Blu-ray takes another five years.

One recent study suggests that Blu-ray disc of the DVD only in 2014 the rank expire. The discs with high resolution content will be according to the forecast, however, not long hold - from 2017, the market researchers downloads at the top.

 

The market research company SNL Kagan predicted in a paper entitled "Home Video: The State of Things" that Blu-ray only from 2010 really will be in full swing. For this year, market researchers expect that the worldwide sales of players for the blue disks on 1.3 billion U.S. dollars will increase. 2008 were therefore only Blu-ray player for a total of 255.4 million U.S. dollars sold. Until 2014, according to the forecast, will the market share of Blu-ray to almost 60 percent.

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Blu-ray Disc: first place in 2014?

Currently the situation is completely different: The good old DVD has the figures still represent a market share of over 97 percent. "Blu-ray will be in the next ten years, the driving force in the retail market in his video," says SNL analyst Wade Holden. The current economic climate, "but the growth will slow down or in the future. From 2017, Holden believes, "will start video on demand, consumer Blu-ray subtracted. For this year, predicts SNL a market share of almost 74 percent for the blue discs.

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Study were market figures from the areas of DVD, VHS and High Definition collected and evaluated, with combined sales figures for media and movie downloads.

If the SNL analyst rather keep coming to the entertainment industry a long thirst Recke to - and to the consumer a very long period in the video between standard and high definition must balance.