in the past six months. We have a feeling the members on the panel at the BDA press conference this Thursday at 7pm EST -- which we'll be covering live -- will have a few things to smile about.
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It doesn't matter what blu-ray does. It's dead. DEAD Ya Hear ME!
Lol. Great news, people want to get the best out of their HD Sets and this shows it.
Now imagine the sales if HDTVs were cheaper.
Also, I'm assuming that the 8 million PS3's is only for America? (I don't know the total PS3 sales for America).
In other news the PS3's first two years outpaces the Xbox 360.
Download shortage will never exist
i have mandatory installs on my PS3
so i don't mind to wait upwards of an hour(s) to DL a movie
it's better than Blu-ray
:)