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Meanwhile, though Samsung is set to bow out of the market for Blu-ray players, there are a number of other makers that will continue to offer players, including Sony, and Panasonic.
Furthermore, in an odd move from the studios, several high-profile movies including The Favourite, Stan & Ollie, and Holmes And Watson, will not be released on UHD media. Keeping in mind that the US is the largest market for consumer electronics, canning the product category here means that it would be quite surprising to see it maintained in other markets.Īpart from Samsung, Oppo also recently pulled the plug on its Blu-ray players as well. Specifically, the company has confirmed that they don't have any plans to launch new UHD BD players in the US however they have not elaborated on other markets. Presumably because of low popularity of Ultra HD Blu-ray discs among consumers, Samsung has backed off plans to release any new Blu-ray players. Whether this is entirely consumer-driven however is up for debate some believe that the lion’s share of DVDs are being purchased by disc rental services. On the week ended on February 9, DVD commanded 55.2% of unit sales, Blu-ray captured 39.8%, whereas Ultra HD Blu-ray only had a 5% unit share. In fact, despite being technologically obsolete, DVD is still the most popular format, according to a report from MediaPlayNews that cites NPD VideoScan. To make the matters particularly worrying, sales of Ultra HD Blu-ray discs are considerably behind sales of Blu-ray and DVD movies. Sales of movies on physical media have been on the decline for years now as streaming services have been gaining market share. And now in 2019 it looks like their development of Blu-ray players has ceased entirely, as the company recently confirmed that it has no plans to release any new Blu-ray players. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force AwakensĢ0.Surprisingly for the electronics titan, Samsung has not released any new Blu-ray or Ultra HD Blu-ray players for the US market since 2017. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Childrenġ1.
Top 20 NPD VideoScan First Alert, powered by Nielsen, chart for the week ended 1/1/17:Ħ. John Latchem is Managing Editor of Home Media Magazine. 4 and “Magnificent Seven” entering the chart at No. Both titles arrived at Redbox rental kiosks a week after their debut as opposed to the typical 28-day delay Warner imposes on its new releases. On Home Media Magazine’s rental chart for the week, “Sully” was No. 13 Blu-ray.īlu-ray Disc accounted for 51% of “Snowden” unit sales compared with just 32% for “When the Bough Breaks.” 9 on the Blu-ray chart, while “When the Bough Breaks,” with a $29.7 million theatrical take, was the No. “Snowden,” which earned $21.6 million at the domestic box office, was also No. 8, and Universal’s “ Snowden,” an Oliver Stone-directed docu-drama about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, at No. The top new releases for the week were the Sony Pictures thriller “When the Bough Breaks” at No. 5 on the Blu-ray chart) and Warner’s “Storks” at No. 3 on both charts, Warner’s “Sully” at No. Rounding out the top five were Universal Pictures’ “The Secret Life of Pets” at No.
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