Blu-ray catching on in Australia
It sounds like Blu-ray is ever so slowly catching a toe-hold in Australia, where the format just landed in 5-percent of homes and disc sales crested the 1-million units. Not great numbers, but considering there are only 29 titles on the market there, it's not insignificant either. That's some good news/bad news if you ask us, but consistent with what the BDA has beensaying, the growth has outpaced DVD's initial start. Color us cautiously optimistic -- getting into 5-percent of homes a whole year sooner than DVD did is nothing to sneeze at, but let's see how the numbers scale in a country with very similar broadband penetration to the US.
UPDATE: We don't know where The Sydney Morning Herald got its figure of 29 titles from, but readers have let us know there's way more Blu-ray choice in Oz. Thanks, everyone who commented.
