Ever Suspicious Of Unsubstantiated Data Masquerading
As Statistics,
Jon Aubrey
> To state the obvious:
> These figures are for total sales, not units sold.
> If new DVDs average
> $24.99 per unit on release and VHS averages $19.99
> per unit on release (note
> that I said "if"), then more VHS units were sold
> than DVD. Please keep in
> mind when bandying statistics about, that special
> interest videos--not all
> of which run to 3-figure sales prices--also inhabit
> the VHS universe, and,
> moreso every day, the DVD universe. Anybody got
> reliable numbers for DVD
> units sold vs.VHS units sold for last year?
> Mike Tribby
> Senior Cataloger
> Quality Books Inc.
> The Best of America's Independent Presses
> >NewsScan DVD STATS
> >A trade association for the video software industry
> has released the
> >following statistics: DVD sales rose 69% last year
> over 2000, to $5.4
> >billion; DVD sales passed VHS tape sales, which
> fell 9% to $4.9 billion;
> >renters spent $7 billion on tapes, down 26%, and
> $1.4 billion on discs,
> >up 100%; and just 25% of homes have players, with
> that figure expected
> >to reach 35% expected by year's end. (USA Today 16
> Jul 2002)
>
>http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002-07-16-super-...
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