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As DVD sales stagnate Blu-ray sales are on the increase in the first quarter of 2010

As DVD sales stagnate Blu-ray sales are on the increase in the first quarter of 2010

Robert Hyde

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Blu-ray sales are soaring as prices starts to come down and as more people get HD ready TV's it look like there will be a day when it's the dominant format, taking over from DVD.

A bold statement? Many people never thought that DVD would take over from the might of VHS and that was a harder sell in the first place, at least with Blu-ray when you upgrade your player you can still watch all your DVDs, and they will probably look better with a good player with upscaling.

Blue-Ray

Sales for Blu-ray are increasing fast, the latest figures for the US show that in the first quarter of 2010 (January � March) there was a 68.5% year on year increase amounting to over $330 million in Blu-ray sales.

Blu-ray accounted for 12.3% of packaged media in the same quarter (packaged media meaning not digital distribution) which is a big increase on the 7% from this time last year.

It looks like Blu-ray will be here to stay in the immediate future at least, Sony must be happy, as should the future of the Playstation 3, its a decent and affordable player that also has the added bonus of being able to play games!

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