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Video Flash: Historical Data

This page contains the history of our tracking, which began in early 1987. All of this data is based on unaided consumer responses to our weekly survey. Over one million households have been interviewed since the 1987 implementation of Video Flash

VHS


YEAR  AVG. WEEKLY RENTAL INCIDENCE (% VCR HH's) TOTAL VHS RENTALS (millions of units) TOTAL VHS RENTAL SPENDING (millions) AVG. TAPES RENTED PER RENTER HH AVG. TAPES RENTED PER VCR HH AVG. WEEKLY VHS PURCHASE INCIDENCE (% VCR HH's) TOTAL VHS PURCHASES (millions of units) TOTAL VHS PURCHASE SPENDING (millions) AVG. TAPES PURCH. PER ACTIVE VCR HH
1987  43  2,824.6 $7,062  3.34  n/a  3.3  115.6  - 2.09 
1988  42.8  3,778.4 $9,446  3.31  1.43  147.7  1.82 
1989  41.8  4,056.6 $10,141  3.23  1.35  3.6  195.5  1.83 
1990  40.8  4,132.5 $10,331  3.02  1.24  231.0  1.71 
1991  39.9  4,090.9 $10,227  2.84  1.13  4.7  290.7  1.69 
1992  40.6  4,481.2 $11,203  2.88  1.17  5.7  386.8  1.74 
1993  39.9  4,473.6 $11,184  2.92  1.17  6.8  462.5  1.78 
1994  39.9  4,593.9 $11,485  2.92  1.17  7.9  580.1  1.86 
1995  35.8  4,194.8 $10,948  2.84  1.02  8.8  682.9  $9,738  1.91 
1996  34.3  4,226.1 $11,453  2.84  0.99  8.7  735.1  $10,409  1.97 
1997  33  4,086.5 $11,238  2.8  0.93  7.9  657.1  $9,278  1.89 
1998  32.5  3,979.5 $11,023  2.72  0.89  8.2  676.3  $9,658  1.83 
1999  31.2  3,741.2 $11,111  2.61  0.81  7.2  592.8  $8,145  1.79 
2000 29.9 3,717.3 $11,621 2.65 0.80 6.9 576.4 $7,620 1.79 
2001 26.4 3,308.5 $10,819 2.54 0.68 6.7 600.7 $7,611 1.79 
2002 22.4 2,616.1 $8,792 2.4 0.5 6.9 582.6 $6,997 1.81 
2003 18.6 2,028.1 $6,338 2.2 0.4 5.0 440.2 $6,239 1.80 
2004 xx 1,052.1 $3,346 xx x xx 283.0 $3,501  

DVD


YEAR  AVG. WEEKLY RENTAL INCIDENCE (% DVD HH's*) TOTAL DVD RENTALS (millions of units) TOTAL DVD RENTAL SPENDING (millions) AVG. DVD's RENTED PER RENTER HH AVG. TAPES RENTED PER DVD HH* AVG. WEEKLY DVD PURCHASE INCIDENCE (% DVD HH's*) TOTAL DVD PURCHASES (millions of units) TOTAL DVD PURCHASE SPENDING (millions) AVG. DVD's PURCH. PER ACTIVE DVD HH
1999 n/a 24.1 $78 n/a n/a n/a 47.2 $979 n/a
2000 18.1 245.8 $781 2.07 0.39 7.6 97.0 $1,834 2.0
2001 21.9 616.1 $2,156 2.3 0.51 9.1 220.4 $4,150 2.0
2002 25.5 1,155.2 $4,286 2.1 0.5 11.6 492.8 $8,418 1.9
2003 25.9 1,695.3 $6,171 2.2 0.6 11.9 688.4 $12,276 1.9
2004 xx 2,134.4 $8,175 xx x xx 1,001.4 $16,052 x

 *DVD households are defined as households owning at least one device capable of playing a DVD movie, and therefore include homes with a DVD-ROM device (PC, laptop, gaming device, etc.), as well as homes with a DVD console.

 

 

 
 
 
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