Laser discs

Laser discs (the 12-inch disc format also known as VLP, LaserVision and LaserDisc) made little impression on the UK market for a brief period.

Players	1991	1992	1993	1994
sales	5,000	5,000	6,000	6,000
installed base	5,000	10,000	16,000	22,000

Discs	1992	1993
dealer shipments	59,260	92,590
consumer sales	56,300	87,960
sales value, trade	£1.16m	£1.81m
sales value, retail	£1.62m	£2.53m
average price: trade	£17.01	£17.01
average price: retail	£24.99	£24.99

Titles available by genre	1992	1993	1994
movies	50	150	204
music	550	660	739
pop/jazz	:	185	191
classical	:	475	548
other	20	20	20
total	620	830	963
Titles sales to trade by genre	1992	1993
movies	19,000	32,000
music	12,000	17,000
pop/jazz	8,000	10,000
classical	4,000	7,000
other	1,000	2,000
total	32,000	51,000

Source: EPOD, Pioneer

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