The European HD DVD Promotional Group has refused to back up claims that the next-generation optical disc format it"s backing is the movie buff"s favourite by revealing how many HD DVD players have been bought over here.
Register Hardware asked it this question because earlier this week the organisation announced that numbers garnered independently by local market watcher GfK showed that 3.8 HD DVD discs have been sold for every player purchased in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and the Benelux countries. By contrast, only 0.6 Blu-ray Discs have been sold for every BD-capable player and console bought in those regions.