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Next Generation DVD: Capturing Greater Consumer Interest Will Be a Process

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

By Paul Erickson, Director of DVD and HD Market Research Recently, our colleagues within NPD published a variety of interesting findings in a press release for their High Definition Video Report Series. Among them were the following: Only 11% of current HDTV owners intended to buy a high definition player ...

Paramount Goes HD DVD-Exclusive; The Format War is Far from Over

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

By Paul Erickson, Director of DVD and HD Market Research With the recent announcement of HD DVD exclusivity by Paramount and DreamWorks Animation, the outlook on the next-generation DVD format war has been substantially changed. Formerly, it was widely acknowledged that the Blu-ray Disc camp held an advantage over HD DVD ...