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Amazon Sells Over 100,000 Blu-ray Players During Holiday Season
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Posted January 4, 2010 09:38 AM by Josh Dreuth
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 Amazon has announced that they have sold enough Blu-ray players during the holiday season that, if lined up side-by-side, would measure over 27 miles in length. Quick math by Video Business (who estimates the average Blu-ray Disc player is 17 inches in width) shows that would equal about 100,600 players.
The web retailer was competing with Best Buy and Walmart who were both providing Blu-ray Disc players at significant discounts during the holiday season. Current estimates put unit sales for Blu-ray Disc players up 50% over last year, and even at the lower prices, dollar sales up 5%.
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Source: Video Business |
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shadow72
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Jan 04, 2010
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I'm guessing these figures start on Black Friday and go through at least the day after Christmas? Wow, that's some impressive numbers!!! |
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sfmarine
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Jan 04, 2010
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That's a great thing for Blu-ray! |
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frank82
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Jan 04, 2010
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more price drops please as blu ray is increasingly adopted. Thanks amazon. |
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EvolutionCherry
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Jan 04, 2010
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Blu-ray's certainly moving up in the sales.
Congrats to the companies that made the players and to Amazon for the sales. Let's hope 2010 will see even higher sales numbers.  |
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phranctoast
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Jan 04, 2010
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Is this disregarding PS3 sales? |
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SellmeyourDVD
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Jan 04, 2010
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I'm also curious to know if this includes PS3 sales. |
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Titanicfave
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Jan 04, 2010
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Hooray for the number 1 blu-ray retailer!! I see that more and more people are getting into the world of High Def and getting into blu-ray. |
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mywhitenoise
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Jan 04, 2010
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No, that doesn't count PS3 sales. PS3 sold a TON this holiday season. |
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bookcase
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Jan 04, 2010
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Now if they'd lower prices on BDs so all those people can afford to feed their players. |
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HeavyHitter
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Jan 04, 2010
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"Now if they'd lower prices on BDs so all those people can afford to feed their players."
Have you been on Amazon much the last month? They had great prices on a lot of movies. |
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PossumPete
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Jan 04, 2010
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Even BestBuy and Wal*Mart (limited selection) had some excellent sales on discs. No excuses any more. |
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bluflu
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Jan 04, 2010
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@ mywhitenoise,
"PS3 sold a TON this holiday season".
~1.5 million PS3s at 11 pounds each would be more like 8,250 tons. Just kidding. :-) |
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bookcase
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Jan 04, 2010
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"Have you been on Amazon much the last month? They had great prices on a lot of movies."
Keyword: HAD. |
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mugupo
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Jan 04, 2010
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If count PS3, it should be more unti sold |
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Minimejer05
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Jan 04, 2010
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Good to know. I am glad Blu Ray is still doing so well. Slowly DVD will be a thing of the past. |
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iontyre
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Jan 04, 2010
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bookcase:
Open your eyes. The current Amazon blu-ray deals are right there at the top of the page. Excellent prices are still there! |
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