While Blu-ray got off to a slow start this year, things are looking up for the format. Singulus announced this week that it received orders for 21 Blu-ray dual-layer machines during the first quarter of this year. This already exceedsthe number of machines the company sold when the DVD was introduced 11 years ago.
Singulus received orders for 21 Blu-ray dual-layer machines in the first quarter and said on Monday the figure showed the new technology was being adopted faster than its predecessor, DVD, 11 years ago.

"This means that the orders for Blu-ray in the first year of the dual layer technology already by far exceeded the volume at the start of the DVD eleven years ago with 17 machines," Chief Financial Officer Stefan Baustert said.
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