Blu-ray players outselling HD DVD?
07 Sep 2007 13:57
This Blu-ray vs HD DVD war seems to be pretty ongoing, and things look like they're getting kinda ugly.According to Video Business, Sony has stated that Blu-ray Disc players are outselling their HD DVD rivals. The announcement is thought to have come during Sony's press conference at the 2007 CEDIA convention on Thursday (September 6th).
Sony vice president Chris Fawcett is said to have revealed that Blu-ray players have jumped ahead of their rivals during the last nine weeks.
Video Business reports that Fawcett attributed the increase in sales to Sony's $499 (£250) Blu-ray Disc player and cited research data from the NPD Group, although he didn't reveal exact market shares for either camp.
However, HD DVD backer Toshiba has hit back at the claims, saying: "In light of recent comments made regarding high definition stand-alone video players sales, Toshiba would like to reiterate its continued industry leading sales figures.
"Based on July data from NPD, Toshiba had a 55 per cent market share year to date in high definition stand alone player sales followed by all Blu-ray companies at a combined 42 per cent; the final three per cent is held by dual format players.
"While the competition may claim leadership based on one month of data, Toshiba has had continued sales leadership in every month since the original HD DVD players launched 17 months ago."
Oo, sounds like handbags at dawn to us!
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