17 Percent Of U.S. Homes Have Blu-ray By Phillip Swann TVPredictions.com
http://www.tvpredictions.com/bluhomes093010.htm Washington, D.C. (September 30, 2010) -- Seventeen percent of U.S. households now have at least one Blu-ray player, according to a new NPD Group report. The report was cited in an article by Home Media Magazine. The report said that roughly 20 million U.S. households own both a Blu-ray player and a DVD player. Ninety-five percent of U.S. households have a DVD player. Home Media writes that Centris, another research firm, also issued a report on Blu-ray, saying 47 percent of Blu-ray owners watch movies on their Play Station 3 consoles while 45 percent watch on standalone Blu-ray players. The PS3 has a Blu-ray player inside. Centris added that younger, wealthier consumers with children are most likely to buy a Blu-ray player. In other stats: * 85 percent of Blu-ray households own a HDTV and video game console compared to 62 percent of DVD households. * More than 25 percent of households with HDTVs own a Blu-ray player. -- ======================================== George Antunes, Political Science Dept University of Houston; Houston, TX 77204 Voice: 713-743-3923 Fax: 713-743-3927 Mail: antunes at uh dot edu _______________________________________________ Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
