Posted by Lloyd Parsons on 01/07/08 13:45

In article <flsa2c$nes$1@zinnia.noc.ucla.edu>,
"Telstar" <none@none.net> wrote:

> "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

That price was before the big announcement. We'll see what happens.
But if HDDVD disappears, BD will not drop in price much if any this year.

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