The percentage of sales people that recommend Samsung HDTVs.
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What I really find intersting is how people who were screaming last year that Blu-Ray prices will go down to competition find justification for this?
Every article about a new Blu-Ray player is ultimately compared to ONLY 1 units. The Playstation 3.
As far as I can see, there's absolutely NO competition here. That's why prices are high. All companies are competing with Sony's PS3. What's the incentive for anyone joining the market to introduce the player when Sony has a unit that is completely monopolistic in that regard.
Just look at this example. Who's gonna buy this. Who's going to buy ANY Blu-Ray player for that matter. So what has been said that Toshiba was doing wrong, that's EXACTLY what Sony is doing with others. At least Toshiba had 3-4 models to choose from with Blu-Ray, CE companies have to again drop the prices to the level they could've made HD DVD players for. It's completely idiotic. And from consumer point, a person wanting fully featured Blu-Ray player has no choice but to buy a GAME CONSOLE.
It's funny. and people call me hypocrite. Jeez.
numbnut? wow...bringing it back with that one. where did they loose the 7 billion from, not from just their PS3 division? because every figure that i'v seen has said they're just over 2 billion as of 6 months ago.
EVEN if they did, the way the gaming industry is structured is a hell of a lot different than dvd players. gaming machines for generations have been known to be sold for a loss, where they really make up their money is in licensing (with the exception of wii this generation "last gen" hardware). so when you look @ the ps3, it can make money back in the company in the form of video games, and blu ray disc sales. looking at the toshiba, they only had one front to recoup their money from, hd disc sales.
oh by the way, i'm guessing you're not paying attention. i said if toshiba did win, they would have with almost certainty raised their prices. i'm not arguing that sony hasn't, that much is fact. but seriously, read the post before you get your panties up in a bunch
Nfinity, I was as big a HD DVD backer as you during the format war, but the format war is over. Get over it. I have pre-ordered a Pioneer Blu-Ray Player (the BDP-05FD). It is much more expensive than what I was planning to spend, but I am going to be happy to replace my RCA HD DVD player in a few months (street date is early August) in the $700 price range. The Pioneer isn't 2.0, but who cares? I mean really, I just want to watch (see and hear) movies in Hi-Def (Video and Audio)
I could have gotten a Sony Blu-Ray player that internally decoded Dolby Digital Plus, DolbyTrueHD, DTS-HD HR, and DTS-HD MA for about $500, but I decided that IMHO the Pioneer was going to provide the best picture and sound. I am planning on running video through component and audio through the analog outputs (I currently have a 5.1 system but my non-HDMI receiver can handle 7.1, so I may just buy two more identical bookshelf speakers for the side/back).
The Denon is also an upscale player (like the Pioneer). Oppo sells a $400 DVD player (the DV-983H). I personally own an Oppo DV-970HD DVD player (which cost $150 about a year ago) -- I could sell it now (on EBay) for $100. The Denon is also supposed to do a good job at upconverting. If I hadn't pre-ordered the Pioneer already, I probably would look at this because the price is reasonable for the product.