Quote: ?Sales of the two formats will be faster than DVD, which has been up to this point the most successful consumer electronics product launch,? Nickerson said.
He forecast that fourth-quarter hardware sales will total $1.5 billion to $1.9 billion.
Nickerson estimated that by the end of this year, 500,000 HD DVD and Blu-ray set-top players will be sold, as well as 2 million to 3 million game consoles and 2 million to 4 million computers that have high-def capability.
A year after the launch of the standard DVD format, 305,000 DVD set-top players were sold, Nickerson said.
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-Since half the questions here involve media problems, here ya go: Only use Verbatim or Taiyo-Yuden discs (get your TYs from Rima.com, not Supermediastore or meritline). Forget the rest, no matter what "brand" they sell under. Always burn at 4x speed regardless of the speed rating of this discs or your drive. If you have burn problems with these then you have to update your drive's firmware. For double-layer discs, only use Verbatim DVD+R DL and burn them at 2.4x speed.
You forgot to quote the projections from your article:
Quote: Pearse does agree with many studio executive projections that consumers will start buying into high-def formats significantly this fourth quarter and that 2007 should usher in key Blu-ray and HD DVD growth. Elite titles should be released as more players are expected in the market by year?s end.
Ross Young, founder and president of NPD-owned company DisplaySearch, nevertheless believes that new format adoption is inevitable.
?With HD and 1080p TVs flourishing, next-generation DVDs and hardware have a tremendous opportunity to invigorate their markets,? Young said.
