Blu-Ray Trends & News

[Snowman]

This thread will contain trends and news about Blu-Ray, high definition video format.

[Snowman]

A new study by SNL Kagen has predicted the following trends with regard to the video market share of the Blu-Ray format:

• In 2010, Blu-ray player revenue will rise to $1.3 billion
• Mass-market penetration will occur in 2013 when revenue hits $6.9 billion
• Currently, standard-def DVD comprises 97.1 percent of the home video market
• Blu-ray will reach 59.7 percent market share and $13.1 billion in revenue in 2014, hitting 73.8 percent and $15.6 billion by 2017.
• Blu-ray's expected position as the dominant format in the future may be brief due to challenges from high definition VOD (video on demand).
• The current economic climate has slowed the growth of Blu-Ray and is likely to keep it from reaching the heights it might have reached under better economic conditions.

Source: CE Pro article

[HypoLuxa-HermesPan]

Originally Posted by Snowman [*]Blu-ray will reach 59.7 percent market share and $13.1 billion in revenue in 2014, hitting 73.8 percent and $15.6 billion by 2017.

Projecting for 2014 and 2017 in the "media" market is futile I think. There's no way in 2001 they would've predicted what is going on now. Not even the iPod was out then. I just don't see hard copy media being around "that" long... Or, if anything it'll morph into something else.