Sony: Blu-ray to Outsell DVD By 2011 (tvprediction)

[xboxboi]

Company executive says global sales will rise to 25 percent by year's end.

By Swanni

Washington, D.C. (August 1, 2008) -- A top Sony executive says global sales of Blu-ray high-def discs could pass standard-def DVDs as early as 2011.

That's according to an article by DigitTimes.

Tim Meade, Asia Pacific vice president for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, explains that global sales of Blu-ray discs are expected to increase from nine percent in 2007 to 25 percent by the end of this year.

The rise in sales will be fueled by the introduction of more discs and lower-priced Blu-ray players. Meade adds that Blu-ray sales will reach 40 percent of overall global sales by 2011 and likely pass the SD DVD by 2011.

Sony, of course, is the leading booster of the Blu-ray high-def format, but Meade's comments are a barometer of how ambitious the company is when it comes to Blu-ray.

Meade said that global sales volume for Blu-ray players will rise from 7-10 percent in 2007 to 15 percent in 2008, according to DigiTimes.

http://www.tvpredictions.com/sony080108.htm

[Ellsworth]

Man, what does your signature have to do with anything? 1 out of how many firmware updates had some problems, and then they quickly work to resolve it, and its some OMG horrible problem?

Talk about blowing things out of proportion.

[Sinister184]

2011? thats an ambitious goal. we'll see...

[StarrySkies]

Sounds like a decent prediction to me.

[HiDefFanboy]

Sounds do-able. They are predicting Blu-ray will surpass DVD in 3 1/2 years. I don't see a problem with that. In 3 1/2 years it's unlikely anyone will be buying TV's less than 1080P since they will not be available, and Blu-ray players if they follow the curve of DVD player prices will be hovering around $99

[Kable]

It's possible on the hardware side of things since everyone already owns a DVD player or five. Software, no.

[hellokitty]

Man, what does your signature have to do with anything? 1 out of how many firmware updates had some problems, and then they quickly work to resolve it, and its some OMG horrible problem?

Talk about blowing things out of proportion.

Indeed. Only a small percentage of owners encountered major problems.

I remember Microsoft bricked some 360s in 2006 too: http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=137

And then in Christmas 2007, Xbox Live broke down for about a month while Playstation Network stayed up. No one could play any games. These are just some of the challenges when you run a network service, be it Playstation Network, Xbox Live or digital downloads.

[Pro-bassoonist]

Sounds do-able.

Agreed.

Pro-B

[Centauri]

By the time BD catches DVD in weekly sales, the concept of a spinning plastic disc will be so close to dead that it really wont matter.

And I'm relatively sure that DVD will go down in history as the most successful video distribution format of all time and will retain the title for quite a while. Even if BD does manage to catch DVD in weekly sales before both die, it will still be so far behind DVD in total discs sold since inception that it'll be relegated by history to the status of a higher-end variant of DVD.

Also; It's usually a good idea to take press releases speculating at the future successes of a product with a grain of salt when said press release is sent out by the purveyor of said product.

[eric89074]

By the time BD catches DVD in weekly sales, the concept of a spinning plastic disc will be so close to dead that it really wont matter.

Just like internet downloads killed CDs right? Give it up Blu Ray haters.

[Centauri]

You sure you wanna stick with that analogy?

[EL_BOMBASTICO]

You sure you wanna stick with that analogy?

If you even paid attention to sales, you wouldn't be asking such a stupid question

[HiDefFanboy]

By the time BD catches DVD in weekly sales, the concept of a spinning plastic disc will be so close to dead that it really wont matter.

And I'm relatively sure that DVD will go down in history as the most successful video distribution format of all time and will retain the title for quite a while. Even if BD does manage to catch DVD in weekly sales before both die, it will still be so far behind DVD in total discs sold since inception that it'll be relegated by history to the status of a higher-end variant of DVD.

Also; It's usually a good idea to take press releases speculating at the future successes of a product with a grain of salt when said press release is sent out by the purveyor of said product.

So who cares how many eight tracks and cassette tapes sold. That era is over.

[Centauri]

If you even paid attention to sales, you wouldn't be asking such a stupid question

Hmm... I see download services continuing to take a larger piece of the pie as online distribution continues to mature. I see that an online distributor, the iTunes Music Store, has taken the title of number 1 music vendor in the US and is continuing to grow.

What do you see?

And for the record, I wasn't thinking of downloads. I think the idea of possessing media on a physical medium will reign for quite a while. But the technology behind any laser-read disc can trace its roots to the late 1950's. It's time to go.

I think flash memory is the future.

[SoylentGreen]

Company executive says global sales will rise to 25 percent by year's end.

By Swanni

Washington, D.C. (August 1, 2008) -- A top Sony executive says global sales of Blu-ray high-def discs could pass standard-def DVDs as early as 2011.

That's according to an article by DigitTimes.

Tim Meade, Asia Pacific vice president for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, explains that global sales of Blu-ray discs are expected to increase from nine percent in 2007 to 25 percent by the end of this year.

The rise in sales will be fueled by the introduction of more discs and lower-priced Blu-ray players. Meade adds that Blu-ray sales will reach 40 percent of overall global sales by 2011 and likely pass the SD DVD by 2011.

Sony, of course, is the leading booster of the Blu-ray high-def format, but Meade's comments are a barometer of how ambitious the company is when it comes to Blu-ray.

Meade said that global sales volume for Blu-ray players will rise from 7-10 percent in 2007 to 15 percent in 2008, according to DigiTimes.

http://www.tvpredictions.com/sony080108.htm

It's very doable. I laugh for all those so called HD fans with HD DVD, who claimed they cared about HD, yet are missing out on so much by not going Blu.