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Issue Date: February 28, 2009
Report: Blu-ray to dominate within 10 years
Feb 19, 2009
The future of Blu-ray remains very confusing, as some analysts have predicted the format will have a hard time surving past 2012, which is a mere three years away. Other analysts predict Blu-ray to eventually topple DVD, but at the cost of several more years and millions in advertising from Sony and other Blu-ray supporters.
It's no wonder many people still aren't sure what's happening -- especially since Blu-ray had a rough 2008 -- but another published study indicates Blu-ray will have its time in the spotlight, but not any time soon. In 2008, DVDs still dominate the market with 97.1 percent of the market, but it will begin to continually lose market share to the high-definition Blu-ray format as the years pass
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Panasonic opens 3D Blu-ray lab
Feb 10, 2009
Japanese tech giant Panasonic publicly announced its new 3D research labs located in Hollywood. The laboratory is now ready for researchers to continue working on a new 3D format that is expected to be ready soon.
The company first talked about the laboratory last month during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Panasonic will use the facilities to help create a 3D FUll HD (3D FHD) Blu-ray format while working with Hollywood movie studios.
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Blu-ray Disc Sales to Exceed 100M Units This Year
Feb 23, 2009
Research from Futuresource Consulting reveals that consumers are on target to buy in excess of 100 million Blu-ray discs (BD) across the USA, Western Europe and Japan this year.
Sales of High Definition capable LCD and plasma TVs and continued dramatic reductions in BD player prices continuing to fuel interest in packaged HD content despite the economic downturn, the research says
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