As said in a previous post, the way prices translate from European market to the US doesn't really work like that (250euro=$364). Per exemple, the Sony BDS 300 is list price $499 in the US (cna be found at $399), and in Europe at 499Euros, despite the high Euro rate. So we could defintiely see this kind of player around $250 soon :) (plus the brands showed us at Xmas that they could have their players at $299 - BDS 300 and BDP1400).
Another HD DVD created myth that Blu Ray would never go down in price goes .. down in flames :)
Transatlantic pricing usually goes 1:1 regardless of exchange rate so if its €250 here it will be $250 over there.
Anyway it is obvious blu ray player prices will continue to drop. There are multiple CE manufacturers all producing players. Competition in other words. And as the market grows the prices drop as economies of scale kick in. My first player cost £550(!) and you can buy them for next to nothing nowadays.
The only reason HD DVD players superficially look cheap is because their prices were subsidized. Toshiba had that luxury since it wasn't part of a large consortium and could fix prices however it liked. Unfortunately for them, the strategy didn't work.
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As said in a previous post, the way prices translate from European market to the US doesn't really work like that (250euro=$364).
Per exemple, the Sony BDS 300 is list price $499 in the US (cna be found at $399), and in Europe at 499Euros, despite the high Euro rate.
So we could defintiely see this kind of player around $250 soon :) (plus the brands showed us at Xmas that they could have their players at $299 - BDS 300 and BDP1400).
Another HD DVD created myth that Blu Ray would never go down in price goes .. down in flames :)
Transatlantic pricing usually goes 1:1 regardless of exchange rate so if its €250 here it will be $250 over there.
Anyway it is obvious blu ray player prices will continue to drop. There are multiple CE manufacturers all producing players. Competition in other words. And as the market grows the prices drop as economies of scale kick in. My first player cost £550(!) and you can buy them for next to nothing nowadays.
The only reason HD DVD players superficially look cheap is because their prices were subsidized. Toshiba had that luxury since it wasn't part of a large consortium and could fix prices however it liked. Unfortunately for them, the strategy didn't work.