That's a start in the right direction for sure, but when are they going to lower the price of the disks themselves? That is what keeps regular people from buying blu-ray, since they don't want to pay an idiot/dork tax for what they see as the same product, but for more. Sure you can find sales here and there, but until you can walk into a best buy or a wal-mart and find blu-ray titles for $5 more than standard dvd's I don't see it taking off like they hope.
Hard to imagine them lowering the prices of the discs significantly for a very long time, as someone said here recently, if they are gong to have cheaper blu ray discs, what's the point of having a new product that is more expensive to produce in the first place? If they are going to compete with DVD on pricing, the studios might as well just stick with DVD. Substantially higher disc prices will always be a blu ray legacy.
Amazon charges $19.99, $21.99, and Fox titles are $25.99 or so. Right now, Wyatt Earp is $13.99 (and it's not the only one).
I'm not even citing sale prices. These are regular prices. The sales drive prices down a couple bucks more.
This is how it was with DVD. Brick&Mortar ran MSRP, but every online retailer had discounts and sales. Thing is, after SO MANY YEARS, DVD has become a draw for
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That's a start in the right direction for sure, but when are they going to lower the price of the disks themselves? That is what keeps regular people from buying blu-ray, since they don't want to pay an idiot/dork tax for what they see as the same product, but for more. Sure you can find sales here and there, but until you can walk into a best buy or a wal-mart and find blu-ray titles for $5 more than standard dvd's I don't see it taking off like they hope.
Hard to imagine them lowering the prices of the discs significantly for a very long time, as someone said here recently, if they are gong to have cheaper blu ray discs, what's the point of having a new product that is more expensive to produce in the first place?
If they are going to compete with DVD on pricing, the studios might as well just stick with DVD.
Substantially higher disc prices will always be a blu ray legacy.
Yeah, cite retailers that charge MSRP.
Amazon charges $19.99, $21.99, and Fox titles are $25.99 or so. Right now, Wyatt Earp is $13.99 (and it's not the only one).
I'm not even citing sale prices. These are regular prices. The sales drive prices down a couple bucks more.
This is how it was with DVD. Brick&Mortar ran MSRP, but every online retailer had discounts and sales. Thing is, after SO MANY YEARS, DVD has become a draw for
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