Re: Blu-ray player sales down despite format victory

"eHDMI" <Sup****t@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Standalone Blu-ray player unit sales in the U.S.
> decreased 40 percent from January to February and saw a
> very slight increase (2 percent) between February and
> March, according to NPD.
> http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9932311-7.html?tag=nefd.pop

> This can't be good new for Sony!

Is it possible that people are spending their money on HD TVs right now,
and 
hooking their SD DVD players to them  for the time being.  That's the 
pattern I see in my family.

A lot of rental stores (e.g. the local Blockbuster, allegedly the 
largest-volume store in the state) don't have substantial stocks of Blu
Ray 
discs.

Sony might be making the big bucks on HD TVs.