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Blu-ray on the brink of breakthrough
Six reasons why Blu-ray will soon be replacing DVD as standard
All the hype about Blu-ray has subsided now that the format dispute has ended. Even though it hasn't made a major breakthrough yet, Blu-ray is gaining ground. In the USA, over 24 million Blu-ray films were retailed in 2008. In the fourth quarter of 2008 alone, film sales increased from one million in October to three million in December. Over 1.6 million Blu-ray discs were sold in Germany in 2008 and the GfK reported 8.1 million Blu-ray sales in Europe – which corresponds to 304 percent year-on-year growth. Despite the economic recession...
Reconciliation of Storage
By Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief
Tom’s Hardware worldwide
