Strategy Analytics predict that 29.4 million households will own a Blu-ray player by the end of 2008, and by 2012 the number will have grown to over 132 million.
It is anticipated that
Blu-ray technology will be quickly adopted now that the HD DVD format has been dropped, and more and more people can afford to buy HDTVs as they keep dropping in price.
Predictions say that 18.8 million
Blu-ray devices will be sold in 2008. Four million of these will be standalone players, and the Playstation 3 will account for most of the rest.
The Playstation 3 has just been updated to allow it to access enhanced Blu-ray Disc features.