The chart below shows the annual number of rentals and sales (in various formats) of films from a particular store between 2002 and 2011. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart demonstrates the yearly number of rented and sold films from a specific store from 2002 to 2011.

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, the trends had changed considerably, with DVD

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overtaking rentals as the most common format of consuming films. Noticeably, the

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of VHS disappeared in 2005 whilst Blu-ray

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started to rise in 2007. It is apparently clear from the chart that rentals were the most popular form of movie consumption in the first two years.

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, the number of

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format saw a downward trend, falling steadily from roughly 180,000 to almost 60,000 in 2011.

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, VHS

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declined gradually over the years and completely left the chart in 2005. DVD

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on the contrary

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, rose dramatically, especially between 2003 and 2004. By 2007, it had increased by approximately 150,000

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, reaching a peak of slightly over 200,000.

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number

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decreased steadily, its

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were still far more significant than the other two formats.

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, Blu-ray emerged as a new way to take in films in 2007 and had shown some growth, even though it was far less notable compared to rentals and DVD

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.