Blu-ray Player Shipments to Reach 105 Million in 2015

SCOTTSDALE: New research from In-Stat forecasts that the number of Blu-ray player units shipped will reach 105 million in 2015.

Blu-ray Disc players shipped in North America in 2010 accounted for 38 percent of the total Blu-ray player and record market. Japan represented the largest buyer for Blu-ray recorders, and Europe is the main market for DVD recorders. At the end of 2010, more than 15 percent of Netflix subscribers opted for Blu-ray subscriptions. The Chinese market, meanwhile, has been stifled due to the lower prices of the local CBHD standard.

“DVD players and recorder shipments will decline over the next five years for most regions. By 2015, DVD recorders will be essentially phased out entirely, with only negligible shipments to Japan,” said Norm Bogen, the VP of digital entertainment. “Blu-ray recorders will replace DVD recorders, and many consumers of recorders will even drop the physical disk media option altogether and instead opt for a player with a large hard drive or a DMS in which to store DLNA-certified and other digital video content.”