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FinalEvangelion on 05 December 2007
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makingmusic476 said:
FinalEvangelion said:
ProfDallas said:
It's 5% in america now....in japan 17% so the HD thing is getting bigger

Sorry for the double post. Do you have a link? That's alot bigger than I was expecting in Japan. It wouldn't surprise me because Japan is usually the first to buy into consumer technology.


Blu-Ray has 17% of the recorder market in Japan, noth the entire market. It's really popular over there for data back up. Blu-Ray has 17%, DVD 80%, and HD DVD a meager 3%.


 Thanks for clarification.  Blu-ray recorders have been there since 2004, I believe.  I saw them on display on stores when I was there in Japan in 2005.  They were about $2500 at the time, but there is a definite niche culture of technophiles there.



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