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Video equipment: VCR and DVD player ownership

Proportion of Australian metropolitan market households with video cassette recorders and DVD players, 1984–2004

The proportion of metropolitan households with DVD players has risen from 43 per cent in 2003 to 62 per cent in 2004. The proportion of metropolitan households with VCRs dropped slightly in 2004, from 87 per cent to 86 per cent for at least one VCR, and from 28 per cent to 27 per cent for two or more VCRs.

Graph: Percentage of households with at least one VCR. Table below provides the data.

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	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
At least one VCR	26%	38%	47%	52%	58%	63%

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
At least one VCR	70%	70%	73%	79%	79%	81%

	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
At least one VCR	84%	85%	87%	87%	87%	88%
Two or more VCRs	17%	21%	22%	22%	23%	25%
DVD player						12%
	2002	2003	2004
At least one VCR	89%	87%	86%
Two or more VCRs	27%	28%	27%
DVD player	24%	43%	62%

Source: 1984–93: Roy Morgan Research Centre Omnibus data. 1994–2000: ACNielsen TV Trends (five-city metropolitan average). From 2001: OzTAM.