How many times are we going to see this put up, we get it, the format is dead, lets move on. So whats new on the Blu Ray horizon, will we see players stop going down in price (for the moment anyways) letting some manufactures make some money, will the price of the media start dropping or will they continue to be overpriced, will Blu Ray kill DVD or will we have a split market (bad for us, no drop in prices if this happens). Can movie downloads kill the HD market, people dont seem to mind losing quality for the easy access of downloading. Come on editors I know this is the slow season but we need some new topics, if you want some credibility stop beating the dead horse.
Won't happen, engadgethd is so infatuated with the death of hddvd, that if blu ray fell off the face of the earth, it wouldn't matter because hd dvd is dying
i wouldn't expect much out of Blu on lowering prices for some time. When the format was was head on they never did, what incentive do they have now?
Ultimately the end of the war is good/bad for customers. On one side it good that when we invest in new hardware its good for 10 yrs at least. on the other hand prices will stay high.
For me i refuse to go blu unless the player is 200 or less.
I'm inclined to agree to some extent. I think they need to report thing (though I too see two HDVD players in my 'local' presidents day ad) but I think they need to be conscious of the 'dead horse factor' as they do. We've got a lot of fences to mend in this thing...
At the moment there isn't any incentive for the BR camp to lower the hardware prices. Their only competitor has essentially been cut out of the market. The prices probably won't drop until later this year, when the next round of Black Friday deals kick in. Can't have Sony and gang losing out on any patent royalties, or a brief chance to recoup some of their investments into the BR format can we?
As far as the software prices, don't expect those to drop anytime soon. Again, another way for the BR camp to eek out a bit more royalty money from the consumers. As for purchasing software, buy online where the prices are usually a bit less than retail...amazon, walmart, dvd planet, etc. Now we get to pay for the perceived 'value' of BR media. Yay!
The incentive for lowering prices should be obvious - competition. I assume that Sony, Panasonic, Phillps, Samsung, and even Toshiba would very much like if you parted with your cash and gave it to them. For that to happen they'll have to compete with each other on prices and features. As Blu Ray enters the mainstream the economies of scale kick in.
This really is no different from when DVD was starting. I don't understand why people think Blu Ray will be any different.
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How many times are we going to see this put up, we get it, the format is dead, lets move on. So whats new on the Blu Ray horizon, will we see players stop going down in price (for the moment anyways) letting some manufactures make some money, will the price of the media start dropping or will they continue to be overpriced, will Blu Ray kill DVD or will we have a split market (bad for us, no drop in prices if this happens). Can movie downloads kill the HD market, people dont seem to mind losing quality for the easy access of downloading. Come on editors I know this is the slow season but we need some new topics, if you want some credibility stop beating the dead horse.
Won't happen, engadgethd is so infatuated with the death of hddvd, that if blu ray fell off the face of the earth, it wouldn't matter because hd dvd is dying
i wouldn't expect much out of Blu on lowering prices for some time. When the format was was head on they never did, what incentive do they have now?
Ultimately the end of the war is good/bad for customers. On one side it good that when we invest in new hardware its good for 10 yrs at least. on the other hand prices will stay high.
For me i refuse to go blu unless the player is 200 or less.
Mitchell
I'm inclined to agree to some extent. I think they need to report thing (though I too see two HDVD players in my 'local' presidents day ad) but I think they need to be conscious of the 'dead horse factor' as they do. We've got a lot of fences to mend in this thing...
At the moment there isn't any incentive for the BR camp to lower the hardware prices. Their only competitor has essentially been cut out of the market. The prices probably won't drop until later this year, when the next round of Black Friday deals kick in. Can't have Sony and gang losing out on any patent royalties, or a brief chance to recoup some of their investments into the BR format can we?
As far as the software prices, don't expect those to drop anytime soon. Again, another way for the BR camp to eek out a bit more royalty money from the consumers. As for purchasing software, buy online where the prices are usually a bit less than retail...amazon, walmart, dvd planet, etc. Now we get to pay for the perceived 'value' of BR media. Yay!
The incentive for lowering prices should be obvious - competition. I assume that Sony, Panasonic, Phillps, Samsung, and even Toshiba would very much like if you parted with your cash and gave it to them. For that to happen they'll have to compete with each other on prices and features. As Blu Ray enters the mainstream the economies of scale kick in.
This really is no different from when DVD was starting. I don't understand why people think Blu Ray will be any different.
Uhh... he was talking about Circuit City Jay, hence using "CC", not "Best Buy". ;)
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