CEA DVD Player Sales

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Site created 12/15/97.

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CEA DVD Player Sales

The following chart tracks monthly DVD player sales, back to the format's launch in March '97. Note that sales data from the current month is not included in this chart, until all of the weekly sales data for the month has been reported (you'll find the current month's sales figures listed separately, below). Please note that numbers indicate sales of players from manufacturers to U.S. retailers only (Canadian sales are estimated at end of graph). LD Combo players are included in these figures, but DVD-ROM drives and DVD-capable PlayStation 2 systems are not. The numbers also include Divx players - CEA does not break them out. This chart is updated monthly. All sales data is courtesy of the Consumer Electronics Association (formerly CEMA), and is used with permission.

DVD Player Sales History (since format introduction)
	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997
JAN	1,049,870	686,127	505,492	1,111,285	797,058	542,698	572,031	370,031	125,536	34,027	--
FEB	1,117,899	770,132	590,128	919,295	743,488	736,118	555,856	401,035	109,399	34,236	--
MAR	1,217,102	1,039,752	1,227,321	1,545,112	1,613,649	1,404,026	1,207,489	412,559	123,466	38,336	Format Launch
APR	1,552,641	872,169	899,389	1,161,857	1,272,337	1,095,930	631,353	409,192	269,107	42,889	34,601
MAY	1,647,559	1,441,570	1,184,490	1,369,035	1,332,897	950,412 begin inc. DVD/VCR	523,225	453,435	279,756	47,805	27,051
JUN	1,358,130	2,074,938	1,288,518	1,388,971	2,100,432	1,632,032	920,839	654,687	326,668	79,044	29,037
JUL	2,309,692	1,458,099	916,495	1,314,934	999,508	966,129	693,013	537,453	325,151	84,709	19,416
AUG	N/A	1,451,303	1,245,027	1,231,961	1,436,878	884,288	673,926	557,617	260,225	81,170	34,021
SEP	N/A	2,706,250	2,065,892	3,257,574	2,496,497	2,299,864	1,768,821	1,296,280	501,501	113,558	34,371
OCT	N/A	2,427,125	2,371,190	2,322,691	2,491,871	1,704,148	1,516,211	1,236,658	603,048	163,074	56,407
NOV	N/A	2,673,950	2,246,882	2,723,920	3,682,691	2,544,130	1,781,048	866,507	449,242	136,908	37,657
DEC	N/A	2,186,864	1,606,999	1,653,278	3,027,083	2,330,048	1,862,772	1,303,091	646,290	233,505	42,575
Yearly Total	10,252,893	19,788,279	16,147,823	19,999,913	21,994,389	17,089,823	12,706,584	8,498,545	4,019,389	1,089,261	315,136
U.S. Grand Total	131,902,035 (3/97 to 8/3/07)
Canadian Grand Total (est.)	12,959,234 (estimated at 10% of U.S. numbers)

Note that the totals below will be added into the above chart at the end of each month, and the chart below will be reset to display the new month's weekly data.

Please note that the Total Player Sales numbers on the Bits home page are a weekly running total, and DO include the numbers below.

Previous Month - Weekly Total (4 weeks)		Current Month - Weekly Total (5 weeks)		Next Month - Weekly Total (4 weeks)
Week Ending	# of Players	Week Ending	# of Players	Week Ending	# of Players
June 8	232,177	July 6	400,911	August 10	473,545
June 15	231,529	July 13	391,154	August 17	546,073
June 22	418,416	July 20	390,558	August 24	521,703
June 29	476,008	July 27	555,884	August 31	N/A
--	--	August 3	571,185	--	--
Monthly Total	1,358,130 (as of 6/29)	Monthly Total	2,309,692 (as of 8/3)	Monthly Total	1,541,321 (as of 8/24)