Blu-ray Players Sell Big on Black Friday
Posted December 10, 2008 08:33 AM by Josh Dreuth
According to a report from NPD Group unit DisplaySearch, consumers purchased 147,000 stand-alone Blu-ray Disc players during the week of Thanksgiving, which includes the popular Black Friday. These sales generated $30 Million in revenue (averaging to a little more than $200 per player), which was triple from a year ago even though prices have significantly dropped.
Additionally, 25% of all optical disc players purchase were of the Blu-ray format, up 6% from a year ago. By the end of the shopping season, manufacturers will ship 911,000 Blu-ray Disc players during the fourth quarter, for a total of 2.2 Million players on the year.
These numbers do not include the Sony PS3, which is one of the most popular Blu-ray Disc players on the market.