Posted on Friday, October 31st, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Lower-res TV sales outpace 1080p — hurting Blu-ray?
ComputerWorld
According to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) in Arlington, Va., shipments of true 1080p hi-def TVs through July 2008 were 5.1 million units, accounting for $6.6 billion in sales. In comparison, the shipments of flat panel televisions of lower resolutions, such as 480p, 720p and 1080i, amounted to 8.4 million units or $4.6 billion dollars. “If it’s not 1080p, it’s less expensive. That is a sticking point that consumers are dealing with when it comes to the purchase a television,” said Steve Koenig, director of industry analysis at the CEA. “There’s also not a huge amount of 1080p content out there.”
