At the International Franchise Association, the Blu-ray Disc Association gave a run through of the format's status worldwide. To support the presentation, were execs from Disney, Warner Bros and Fox.
Announcements included Acer becoming a member of the BDA and China's HuaLu Group joining the group as a major manufacturer.
In the presentation, the BDA also mentioned that the format holds a whopping 90% market share in Japan for both movies and hardware. Blu-ray has 63% standalone unit market share and over 66% of hi-def disc sales in the US, and around 70% of hi-def sales in Europe with a 3:1 ratio over HD-DVD.
It's interesting to see the remarkable progress Blu-ray has made in short time period. Check back on PSU for more information on the Blu-ray format.
Source: Gizmodo

BLu-Ray Rocks. It deserves all this. It is truly next gen.
Way to go! I actually didn't realize how close the two are in the US
psn id: gingo... as i have said since i heard about blu ray it will whip hd dvd back to the depths where it came from
Interesting facts. One thing that grabbed my attention was Acer's involvment with Blu-ray. I know they used HD-DVD in some of their past laptops. Considering Acer now supports Blu-ray, and seeing as how they just bought Gateway, and Emachines, the only big name computer manufacturer that fully supports HD-DVD is ,of course, Toshiba.
I love my Blu- Ray soon it will be 90% In the US
well that's not suprising at all considering sony pretty much owns a monopoly on film distribution in asia
Why is ther still a war over hi-def disc format. BLU-RAY IS CLEARLY THE WINNER. HAVE ANY OF YOU BEEN TO A BLOACKBUSTER LATELY. OH MY BLU-RAY JUST OVERSHADOWS EVERYTHING. YOU CAN DEFINITLEY SEE IT AS THE FUTURE MEDIUM. PLUS THE COLR BLUE IS JUST PRETTY.
war over?
wow that so cool
Worldwide, Bluray now holds 100% of the market for blurays... Also the use of Bluray movies is much higher on Bluray players than HD-DVD. The ratio of Bluray drives installed into PS3 compared with MiniDisc or audio cassettes is like 100% these days. Bluray has overtaken the sales of papirus paper as a medium of storing digital content.......I thought I might share these important stats with you all. :P
Why dont HD-DVD give up while they have some money?
ATTENTION ALL PS3 GAMERS: If you haven't bought a Blu-ray movie, then you need to get out and buy one. Those jerks at Toshiba are saying PS3 gamers do not care about Blu-ray. We need to stick it to those cry babies.
Lets show some support for Blu-ray!!! Buy a movie. They also rent at Blockbuster
I use my PS3 as a Blu-Ray player, and have 11 movies, and am getting at least 5 more within the week, 9/18/07 is Blu-Ray support day...
I might join Blockbuster for those blu-ray releases?
Toshiba will be all alone soon, he
I've got close to 30 movies so far, just got 30 weeks later. Love the quality. Can't wait for the "war" to be over.