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"Oh, joy. Yet another report suggesting something about the year 2012 -- as if we're just going to let 'em spew anything and not check back for accuracy in 3.5 years? Anywho, not long after hearing a laughable article suggesting that Blu-ray decks would outsell DVD players by August (yes, of 2008), along comes another that makes a little more sense. The Entertainment Merchants Association's (EMA) 2008 annual report on home entertainment has found that \"nearly 9 million high-definition discs were sold in 2007,\" and just 12,177 DVDs were released last year, down from a peak of 13,950 in 2005. More interesting, however, was the notion that \"in 2012, sales of Blu-ray Discs will exceed those of standard DVDs and will generate sales of $9.5 billion,\" while spending on home video in general is expected to increase to $25.6 billion. Remember those days when you just couldn't find a VHS tape to save your life? You've got just under four years before that same feeling hits in relation to DVD (their assertion, not ours)."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/24/blu-ray-disc-sales-estimated-to-exceed-dvds-in-2012/>