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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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.