While HD DVD dominated the standalone player market early on, the introduction of
lower cost players eventually swung the balance in Blu-ray's favor. According to an article at Video Business, HD DVD has regained its lead with 53% of
the year's high-def player sales.
HD DVD set-tops have reclaimed their dominance over Blu-ray standalone players,
according to weekly NPD Group unit sales figures cited by Toshiba.
HD DVD players began outselling Blu-ray models starting in
mid-September and regained a year-to-date lead of a little over 50% through the rest of the month, said Jodi Sally, Toshiba VP of
marketing of digital A/V products.
Year to date, according to NPD figures she cited, HD DVD players command 53% of sales; Blu-ray
players, 44%; dual format players, 3%.
Video Business also reports that Toshiba expects to sell 5 million PC-based HD
DVD drives in 2008. By putting the drives in desktop and notebook computers, Toshiba hopes to make the format competitive with the
Playstation 3. If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here.
