Marketshare:
- 50/50 split of settop boxes in Europe
- Including PS3, Blu-ray has 94% player marketshare in Europe
- Including PS3, Blu-ray has over 90% player and software marketshare in Japan
- In Europe, Blu-ray has 70% software marketshare in Europe
- In the U.S, Blu-ray has 66.3% software marketshare this year
New Companies Have Joined the BDA:
- China Huala Group -- setting up BD manufacturing plant in China
- ACER
New Players Being Shown at IFA:
- Samsung continues to show off their upcoming BD-P1400, BD-P2400, and BD-UP5000 Blu-ray Disc players. The BD-P1400 will be the first to be released in September.
- Sony is showing off their upcoming BDP-S500 player with advanced audio bitstream output. This player will be the high-end sibling of the BDP-S300. It is not designed to replace it.
- Daewoo just announced the DBP-1000, the first BD Live! (Profile 2.0) player! No word on price or release date yet.
- Philips finally gets around to updating their first generation player by announcing the BDP-7100 player. Availability is set as "soon."
- The Sharp Aquos BD-HP20S, that has been seen many times at other trade shows, will finally have specs revealed at IFA this year. Also, Sharp affirms that though they are getting to the game late, one day they will be the largest manufacturer of Blu-ray Disc players.
- Loewe, a high end European consumer electronics manufacturer, has announced the Blutech Vision Blu-ray Disc player. Pricing and release date to follow.
- Benq is showing off the upcoming $199 BR1000 Blu-ray disc PC reader and the $599 BW1001 Blu-ray Disc burner, both set to hit shelves in September.
Much more news is coming in the upcoming days as the show progresses.
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