Although Blu-ray was launched a month earlier, the rival format HD DVD has outsold it by 4 to 1 according to the official charts company. Speculation suggests that this is due to the support for HD DVD on the games console Xbox 360 with its optical drive.

Blu-ray which was launched in October managed to sell a total 1,834 discs by the end of 2006 while HD DVD launched in November managed to sell a whopping 8,200 discs. It should be interesting to see if sales of Blu-ray pick up with the release of the Playstation3 on March 23rd with prices starting at £425.

Source: hdtvorg.co.uk