Posted by asj on 04/23/06 02:11

Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
> Bullshit. I was paying $20 to $24 for my DVDs and have never paid
> $50 for a movie title that wasn't Criterion or such.


hmmm..looks like you're right about the DVD disc pricing:
http://www.dvdfile.com/news/special_report/features/timeline/timeline.htm

i could've sworn someone mentioned that in this long thread, with
links....then again, there are many DVDs today at $29 i noticed, so
high-def DVD at $29 or so is ok in my book. also, i'm assuming some
places like best buy will probably discount them to $24 or so after a
short while.

the DVD player pricing though is interesting in that they were
initially also priced quite high:

Toshiba SD-2006 ($600), Samsung DVD-705 ($750), RCA RC-5200P ($600).
Pioneer DVL-700 ($1000), Sony DVP-S7000 ($1000), Panasonic DVD-A100
($600), Faroudja DV-1000 ($5495 w/ DTS)

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