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Issue Date: January 31, 2009
CES: Future of Blu-ray optimistic, analysts say
Jan 10, 2009
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) each year has a handful of different technologies that stand out to attendees, and Blu-ray has been one of those technologies for two years now. The struggling format has had an up and down battle since becoming the lone HD format in early 2008.
During the Blu-ray Disc Association's press conference at CES, there are now 1,100 Blu-ray movies available, with 24 million total discs sold last year -- just 5.67 million were sold in 2007
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Blu-ray up, DVD down in 2008
Jan 13, 2009
While optical media struggled as a whole, the Blu-ray disc format enjoyed a healthy 2008.
Spending on Blu-ray sales and rentals nearly tripled over the last year, growing from $270 million in 2007 to $750 million last year, according to data from the Digital Entertainment Group. Rentals and sales of DVD and VHS/UMD declined during the same annual period, with DVD hitting its lowest numbers since 2004.
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BDA: Blu-ray Disc Displays Strong Growth Prospects Despite Economic Downturn
Jan 9, 2009
The U.S. economy is experiencing some of the most challenging economic conditions in living memory. Despite this many analysts predicted that the format's growth will help the home entertainment industry to maintain revenues over coming years, at Wednesday's Blu-ray Disc Assn. press conference during the CES.
Last year DVD revenue in the U.S. declined by eight per cent but a new research report entitled "The State of Home Video" released by SNL Kagan projects that it?s only a matter of time before Blu-ray begins to compensate for these declining returns from traditional technologies, creating incremental strengthening of home entertainment revenues over the next several years.
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Dolby to Bring 3-D Video to Blu-ray
Jan 5, 2009
Dolby Laboratories is proposing a 3-D video technology for the Blu-ray movies, joining the corresponding proposals of Philips and Panasonic in one of the most buzzed-about areas in video.
Dolby, a company best known for its audio technology, said that it is talking with content providers about encoding its digital 3-D technology into Blu-ray movies.
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