As Blu-ray sales surge, Best Buy holds on as format's top seller
Whether it's lower prices, more people with 1080p HDTV, or a little of both, the explosion of Blu-ray sales the industry has long been waiting for seems to have finally begun. According to market research firm NPD Group, Blu-ray player sales in the first quarter of 2009 jumped 72 percent over sales in the first quarter of 2008.