Posted by Hawk on 01/11/08 14:34

Alfred Kaufmann wrote:
> Almost forever companies have been preaching that if they could reduce
> piracy then they could reduce their prices. These new high definition
> formats are supposed to have much better copy protection so I have to
> ask, why are they not cheaper than regular DVDs? If thay want to get
> back into the format battle they could produce the DVD/HDDVD combo
> discs and sell them at the same price that DVDs are selling now.
>
> Al

All I can say for certain is that the companies selling Blu-Ray movies
for $34.99 are totally and completely insane. I won't spend 1/2 that
for the vast majority of movies released these days, HD or not. IMHO
the pathetic sales volume of HD format movies has less to do with the
format war and more to do with the ludicrous pricing.

I remember the record companies touting how music albums would become
cheaper with the advent of the compact disc as they didn't have to deal
with the high cost of producing cassettes any longer. CD's have
practically doubled in price compared to what the average cassette used
to cost.

They overestimate the value of their products to a ridiculous degree.
Most of us can find plenty of other ways to use our spare time that
don't involve wallet rape.


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