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SvennoJ on 04 May 2014
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Or maybe I understood wrong, yes the general population with a small tv or 720p / HD ready variant won't see a big difference. Anyway everytime I give digital a try again I've always come away disappointed.

In their earnings waring Sony states that EUROPE sales are declining faster then predicted.

 

BUT - in the biggest economies of europe there is nothing like Netflix. Rental offers on a "watch as much as you can" like Amazon are so bad I can't think of this somebody taking serious.

 

So it's either iTunes making a lots of money, pirated copies or simply an economic downturn where people spend less money.

 

I would guess that it's the last one. In such a situation people are not so picky about actual picture quality...

Apparently blu-ray is only doing well in Germany, responsible for about 40% of the sales in western europe.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/germany-pass-uk-become-europes-650591
They contribute the difference to the availability of Netflix and VOD. UK has Netflix, Germany not yet.

Maybe better internet service also helps drive Netflix and VOD in Europe. UK also already has Netflix 4K and Super HD (8mbps 1080p) TVs may be smaller too on average in Europe, less of a noticeable difference? I dunno, maybe Europeans are just cheap.