I think you must be kind of confused.. HD DVD long reached the sub $200 price range.. I just got back from my Walmart.. absolutely no Blu-Ray standalones, only 1 left HD DVD at $198 and free movies as they are selling them ridiculously fast, plus it's absolutely ridiculous to see all the spots for HD DVD titles always empty.. they are sold as soon as they come in.. Harry Potter for example looks especially pathetic for Blu.. like 30 copies stacked in 3 rows and only 1 red left .. Bourne is nowhere to be seen of course since they fly out the SECOND they get new copies.
As far as Blu-Ray standalones heating up? At what prices will this competition heat up? AT $500+? Panasonic has the only Profile 1.1 SA player on the market at $500.. they announced 2 more models at higher prices.. some competition...
The only way you will see $250-$300 Blu-Ray standalones if they are on sale to get rid of obsolete models.. the newest models still hover at $500+.
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End of the decade? Hopefully both sides will have decent players under $200 long before then.
I'm thinking more like end of 2008.
I think you must be kind of confused.. HD DVD long reached the sub $200 price range.. I just got back from my Walmart.. absolutely no Blu-Ray standalones, only 1 left HD DVD at $198 and free movies as they are selling them ridiculously fast, plus it's absolutely ridiculous to see all the spots for HD DVD titles always empty.. they are sold as soon as they come in.. Harry Potter for example looks especially pathetic for Blu.. like 30 copies stacked in 3 rows and only 1 red left .. Bourne is nowhere to be seen of course since they fly out the SECOND they get new copies.
As far as Blu-Ray standalones heating up? At what prices will this competition heat up? AT $500+? Panasonic has the only Profile 1.1 SA player on the market at $500.. they announced 2 more models at higher prices.. some competition...
The only way you will see $250-$300 Blu-Ray standalones if they are on sale to get rid of obsolete models.. the newest models still hover at $500+.