Decline in DVD Players
Yep, DVD players have bit the dust.
In the States, the cable/satellite set-top box normally now includes a Divo(tm)-like digital video recorder (DVR). Here in Japan, nobody but nobody thinks “Divo”. There’s no need for Divo(tm) since most high-tech folks use combination DVR and harddisk units with built-in TV schedule reader (Japanese TV signal includes TV guide info).
First Decline in DVD Player Revenues Projected
“The global transition from play-only DVD players to DVD Recorders is well under way,” says Peter King, Director of the Strategy Analytics Connected Home service. … The US market is trailing both Europe and Japan in adoption of DVD recorders, in part reflecting faster US adoption of set-top box DVRs
DVD recorders that are integrated with a hard disk drive dominate the Japanese market….
Strange factiod:
Japanese on average watch more TV than even Americans.
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