After a week in hiatus, Saturday Statistics is back. I've dropped BCN rankings until I can figure out a way to more efficiently handle them. Sometimes I think doing all this work is giving me mesothelioma.

2005/1/24 ~ 2005/1/30

Category	Conse-cutive	Maker / Number	Release	Approximate Retail Price	Specs
Braun Tube TV	1	Sony / KV-21DA75	2003/9	Open	21" / No BS/CS Tuner
LCD TV	1	Sony / KLV-14AP2	2004/4	Open	14" / No BS/CS Tuner
PDP TV	1	Matsushita Electric / TH- 37PX300	2004/6	Open	37" / BS Digital/110 CS Digital
DVD	2	Pioneer / DV-474	2004/5	Open	DVD-ROM

Category	Conse-cutive	Maker / Number	Release	Approximate Retail Price	Specs
Video Camera	17	Sony / DCR-PC350	2004/8	Open	MiniDV / Memory Stick PRO Duo
Digital Camera	9	Matsushita Electric / DMC-FX7	2004/8	Open	5.36MP / SD Memory Card
Notebook PC	3	Fujitsu / FMVNB50K	2005/1	Open	Celeron 1.3GHz / No TV Tuner
Desktop PC	2	NEC / PC-VR500DB	2005/1	Open	Celeron 2.93GHz / TV Tuner
Cellular Phone	2	NTT DoCoMo / N900iS	2004/6	Open	Production: NEC / 1MP camera

*"Consecutive" describes the number of consecutive times this item has been listed as a "No.1" since the start of this site in September of 2003.
*These rankings are brought to you by sales ranking data from the ACSISS-E3500 quantity. Generally, the sale of specific-store items (PB = Private Brand Model) is not included for this data.

Source:
http://www.gfkjpn.co.jp/report/no1.html

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2005/1/31 ~ 2005/2/6

This week's four categories:
*Game Console
*Label Writer
*Calculator
*Electronic Datebook/Dictionary

Items struck-through indicate categories I won't be covering. Please let me know if you'd like me to translate them, and I can. -zmcnulty

Category: Game Console

Rank	Maker / Number	Release	Approximate Retail Price	Specs
1	Sony / SCPH-70000 CB	2004/11	Open
2	Nintendo / Nintendo DS	2004/12	14,286 yen
3	Sony / PSP-1000K	2004/12	24,800 yen
4	Sony / PSP-1000	2004/12	19,800 yen
5	Nintendo / AGS-S	2003/2	12,500 yen

*These rankings are brought to you by sales ranking data from the ACSISS-E3500 quantity. Generally, the sale of specific-store items (PB = Private Brand Model) is not included for this data.

Source:
http://www.gfkjpn.co.jp/report/ranking.html

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Ranking (2005/1/31 ~ 2005/2/6)

Desktop PC	Toshiba	PAAX3527CMSB
Notebook PC	Sharp	PC-XG50H
Mac	Apple Computer	iBook 1.2GHz M9623J/A
CRT Monitor	NEC Mitsubishi	RDF193H
LCD Monitor	NEC Mitsubishi	RDT1710V
PDA	Sony	PEG-TH55
Digital Camera	Canon	IXYDIGITAL 50
Scanner	Epson	GT-F500
MP3 Player	iRiver Japan	iFP-890
Router	Buffalo	BBR-4MG
Printer	Canon	Pixus iP4100
CD-RW Drive	Buffalo	CRWL40U2
DVD Drive	Buffalo	DVM-RD12U2
MO Drive	Olympus	MO644U3S
Hard Drive	Buffalo	HD250U2
Software Suite	Symantec	Norton Internet Security 2005
Game Software	Sega	PHANTASY STAR o­nLINE blue burst EPISODE 4

Source:
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/net/