CES 2009: Blu-Ray US adoption rate vs CD/DVD/VHS/TV/Color TV/HDTV

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HappySqurriel said:

Dryden said:

alpha_dk said:

Hard numbers to corroborate your argument: monthly standalone US DVD player sales throughout its lifespan:

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/cemadvdsales.html

Interesting tidbit: there are about as many standalone DVD players in the US as PS2s in the world

I don't need hard numbers to corroborate my argument, I've got a memory like a steal trap when it comes to tech!

That link does illustrate one of my points perfectly though. Look at DVD players sales in August 1999 and before, then September 1999 and after. HINT: The Matrix DVD hit shelves Sept 21, 1999.

When The Matrix was released on DVD, player sales DOUBLED overnight. Impressive.

 

 

Not quite ...

The holiday season in 1999 was when DVD players started selling in a range where people were willing to pay for them; and the holiday season in 2000 was when the PS2 and the Apex Digital $99 DVD player were released which pushed DVD player sales to a new level.

It actually is a pretty smooth rise of ~4 million more players sold per year for the 5 years after the first year.  That's a linear change in the rate, maintaining a fairly consistent growth pattern until it hit saturation, at which point it sold at a relatively constant rate. 

PS2 isn't included in these numbers, but considering it's first 3 years were a total of 21M, which occured during much of this growth, it was a fairly nonexistent blip.  It probably didn't have much actual impact on standalone adoption