Blu-ray Player Shipments To Attain 105 Million In 2015, Says In-Stat

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Oct 4, 2011 3:51 PM

The number of Blu-ray players shipped annually will attain 105 million in 2015, according to the ultimate predict from In-Stat.

While the high-density visual recording and playback technology faced a prospective format fight from its HD-DVD opponent - melancholy a repeat of the VHS-Betamax wars of early days of the home VCR - the Blu-ray format emerged jubilant and has gained extended acceptance by consumers. So ample acceptance, that it will "essentially stage out DVD recorders" by 2015, in the difference of Norm Bogen, In-Stat VP Digital Entertainment.

"Blu-ray recorders will reinstate DVD recorders, and many consumers of recorders will even tumble the earthy disk media choice completely and instead opt for a player with a considerable hard disk or a DMS in that to store DLNA-certified and other digital video content," he said.

According to new investigate from In-Stat, "Global Blu-ray and DVD Players and Recorders," Blu-ray Disc players shipped to North America in 2010 represented 38 percent of the complete Blu-ray player and tape deck market. Japan accounted is to most of Blu-ray recorders, and Europe is the principal marketplace for DVD recorders, the investigate revealed.

The investigate moreover found that at the finish of final year, more than 15 percent of Netflix subscribers opted for Blu-ray subscriptions.