Once they go digital, they don't go back to DVD."Īnd as customers were transitioning to digital, streaming services also arrived on the scene. "And when someone moves from physical market to digital market, they move across all platforms. "What we've seen is that the digital market is very different from physical market," Michael Smith, professor of information technology and marketing at Heinz College and Tepper School of Business, said. Many had adopted digital film purchases during the economic downturn because it was a cheaper option. For comparison, DVD prices were around $20 and Blu-Rays were closer to $25.
#BUYING IDVD MOVIE#
The DVD sales decline was compounded in the years after the economy had recovered because of the rise of video on-demand - renting and buying movies through cable subscriptions - and digital downloads began to grow in popularity.Ĭonsumers could rent movies for as low as 99 cents and buy a movie outright for around $10. After hitting a high of $25.2 billion in 2005, by the end of 2008, total sales of DVDs, Blu-Rays, on-demand video and digital had fallen 28% to $17.9 billion.
home video market also slumped during the same period. Bruce Nash, founder and president of Nash Information Services, said consumers ditched DVD spending as their disposable income shriveled, kicking off the demise of the DVD industry. From 2007 to 2008, DVD sales slumped 26%, falling to $11.6 billion from $15.7 billion. The real inflection point was the Great Recession.
But, in 2007, DVD sales actually rose about half a percent. So after hitting a high of $16.3 billion in DVD sales in 2005, there was a 3% drop in 2006. However, once customers had bought the DVD versions of those library films, their DVD spending started to decrease. Between 20 customers had transitioned away from VHS and were buying up not only new films as they came out, but older films that were being released on DVD. Leading up to the economic downturn, there was a big boom in DVD sales. Disney+, Peacock and HBO Max are all arriving within the next year. Instead, a combination of the Great Recession, a rise in customers buying on-demand and digital copies of films and the launch of streaming services is what has caused DVD sales to decline more than 86% in the last 13 years.Īnd that decline could get worse as more streaming services enter the market. It's likely that Blu-Ray sales fractionally impacted the decline of DVD sales, but the fact that DVD sales still outpace Blu-Ray sales shows it's not the real culprit. At most, Blu-Ray sales reached $2.37 billion in 2013, before falling to $1.8 billion in 2018. These days, DVD sales account for less than 10% of the total market, with total sales hitting $2.2 billion in 2018.īlu-Ray discs, which have always been slightly more expensive than DVDs, launched in 2006. I just hope it is not prelude to what is to come, charging people for all future iApp upgrades, including iMovie, iTunes, iPhoto and etc.At its peak, DVD sales reached $16.3 billion and were 64% of the U.S. The whole charging people for iDVD issue really does not make much sense to me.
#BUYING IDVD UPGRADE#
They don't charge people for iMovie, but why with iDVD? Is it because people can choose to upgrade optical drive without going through Apple channel whereas Firewire, which iMovie relies on, is already built in? But then people have to buy DV cameras anyway to use iMovie.
#BUYING IDVD PRO#
Compared to DVD Studio Pro, iDVD is a stripped down version much like the comparison between Final Cut Pro and iMovie. They have DVD Studio Pro which they charge people large amount of money. But "i" softwares are consumer grade softwares and something they use to attract customers. Apple does have right to do what it wants with their softwares. I just think what Apple is doing with iLife package is dirty, since all you are paying for is iDVD 3.
#BUYING IDVD MAC#
Why not just give it away as a gesture of goodwill among Mac enthusiasts? Just have someone send you prepaid envelope and give the disc away, especially if you are not using it.Īs for the second disc, I really don't know what to say about it.
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