Blu-Ray Proliferation

[SmilingRob]

How common is it for a Japanese family to have a Blu-Ray player? There's a movie that I'd like to give as a gift, but I don't want to burden them with buying new equipment.

Thanks,

[jkid]

Sorry for the late response. Bluray appears to be doing well in Japan. This fits with what I've seen here. There is far more advertisement for Bluray here than I would've thought.

http://tinyurl.com/6meqro

[SmilingRob]

Awesome thank you!

[JonB]

don't know anyone that owns one - but then even after 8 years I can count the number of Japanese friends houses I've been to on about one hand...

[SmilingRob]

I've been in Japan for a little over two weeks now, and I've been inside about 10 houses. None of them have Blu-Ray, so at this point, the first person's house I go to that has Blu-Ray gets a sweet movie!

[jkid]

the first person's house I go to that has Blu-Ray gets a sweet movie!

I hope you got a Bluray movie that can be played in region A

[SmilingRob]

Yep! Fortunately, unlike DVD, Japan and the US are in the same region!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc#Region_codes