Karooo Posted January 9, 2010 Report Share Posted January 9, 2010 According to figures released today by the Digital Entertainment Group, spending on Blu-ray sales and rentals was up 67% to 1.5 billion. Homes with Blu-ray Disc players rose to 17 million, up 76% over 2008. In the fourth quarter alone, Blu-ray enjoyed title sales in excess of $500 million, representing 13.4 percent of all sell-through sales versus 8% percent for each of the prior three quarters. Blu-ray new release sales in the fourth quarter rose 17% while catalog title sales doubled from a year ago. Five Blu-ray Disc releases saw sales in excess of one million units in 2009. Sales of Blu-ray Disc playback devices – including set-top box and game consoles – sold through 17.3 million units since launch. Some 4.5 million devices sold in the fourth quarter alone, bringing total units sold to nearly 8 million in calendar 2009, according to numbers compiled by the DEG with input from retail tracking sources. The DEG estimates that more than 71 million HDTV sets have sold to consumers bringing the number of HDTV households to nearly 48 million. The DEG further estimates that 33% of these households have more than one set. An HDTV provides the ideal medium for consumers to enjoy their Blu-ray players and get the best HD experience. "The home entertainment business is doing remarkably well given the overall economic environment," said Ron Sanders, President, DEG and President, Warner Home Video. "We have seen tremendous growth in both Blu-ray hardware and software, consumer transactions are up and we are looking forward to seeing some stabilization in the packaged goods sell-through business in the coming year." "With Blu-ray titles topping $1 billion in sales and Blu-ray hardware now in 17 million U.S. homes, the format is well on its way to mainstream consumer adoption," said Bob Chapek, Chairman, DEG and President, Distribution, The Walt Disney Studios. "With the industry´s recent finalization of 3-D specs, next year promises to be an extraordinary year for consumers to experience the expanded possibilities of Blu-ray." "This was a very good year for Blu-ray," says Ross Rubin of market tracking firm The NPD Group, "but it is going to take a while before the installed base is large enough to match the kind of volume the DVD market can provide." However, overall spending on movie-watching at home dipped 5%, as a result of declining DVD sales. Home video rentals rose more than 4% ($6.5 billion), as sales dropped 13% ($11.4 billion). "People didn't quit consuming movies; they just shifted how they did it," says Tom Adams of Adams Media Research, an entertainment tracking firm. "As with every other product category, people were looking for the best deals they could get," says Adams, including $1 DVD rentals, the fastest-growing segment of movie rentals. http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazekage Gaara Posted January 9, 2010 Report Share Posted January 9, 2010 Good to see Bluray becoming mainstream This other day I got a promo email from PrimeAbgB stating Bluray Burner at 13k (OEM 12k) and reader at 7k, which is really cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrIzAliD Posted January 9, 2010 Report Share Posted January 9, 2010 like always happens with sony slow start up but kick a*s sales figures in the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
achilles Posted January 9, 2010 Report Share Posted January 9, 2010 come to think of it..how long did the CD last (video)? the DVDs would come for another 2-3 yrs max.. so about 14 yrs total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puneet.Chandila Posted January 9, 2010 Report Share Posted January 9, 2010 come to think of it..how long did the CD last (video)? the DVDs would come for another 2-3 yrs max.. so about 14 yrs total. Blu ray here are to stay for longer my friend. Next version of Blu-Ray i.e:- 3D one has not even arrived :-) Watch out for that too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanbad Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 mere paas ek bhi blue ray nhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabba Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 mere paas ek bhi blue ray nhi so go out n buy 1.... ab ye le... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devil_angel Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 shouldn't this make the cost less as we progress in a year or two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silv3rgunn3r Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 mere paas ek bhi blue ray nhi ab mere se bhi ye le...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazekage Gaara Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 shouldn't this make the cost less as we progress in a year or two? Exactly my point brother. In year or 2, more or less, a bluray burner will go as cheap as 5k or less Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze Of Glory Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 Imagine hindi movies on Bluray !! lol RAM GOPAL VERMA KI AAG on Bluray.... Still not scary Now Imagine Bluray Piracy and then Technology = Screwed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze Of Glory Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 I dont get it what's the point ? why waste so much money on a movie ? why ? : / A Movie is what you are gonna watch just 1se or 2wice ! thats it ? i say buy a game, which you will play more than a 100times !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabba Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 I dont get it what's the point ? why waste so much money on a movie ? why ? : / A Movie is what you are gonna watch just 1se or 2wice ! thats it ? i say buy a game, which you will play more than a 100times !!!! some things have to be experienced.... they cannot be explained... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze Of Glory Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 some things have to be experienced.... they cannot be explained... Experienced already!! who wants to watch the same movie more than two times ?? People use to do this like 10 years back.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabba Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 Experienced already!! who wants to watch the same movie more than two times ?? People use to do this like 10 years back.. what did people do 10 years back?? and there are a lot of people... myself included that have watched multiple movies many times over.... example... terminator 2 (around 20 times), die hard 2 (around 15 times), more recent movies... the dark knight (5-6 times, 3 times on blu-ray) so what exactly are u yakking on about??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dredd Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 who wants to watch the same movie more than two times ?? its not true. i watch batman begins & dark knight many times. sometimes only some particular scenes, but many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john117 Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 Nice to see the format picking up momentum .. soon (1-2 years) we will have the media selling for 30-40 bucks and writers for 3-4k btw,from the same article Five Blu-ray Disc releases saw sales in excess of one million units this past year and "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (The Walt Disney Studios) was the best-selling BD title of the year. A number of distinct hits marked 2009 including "Twilight" (Summit Entertainment), "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" (Paramount Home Entertainment) and "The Hangover" (Warner Home Video) as the three highest grossing home entertainment titles of the year. The top three VOD titles in 2009 were "Twilight," "Gran Torino" (Warner Home Video) and "He´s Just Not That Into You" (Warner Home Video), all of which were available day-and-date with DVD and Blu-ray Disc. http://www.dvdtown.com/news/blu-ray-disc-s...first-time/7293 WTFLOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silv3rgunn3r Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (The Walt Disney Studios) was the best-selling BD title of the year. http://www.dvdtown.com/news/blu-ray-disc-s...first-time/7293 WTFLOL really??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze Of Glory Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 oh! so i am the only one who can't a movie more than twice !! OH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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