Posted by Tarkus on 01/05/08 03:38

Lloyd Parsons wrote:
> You haven't been paying attention to Sony, et al. They have been very
> vocal that they will not go down the el-cheapo road with BluRay. We'll
> see if they can hold to that or not.
>
> But they HAVE to do something to attract the masses if they want to be
> anything other than a niche product. That something is at least one
> sub-$200 player, you gotta hit that impulse buy pocket. $350+ for a
> player doesn't get that done.
>
> And then there is the MSRP on BD disks. Fox's are almost always at $40,
> others not too far below. The WAR got us the BOGO sales and others to
> drive down the real cost to $15. So let's see what happens to all those
> sales, and really let us see what happens to MSRP.
>
> There is serious dollar considerations that haven't been addressed to
> bring HiDef DVDs to the masses.

It's not like Sony is the only one that's going to be selling players
and movies. I think this will actually accelerate reduction in prices,
now that people can embrace one format. It means more buyers, and thus,
more competition for their money.

One only has to look at history with VHS, CD and DVD formats. They all
rapidly decreased in price as they got more mainstream.

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