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Blu-ray Players In 17 Percent Of Homes, PS3 Leads The Pack
It looks like that HD thing is catching on after all. According to the latest NPD data, 17 percent of U.S. households are equipped with a Blu-ray player—more than double since 2008. Forty-seven percent of those players are PlayStation 3s, topping other dedicated players at 45 percent. (The leftover 8 percent must be lying.)
Home Media Magazine points out that the data shows that more people have Blu-ray players than Netflix, which is in about 15 percent of the households polled. Not surprisingly, the majority of households with Blu-ray players also own HDTVs (85 percent) and game consoles (75 percent), and are more likely to have broadband Internet connections over their DVD-only counterparts (84 percent versus 65 percent, respectively.)
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