http://real-us.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080118/tc_afp/japanelectronicselectricaldvd;_ylt=AhPEZZ__3LVenSbNRd1ah_WSxLEF

'A major study of 2,300 electronic stores across Japan found that consumers were increasingly buying the next-generation DVD recorders.

The proportion of DVD recorders sold that were next-generation rose from 6.1 percent in October to around 20 percent in November and December, said the study by Japan's Business Computer News think tank released Thursday.

Due to the price difference, next-generation DVDs made up a lucrative 35 percent of the total value of DVD recorder sales in the last two months of 2007, it said.

Blu-Ray, the format created by Sony Corp., accounted for a crushing 90 percent of next-generation DVD recorder sales in the three-month period, the study said.

Blu-Ray is used in Sony's PlayStation 3 video-game machine, but the study only looked at living-room DVD recorders.

Three Sony models were the top-selling next-generation DVD recorders, with the electronics giant accounting for some 60 percent of total sales in the sector.

Panasonic maker Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. took 27 percent of sales, with Sharp Corp. coming in third at nearly 10 percent. Both Matsushita and Sharp support Blu-Ray.

Toshiba Corp., the main supporter of HD-DVD, enjoyed only four percent of the sales, the study said.'

I am Error.

Thank you I posted the article already super chunk.

oops, I added the text before leo-j edited his post. My bad.

OT, I still think that BR will not overtake DVD, but the mass will shift to digital downloads with a pure rental nature.

I guess the next few years will tell.

Misleading title. The article says nearly nothing about DVDs, only the battle between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD.

Wow, Blu-Ray is really going to win.

Againsts HD-DVD I mean, ot against DVD.

 Actually it says that sales of next-gen dvd players, i.e. Bluray AND HDDVD rose from 6.1% of the sales to 20% durning the end of the year. Which if you add in the now commonly agreed idea that HDDVD is dying, Leo's title fits perfectly.

 Wow. did I actually support Leo? OMG.

@Linkzmax

Reading comprehension FTW!

DVD is a DVD recorder! So is Blu-Ray! And there is only one other type of DVD beside Hi-Def ones and that is regular DVDs.

Very interesting........