selnor on 24 September 2008
| FinalEvangelion said: I know around here in Japan, Blu-ray has a much better market share than it does in the US. Blu-ray recorders are very popular because it is a great way for people to record their HD shows and keep the same quality. I don't think the US has any BD recorders as of yet because of all the red-tape to get through the Copyright laws. Here, they sell BD recorders and BD-R discs at grocery stores. BD-R discs only run about $3-6 each, with $6 being for BD-RE. Anyway, I've always seen BD taking off more when recorder drives in computers / standalone drives get cheaper. I'm not sure why there is such a big technology gap between Japan and US. I do remember in 2005 when I was in Japan, stores were primarily displaying HDTVs while in America, they were still displaying SDTVs, primarily. 2007 is when we started seeing HDTVs more in America. With Digital Downloads eventually (which they are still at .6% of the US Video market according to NPD), Blu-ray recorders could be a nice asset for storage. |
In occurance with NPD numbers for downloads that is a massive underestimate for movies via online services.
NPD do not include the following:
1. streaming figures
2. downloads via monthly payments
These 2 above are the most common types of usage through online services for movies in HD.
NPD figures only account for fully paid HD films that are downloaded. the % figure is about 35% off.
