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Posted by Telstar on 01/07/08 04:33
"Lloyd Parsons" <lloydparsons@mac.com> wrote in message
news:lloydparsons-D2BF97.19033605012008@news.individual.net...
> In article <KEVfj.59111$rc2.45784@bignews1.bellsouth.net>,
> "Mark A" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>> "Lloyd Parsons" <lloydparsons@mac.com> wrote in message
>> news:lloydparsons-D9EB73.18420405012008@news.individual.net...
>> > The competition that was good for the consumer was the phony war. The
>> > prices of both BD and HDDVD would never have gotten as low as they have
>> > if BD had been the only one. Or have you forgotten Sony's very vocal
>> > indication that profits and prices weren't going to be anything like
>> > DVD?
>> >
>> > Now we'll see some improvements and price reductions, but at a far
>> > slower pace than if the war kept going for a bit longer.
>> >
>> > I've got both HDDVD and BD players so I really don't give a damn which
>> > one ended up, just wanted it delayed some more. I most likely won't
>> > buy
>> > many (maybe none) more HDDVD discs.
>>
>> That really makes no sense. Assuming that BD wins out, you will have the
>> same number of hardware manufacturers competing with each other,
>> including
>> Toshiba to drive prices down. Admittedly, BD will always cost a bit more
>> than HDDVD because of its technical design, but if you look at the way
>> computers, flat panel TV's and even regular DVD players have declined in
>> price over the last 5 years, one can expect similar declines in BD player
>> prices.
>>
>> This may not help the early adopters much, but companies like WB are
>> looking
>> at the long term view with the bulk of consumers who are not going to
>> purchase BD or HDDVD in mass any time soon anyway.
>
> You are not listening to the BD mfgs at all are you? They have said
> that today's prices are artificially DEFLATED! Doesn't that give you
> any hint at to what to expect them to do?
>
> And in case you didn't notice, they've effectively all of the Chinese
> mfgs out of the BD market. You know, the guys that really build stuff
> cheap.
>
> Believe what you will, I don't think a sub-$200 BD player will be out
> before the next Christmas shopping season
Nonsense. They are $299 now. See Amazon.com
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