Posted by Bill Vermillion on 10/14/07 19:00

In article <F0tQi.429$bL7.199@newsfe09.phx>,
WinField <doghouse@operamail.com> wrote:
>
>
>Richard C. wrote:
>> "Winfield" <doghouse@operamail.com> wrote in message
>> news:q-udnVDsW-7QMIzanZ2dnUVZ_rGrnZ2d@giganews.com...
>>
>>> Imagine that Blu-Ray wins tomorrow - all new H-Def movie releases are
>>> BLUE. Will prices come down? No. The prices may actually go higher
>>> or stay the same longer. Will BD profile 1.1 appear sooner/quicker?
>>> Meh.
>>>
>>> Big WOOP and pile of Kung-Fu.
>>>
>> ==================================
>>
>> Sounds like the same thing people were saying in the DVD/DivX wars!
>>
>> They were wrong.
>> Prices came WAY down once DivX died!
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>
>So Blu-Ray is the winner. At what price point would you buy that spiffy
>new BD-DVD player? And ... how long will it take to get to your price
>point? Remember, as of today - Blu_Ray!
>
> Nips, winfield

At Costco this week the HD-DVD players were about $250 and the
Sony Blu-Ray players in the $450 neighborhood. I've forgotten the
exact price as I'm not ready to buy yet - but prices indeed have
come down.

Bill

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