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I usually don't pay more than $20 for a movie. But that's because I hunt the deals down. Also, you can get some decent used stuff if you look around.

But, wouldn't it be nice to pick up a new Bluray release for, say, $17.99? ]]>Mar 19th 2008 9:15AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sony-ups-the-investment-in-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sony-ups-the-investment-in-blu-ray/
Once the format enters the mainstream, the competition starts to heat up. More stores carry the format and more people get to vote with their wallets. Blu Ray also competes with DVD so the prices have to be closer.

I think 2008 is the breakout year and you'll see prices a lot closer to DVD levels for the holiday season.]]>Mar 19th 2008 9:35AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sony-ups-the-investment-in-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sony-ups-the-investment-in-blu-ray/
It’s easy to forget that 17.99 DVD’s did not happen on a regular basis until a good 6 or 7 years into the format’s life. Blu-ray is all of 2 years old and the discs are more or less what DVD’s were priced at when they had been around for 2 years. Besides, you can find most Blu- ray movies for 20-25 dollars on Amazon. But the everyday 20 dollar Blu-ray discs at Wal-Mart and Best Buy probably won’t be happen for another 1 to 2 years. I would definitely like to see 20 dolalr discs too but I am not sure higher initial media costs are going to doom Blu-ray if they didn’t doom DVD.
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I've found out since getting my HD-A2 that I have no time to sit and fully enjoy movies anymore, regardless of being HD or SD. I'm not about to pay $399 for a BD player that I also will not have time to properly enjoy. At this point in my life, a $399 dust collector is of no additional value to me. But to all of the people who have said that upconverted DVD is "more than enough", a multi-hundred dollar BD player is generally out of the question.

If Sony -- sorry! -- the BD group want to get BD to take off, they absolutely must focus on player prices before they start considering disc prices so that people who want to replace or augment an existing DVD player will be more likely to consider getting a BD player. Low media prices aren't going to mean a whole hell of a lot when people aren't buying the players because of the high price.

And, no, I'm not using the government one-time refund of taxpayer money back to us just to get a PS3. I have other home improvements that will be of more value than a PS3. :P]]>Mar 19th 2008 10:57AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sony-ups-the-investment-in-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sony-ups-the-investment-in-blu-ray/Mar 19th 2008 11:01AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sony-ups-the-investment-in-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sony-ups-the-investment-in-blu-ray/
If they can get the new release price to around $20-22, and catalog title price to around $15-18 I think it will start to catch on.]]>Mar 19th 2008 11:02AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sony-ups-the-investment-in-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sony-ups-the-investment-in-blu-ray/Mar 19th 2008 1:08PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sony-ups-the-investment-in-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sony-ups-the-investment-in-blu-ray/
People were also used to cheap VHS prices in 1998 when DVD's went for 30-40 dollars. Same was true when CD's first came out and were twice as expensive as LP's and tapes. Its just a natural part of the early part of a format's life cycle. A few will buy now, manufacturing will ramp up, the prices will come down, more will buy and so on and so on.

"... lately I just can't justify $30-35 unless it is a title I'm really looking forward to, and even then it feels like I'm being gouged."

I feel the same way. That's the beauty of Netflix. For the few movies I jut have to own I use Amazon or find coupons to bring the price down. In a year or so I'm sure we'll be able to walk into Best Buy and get 25 dollar new releases.]]>Mar 19th 2008 10:36PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sony-ups-the-investment-in-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sony-ups-the-investment-in-blu-ray/Mar 19th 2008 2:18PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sony-ups-the-investment-in-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sony-ups-the-investment-in-blu-ray/Mar 19th 2008 5:15PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sony-ups-the-investment-in-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sony-ups-the-investment-in-blu-ray/you should live in Sydney, Australia.
Movie admission is $15.50 per person!!]]>Mar 20th 2008 3:25AM