Digital Doesn't Dimish DVD, Blu-ray

Digital distribution a drag on DVD, Blu-ray? 'Taint so, says this article in Home Media Magazine.

Blu-ray Disc sales alone should amount to at least three times what digital downloading is expected to bring in this year, studio executives say. In the first six months of 2008, consumers spent an estimated $194 million on Blu-ray Disc purchases, according to studio estimates — a gain of nearly 350% from the $43 million that came from high-definition disc sales the first six months of 2007, when growth was stymied by a format war between Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD. The format war ended Feb. 19 this year, when chief HD DVD backer Toshiba Corp. officially bowed out.