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Posted by Jay G. on 06/14/06 11:47
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 05:11:15 GMT, Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:36:56 -0500, "Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> Gave us:
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>>Even multi-dollar, it's still a small factor in the final retail price. DVD
>>discs have been sold at retail for $1, yet most new releases retail at
>>around $20, with an even higher MSRP. It's the cost of the *content* that
>>makes up the majority of the price that studios sell the discs for, which
>>is why DVDs drop in price the older they get, regardless of any change in
>>manufacturing.
>
> But if you do not see that a higher stamping cycle cost will raise
> the total price you're nuttier than a fruitcake.
It's not a direct correlation. Even if the cost of stamping Blu-Ray was
double that of HD DVD, I wouldn't expect the final price to be twice as
much. Studios could simply absorb most or all of the extra cost and make
less per disc. It wouldn't be the most desirable of decisions, but
considering that they'd want to stay competitive with HD DVD, and that
films already recoup so much money from DVDs, it's certainly something they
could do.
But really, this is all speculation, since we don't have prices on actual
Blu-Ray discs, and don't know the actual costs for it, or for HD DVD for
that matter.
-Jay
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