Kotaku (Free subscription) | 24/12/2008
Remember that format war? Good fun. Blu-ray battling it out with HD DVD. Sony pinning its hopes and dreams for dominance on the PS3, while Microsoft released an HD DVD player for its console. Now...
InboxGame.com (Free subscription) | 24/12/2008
Remember that format war? Good fun. Blu-ray battling it out with HD DVD. Sony pinning its hopes and dreams for dominance on the PS3, while Microsoft released an HD DVD player for its console. Now that the dust has settled and the reality has washed over me and you, let's see how this format war has turned out with an totally unscientific poll. In late November, members of the goo Research monitor group...
Nixgame.com (Free subscription) | 24/12/2008
Remember that format war? Good fun. Blu-ray battling it out with HD DVD. Sony pinning its hopes and dreams for dominance on the PS3, while Microsoft released an HD DVD player for its console. Now that the dust has settled and the reality has washed over me and you, let’s see how this format war has turned out with an totally unscientific poll. In late November, members of the goo Research monitor group...
Todaytech.info (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
Blu-ray vanquished its rival HD-DVD earlier this year to emerge as the next generation standard for high definition video storage. In North America, though it continues to trail DVD as most consumers seem unwilling to trade their DVD players for… Blu-ray vanquished its [...]
Technopress - All about Tech... (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
Mitsubishi DVR-BF2000 Blu-ray Recorder Mitsubishi has a new Blu-ray recorder known as the DVR-BF2000, and it will feature the following hard-hitting specifications :- 500GB hard drive Two digital TV tuners BD-R/RE drive DVD-R/RW support The DVR-BF2000 receiver enables one to record a couple of programs simultaneously, while you continue to view another channel. Strange how this option...
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
Blu-ray is now officially more popular than plain ol’ DVD in Japan. Wait, let me rephrase that: there are now more Blu-ray disc recorders in Japan than there are DVD recorders. More than 50 percent of disc recorders in Japan are now of the Blu-ray variety. The distinction is important. It’s not that Blu-ray disc sales [...]
Gadget Lab (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
Blu-ray vanquished its rival HD-DVD earlier this year to emerge as the next generation standard for high definition video storage. In North America, though it continues to trail DVD as most consumers seem unwilling to trade their DVD players for...
Video Game Watchdog (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
According to the latest figures from GfK Retail and Technology Japan, Blu-ray recorders have surpassed 50% market share for DVD Recorders in unit terms. The Blu-ray recorders are replacing DVD Recorders 1,5 quicker then the DVD Recorders did with VHS. DVD recorders exceeded 10% market share in the fifth week of April 2002 and continued to [...]
Digital Media Wire (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
Tokyo - Sales of Blu-ray Disc recorders beat sales of DVD recorders in Japan for the first time in November, and further are replacing DVD recorders 1.5 times faster than DVD replaced VHS, GameDaily.com reported, citing data from GfK Retail and Technology. GfK credited falling prices for the uptick in sales of the Sony-backed (NYSE: SNE) Blu-ray format, which surpassed a 50% market...
DRBIG Corner of the net (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
According to numbers compiled by GfK Retail and Technology , the market share for Blu-ray disc recorders in Japan has finally surpassed that of DVD . Going back to April 2002, DVD recorders had only 10 percent of the market, with VHS having the rest, but DVD rapidly took more market share. However, with falling prices, Blu-ray recorder sales are picking up steam...
AfterDawn.com (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
According to numbers compiled by GfK Retail and Technology , the market share for Blu-ray disc recorders in Japan has finally surpassed that of DVD . Going back to April 2002, DVD recorders had only 10 percent of the market, with VHS having the rest, but DVD rapidly took more market share. However, with falling prices, Blu-ray recorder sales are picking up steam in Japan, as well as...
Video Game Watchdog (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
Yes, it’s that time again - time for some fresh info from the fascinating world of Blu-ray disc. According to research group GfK Retail and Technology, Blu-Ray recorders now account for over 50% of the home media player market in Japan. That puts… Read More ———————————————————- Video Game Watchdog Featured links : PS3 Game Wiki PS3 Trophy Leaderboard
Engadget HD (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
Filed under: Industry , Blu-ray , Recorders Okay, so having half of the DVD recorders in Japan be of the Blu-ray variety is pretty impressive in and of itself, but considering that this same statistic sat at 30% in late October (with players included), we can't help but be floored. Going back to October 2007, BD recorders made up just 10% of the market, and perpetually falling...
Video Game Watchdog (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
According to the latest GfK Retail and Technology Japan data, Blu-ray recorders broke the 50% barrier during the first week of November, meaning that unit sales of Blu-ray recorders surpassed that of DVD recorders for the first time ever. Compared to the same time last year, when Blu-ray’s market share was only 10%, the format [...]
SlashGear (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
Look ma, it’s not fair; they got all the Blu-ray recorders in the world and now gaining permission to export downloaded HD contents directly onto Blu-ray recordable disk at its full extent. A Japan-based Tsutaya online Corp will soon become the first videos content service provider in the world to enable Blu-ray Disk recording of its library of 412 movies and TV shows. Half of its including...
