Dark Knight shifts 600,000 on blu-ray

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NJ5 said:

taxman said:

BR players weren't below $200 for the whole year... It needs time to enter the mainstream

 

I have a hard time believing Blu-Ray is entering the mainstream when I read tidbits like these:

Players for Blu-ray discs, the high-definition successor to the DVD, did relatively well, since the prices are now below $200. Retailers sold 147,000 units, excluding Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 consoles, which can also play the discs. But the older format is still king: Three times as many DVD players were sold.

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Actually this surprised me... Who the heck does not have a DVD player yet? I guess many people are buying upscaling ones which could explain it.

 

People are probably upgrading to upscaling DVD players. These are dirt cheap now as well.