akuma587 on 06 August 2008
NJ5 is right, the disc sales are greater for DVD in the same timeframe. The amount of titles on Blu-Ray was also significantly lower, however.
But people who assume that Blu-Ray will fail simply because it hasn't reached the same amount of sales during the same timeframe as DVD are similarly misguided.
Look how long it took MP3 players to catch on. The IPod was the only one that really made the market take off, and it didn't get big until 3-4 years after the first MP3 players came out. You don't here people complaining about how slow the market started off. Its just a lot easier to criticize a fledgling technology. People did it to DVD all the time when it first came out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mp3_players
"The predecessors to digital audio players are portable CD and MiniDisc players, which are commonly known as "Portable Audio Devices". Although the data is digitally stored on discs, neither one is able to support digital file formats.
The first mass-produced DAP was created in 1997 by SaeHan Information Systems, which domestically sold its “MPMan” player in the middle of 1998.[1] The South Korean company then licensed the players to Eiger Labs which distributed them—now branded as Eiger Labs MPMan F10—to the North American market during the summer of 1998.[2] The flash-based players were available in 16 MB storage capacity."
"In October 2001, Apple Computer (now known as Apple Inc.) unveiled the first generation iPod, the 5 GB hard drive based DAP with a 1.8" Toshiba drive. With the development of a minimalistic user interface and a smaller form factor, the iPod was initially notable within users of the Macintosh community. In July 2002, Apple introduced the second generation update to the iPod. It was compatible with Windows computers through Musicmatch Jukebox (now known as Y!Music Musicmatch Jukebox). The iPod series, which grew to include microdrive and flash-based players, has become the market leader in DAPs."
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