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Posted by kaydigi on 10/05/74 11:39
"Goro" <evilninjax@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1139424253.803302.205140@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Catalog titles : $18
> New releases : $24
>
> but these are WHOLESALE prices. Anyone know about what that means to
> the consumer? Article says that it's about the same as when DVDs hit
> the market, and IIRC the in-store price was around $30+
>
> i don't like how the Sony guy mentions Managed Copy with bundled
> dvds+umd. He talks about multiple versions of a movie but the bundle
> just means that you get a discount on purchasing a separate version.
> That's not how I want it.
>
> -goro-
You are looking at $39 MSRP for new release titles and around $29.99 or $34
MSRP for catalog.
I wonder how first week prices will look
> http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2006-02-08T101725Z_01_N08286567_RTRUKOC_0_US-BLURAY.xml
>
> By Thomas K. Arnold
>
> LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Sony Pictures on Tuesday became the
> first major studio to put a price tag on Blu-ray discs when they become
> available in U.S. stores this year.
>
> At the same time, the studio unveiled what many observers believe will
> be a key component of the next-generation, high-definition optical
> disc's marketing strategy: bundling various formats together to give
> consumers more flexibility and mobility.
>
> Catalog Blu-ray disc titles will wholesale for $17.95, about the same
> as DVDs when that format hit the market in 1997. New-release Blu-ray
> discs will wholesale for $23.45, a premium of 15%-20% over what
> suppliers were charging for new theatrical DVDs.
>
> The higher pricing structure for new releases is meant to accommodate
> the sell-through and rental markets, said Benjamin Feingold, president
> of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. He noted that in at the dawn of
> DVD in 1997, most movies initially were released on rental-priced
> videocassettes.
>
> "The premium is for a way better format and to remind retailers that at
> the time we launched DVD, VHS was selling for $55 wholesale in the
> first window," Feingold said.
>
> He added that Sony will not attach any suggested list prices to its
> Blu-ray discs, at least not at this time.
>
> "From the retail perspective, this is going to be a hot product, and
> retailers will no doubt determine their own margin structure," he said.
> "We believe in a free market."
>
> Blu-ray discs likely will start showing up in stores by early summer,
> sources say. In advance of that, Sony is bowing a bundling concept to
> DVD and the Universal Media Disc (UMD) that it may migrate to Blu-ray.
>
> Starting March 28, consumers can buy DVD-UMD combo packs of "The
> Grudge," "Resident Evil," "Underworld," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden
> Dragon" and MGM's "The Terminator" for just pennies more than Sony
> typically charges for a new DVD.
>
> A second batch of DVD-UMD combos -- "Ghostbusters," "Mad Max," "The
> Fifth Element" and "Snatch" -- arrives April 25, with a third wave is
> slated to come on the market in May.
>
> Each combo is priced at $28.95. Sony typically charges $24.96-$26.96
> for new DVD releases, while titles new to UMD generally list for
> $19.95.
>
> Feingold said that is a taste of what consumers can expect when Blu-ray
> discs appear in stores.
>
> "With the launch of Blu-ray, we're going to try to introduce the
> managed-copy concept, where if you buy Blu-ray you'll be able to get
> additional versions (of the same title) to use in your home," Feingold
> said. "Ultimately, we might even get to the point where we'll offer
> consumers the ability to have different versions of the same movie on
> different devices in the home -- that's something we're working on."
>
> For now, Feingold said, "we're experimenting with UMD," the tiny
> optical-disc format playable only on Sony's handheld PlayStation
> Portable (PSP).
>
> "A lot of people have DVD players and also have PSPs, and this way for
> one price they can get one movie and play it back on both formats,"
> Feingold said.
>
> Feingold would not specify whether future Blu-ray bundling would be
> electronic or physical, as is the case with the DVD-UMD combo packs.
>
> Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
>
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