That's a hell of a lot of money for a region free DVD player no matter what res it can work to (and IIRC the DVD upscaled playback is nothing to get excited over either......and yes this is still important as the DVD catalogue will still be vastly greater than Blu-rays can ever possibly be for years to come).
In short, once again, we're seeing nothing to interest or trouble the a/v mass-market.
.....and there's 'Dave', ever the fanboy support act to wheel in & do nothing but hurl some idiotic personal abuse.
Hmmmm, where all the complaint & outraged posters about that, huh?
Pathetic.
What's up dave, does it take the 'gloss' off of the article if someone dares to put up the prices in the various currencies so everyone can see how outrageously over-priced this is?
"Largely because we have a market now extremely well & long used to disc media and players at a tiny fraction of this price."
News at 11! Old established technology is cheaper than new technology! Technology adoption curve proven!
Can your arguments get any more stupid? A device costs what it costs. The manufacturer and retailer slaps a margin on top of that. The tax man slaps a tax on top of that. The result is the price it sells to the consumer. As economies of scale kick in and production becomes cheaper and competition intensifiesso the price lowers to the consumer.
I just demonstrated to baby that DVD players were expensive in their time, yet they are cheap now, illustrating perfectly how this works in practice. A DVD player I bought this Christmas from Lidl cost less than 1/10th of my original DVD player.
Of course in baby's lalala-land, every manufacturer should heavily subsidize the player from the get-go, incur a substantial loss, and the retailer should mark them down to firesale prices just to clear them out of stock. Sound familiar?
All you did there was write a little justification for your sucking up & believing anything 'the industry' cares to throw at you.
The world has moved on, the market has moved on and my comments about this price-tag are right on the money.
A €500/ £395/ $786 DVD player will not be troubling the a/v mass-market anytime soon.
I know it, you know it (tho you obviously can't bear to admit it) and everybody else knows it.
Do keep up the risible & pathetic attempt to hide behind HD DVD and your laughably feeble jibes (it's actually you being led by the nose, not that you'd ever notice, fool).
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A short reality check here folks.......
€500 is £395 or $786.
That's a hell of a lot of money for a region free DVD player no matter what res it can work to
(and IIRC the DVD upscaled playback is nothing to get excited over either......and yes this is still important as the DVD catalogue will still be vastly greater than Blu-rays can ever possibly be for years to come).
In short, once again, we're seeing nothing to interest or trouble the a/v mass-market.
Baby, my first DVD player cost £550 + 50 for a region free mod. This was several years after DVD first appeared. So what is your point please?
.....and there's 'Dave', ever the fanboy support act to wheel in & do nothing but hurl some idiotic personal abuse.
Hmmmm, where all the complaint & outraged posters about that, huh?
Pathetic.
What's up dave, does it take the 'gloss' off of the article if someone dares to put up the prices in the various currencies so everyone can see how outrageously over-priced this is?
LMAO
No Dr Sad, it has no relevance whatsoever.
Largely because we have a market now extremely well & long used to disc media and players at a tiny fraction of this price.
No-one cares about your whine which boils down (as usual) to a fanboy rant in 'support' of the CE corp(s) & format you claim 'love' for.
.....oh, and not forgetting your laughably predictable pathetic mewing.
LMAO
"Largely because we have a market now extremely well & long used to disc media and players at a tiny fraction of this price."
News at 11! Old established technology is cheaper than new technology! Technology adoption curve proven!
Can your arguments get any more stupid? A device costs what it costs. The manufacturer and retailer slaps a margin on top of that. The tax man slaps a tax on top of that. The result is the price it sells to the consumer. As economies of scale kick in and production becomes cheaper and competition intensifiesso the price lowers to the consumer.
I just demonstrated to baby that DVD players were expensive in their time, yet they are cheap now, illustrating perfectly how this works in practice. A DVD player I bought this Christmas from Lidl cost less than 1/10th of my original DVD player.
Of course in baby's lalala-land, every manufacturer should heavily subsidize the player from the get-go, incur a substantial loss, and the retailer should mark them down to firesale prices just to clear them out of stock. Sound familiar?
Grow up baby, your precious format lost.
LMAO
All you did there was write a little justification for your sucking up & believing anything 'the industry' cares to throw at you.
The world has moved on, the market has moved on and my comments about this price-tag are right on the money.
A €500/ £395/ $786 DVD player will not be troubling the a/v mass-market anytime soon.
I know it, you know it (tho you obviously can't bear to admit it) and everybody else knows it.
Do keep up the risible & pathetic attempt to hide behind HD DVD and your laughably feeble jibes
(it's actually you being led by the nose, not that you'd ever notice, fool).
Dr. Xym is the organ grinder, and Dave is his monkey :)