Posted by Mark A on 01/06/08 02:40

"Lloyd Parsons" <lloydparsons@mac.com> wrote in message
news:lloydparsons-D2BF97.19033605012008@news.individual.net...
> 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, maybe not even then. BD will
> remain a niche for quite awhile, imo.

Maybe there won't be a sub-$200 BD player by next Christmas. But eventually
there will be. It depends on a lot on whether the average consumer really
wants them or not (which is somewhat doubtful at this point). I agree that
it will be a nitch product for a couple of years, but eventually it will
take off in a big way, and prices will come down dramatically.

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