Star Scream on 09 January 2009
gavind5uk said: This is from dvd-faq: http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html Here's reality: * 1997 - 349,000 DVD-Video players shipped in the U.S. (About 200,000 sold into homes.) - 900 DVD-Video titles available in the U.S. Over 5 million copies shipped; about 2 million sold. - Over 500,000 DVD-Video players shipped worldwide. - Around 330,000 DVD-ROM drives shipped worldwide with about 1 million bundled DVD-ROM titles. - 60 DVD-ROM titles (mostly bundled). * 1998 - 1,089,000 DVD-Video players shipped in the U.S. (Installed base of 1,438,000.) - 400 DVD-Video titles in Europe (135 movie and music titles). - 3,000 DVD-Video titles in the U.S. (2000 movie and music titles). - 7.2 million DVD-Video discs purchased.[/n] * 1999 - 4,019,000 DVD-Video players shipped in the U.S. (Installed base of 5,457,000.) - Over 6,300 DVD-Video titles in the U.S. - About 26 million DVD-ROM drives worldwide. - About 75 DVD-ROM titles available in the U.S. * 2000 - 8.5 million DVD-Video players shipped in the U.S. (Installed base of 13,922,000.) - About 46 million DVD-ROM drives worldwide. - Over 10,000 DVD-Video titles available in the U.S. - Belgium: 100 thousand installed base - France: 1.2 million installed base - Germany: 1.2 million installed base - Italy: 360 thousand installed base - Netherlands: 200 thousand installed base - Spain: 300 thousand installed base - Sweden: 120 thousand installed base - Switzerland: 250 thousand installed base - UK: 1 million installed base * 2001 - 12.7 million DVD-Video players shipped in the U.S. (Installed base of 26,629,000.) - Over 45 million DVD-ROM drives in the U.S. - Over 90 million DVD-ROM drives worldwide. - UK: 3 million installed base * 2002 - 17 million DVD-Video players shipped in the U.S. (Installed base of 43,718,000.) - Over 75 million DVD-ROM drives in the U.S. - Over 140 million DVD-ROM drives worldwide. * 2003 (fall) - 16 million DVD-Video players shipped in the U.S. (Installed base of 73,300,000.) - Over 27,000 DVD-Video titles available in the U.S. |
Thanks for the FAQ. I knew there was something fishy about previously mentioned numbers...