Blu-ray Recorders Outsell DVD Recorders in Japan
Posted by Dave Cowl
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Name: Dave Cowl
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Dave also has a strong interest in cinema and film making, and has
always been an early adopter - he still uses his Sony DVP-S7000 DVD
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Dave has been following the HD Disc format war since the beginning,
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Blu-ray Disc Recorders have exceeded 50% market share for DVD Recorders in terms of units sold in the first week of November 2008, according to the latest GfK Retail and Technology Japan numbers.
A year ago Blu-ray Disc Recorders held for a market share of only 10%.
It is also interesting to note that Blu-ray Disc Recorders are replacing DVD Recorders one and a half times faster than DVD Recorders replaced VHS Recorders, according to GfK’s retail audit survey.
Blu-ray Disc Recorders can record digital high definition broadcasting without any quality loss, which has helped increase the demand for them.
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About time. The dvd format has to pass already…
DVD recorders don’t sell in Japan, period. If you look at historical numbers they are something like 3% of all DVD unit sales at any given time.
Ryan, do you have links for that information?
When in Japan, I see way more DVD / BD recorders in the stores than players.
Aside from the PS3, I don’t think I have seen BD players that don’t record there…
Ryan got it opposite I think. DVD *players* that don’t record have 3-5% of the market, most sales are in fact recorders.
That would more closely match what you see in BIC or Yodobashi Camera…