Blu-ray to overtake DVD in 2012, says EMA
- Posted June 25th, 2008 at 16:17 EDT by Eric Blattberg
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While Blu-ray has already won the HD format war, there's still a long time to pass before it surpasses the current dominant home video format, DVD. How long? Three and a half years, if the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) is to be believed.
In their comprehensive annual report, the EMA purported that "in 2012, sales of Blu-ray Discs will exceed those of standard DVDs and will generate sales of $9.5 billion."
As for 2007, nearly nine million high-definition discs were sold, generating more than $260 million. Meanwhile, 12,177 DVDs released in 2007, down from a peak of 13,950 two years prior.
It seems the market is slowly but surely shifting to Blu-ray as the home video format of choice. Enjoy your remaining years digital video discs.
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Plaidninja |
NINJA 510- 4:30pm BST - June 25th, 2008
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wow aint that a b**$#....might else well enjoy the standard dvds while i still have the chance...this gunna reuin my standard dvds collection.....
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mixpix7212 |
NINJA 510- 4:39pm BST - June 25th, 2008
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this is great. then blu rays will come down in price and i CAN STILL PLAY std dvd's on my ps3 dont worry folks everything will be a ok
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Girugamesh |
Shidousha- 4:49pm BST - June 25th, 2008
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Holy shi*, I thought it would come quicker than that. Blu ray is selling better than DVD in its beginning time frame, so does anyone know how long DVD took to take over VHS?
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dead_christmas
- 5:00pm BST - June 25th, 2008
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Good news for Sony. Bring those discs down in price though. $30-$35 is way too much for some of these new releases. When that happens I'll buy buy buy. Who am I kidding, I already do.
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SonyJunkie |
Bender6191- 5:34pm BST - June 25th, 2008
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Of course they will, its better than DVD's and the price of them will come down. And they are so much better looking on HDTV's. HD is a wonderful thing.
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smokeondavidp69 |
smokeon- 5:48pm BST - June 25th, 2008
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i love blue ray plus i can watch my 400 plus dvd upscaled to 1080p my 400 hundred disc sony hd dvd player just collects dust. can't wait to they come out with a 400 disc blue ray player. love my 65 inch sony 1080p plasma tv. all i need is a new reciver 7.1 hdmi.
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Alpha2
- 7:38pm BST - June 25th, 2008
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3 years huh? then that means 6years. Format adoption always takes twice as long as the "experts" say. the proble being that people are animals of habit and the habit they're saying will change in three years is buying DVDs, prehaps they think the push to digital broadcasts next year will change that but they issue is still adoption of HDTV, there are still people who dont want to upgrade to HD tvs or arnt well versed enough in their existance to even care so what good is a bluray to them? Especially when they can cost twice what a DVD costs. And I'm only talking about the US! Other countries are probably just as hard headed in some cases possibly even moreso.
What needs to happen before wide spread adoption is a drop in prices not only of the players, but the media itself and the tvs we watch them on. signifigant drops on all three sides will happen bt ins three years? and expecting people to just roll with those prices before then? No... not when we have to spend 5 bucks on a gallon of gas just to go get them.
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gameoholic |
Demented007- 9:06pm BST - June 25th, 2008
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I think it will be sooner than that, since HD tvs are selling more and more as time passes, and especially, when there are hardly any standard tvs on the shelves to choose from anymore. HD is taking over, a lot quicker than what they say. PSN ID-Demented007
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ferret66
- 10:46pm BST - June 25th, 2008
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How did you guys think this was coming sooner? You really think that DVD's will go away that quickly. Most of the older generation don't really care for HD and It takes a long time for transition into a new format. Three years is a good extimate but that can never be right cause they have no clue what might happen.. it might raise to be close to 5-6 years if the market does not go as planned.. all depends on the consumers interest.
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ThaoNguyen
- 11:14pm BST - June 25th, 2008
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This just in - CVT to overtake traditional transmissions in 2034. Everyone act surprised.
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Free_Agent
- 11:38pm BST - June 25th, 2008
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I think this is a good thing, but I'm not sure if 3 years is really accurate. I still buy about 60% dvd just because I don't think every movie is worth purchasing on blu-ray. My main problem is the price. If the movie is animated, or something from the discovery channel than I snatch it up on blu-ray without thinking twice, but some movies don't look much better than an upscaled dvd, especially considering the price differentiation. However, I'm sure once blu-ray becomes a more widely adopted format in the average home, prices will drop. As for those who believe downloadable content will be the next format, I don't believe they will be able to stream blu-ray quality to the masses this generation.
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Black47
- 12:01am BST - June 26th, 2008
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Who needs DVD's any more? Micro$oft does. i dont understand why people are refusing to buy HDTV's now. they're cheap enough already. if your complaining about them being too exspensive... you bought a PS3 4-5-600 dollars... double that and presto you got yourself a HDTV. get a job or stop buying stupid crap you dont need and you can get yourself a TV. rumor is by 2009 SDTV signal will be fazed out by corporate America forcing 1080i HD signal.
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InfernoReaper |
GrimDarkling- 4:41am BST - June 26th, 2008
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I don't believe any of the crap about the prices of the discs. When I see a dual-disc Blu-ray selling for the same price as a single-disc and they're both new releases, there's something wrong there. I'll start my Blu-ray collection when the prices drop. Until then, I'll keep buying $5 DVDs.
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joeyjoejoeshababadoo
- 5:03am BST - June 26th, 2008
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Wow I honestly didnt think they would sell that much so quick. And I didnt even realize how many bluray movies there were till just a couple days ago.. Wow 9mill vs 12mill thats amazing.. I bet this year its gunna be just about equal..
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