* Over 20m DVD players have now been shipped to dealers in the US market
* Growth rates in the US DVD market have fallen from 100 to 20-30 per cent in a year
* Nevertheless, this market is still a long way from maturing
* Growth rates in Japan and US were identical for the second half of 2000
* Two markets have since 'decoupled', Japan maintaining 100 per cent growth in 2001
* Only 2m DVDs shipped in Japan since Jan 1999, compared with 17.5m in US
Over 20m DVD players have now been shipped to the US market since