BTW, it has never really been the shear number of titles available to get me to adopt a new platform, or even an alternative platform. Its about the number is titles, as a threshold, that I am interested in that determines it.
I look at the this from the perspective of the cost of the player divided by the number of titles I am interested in that are available and that must equate to a dollar value below what I am willing to invest for high definition viewing.
For instance, let's say the player costs $150 and there are 20 titles I am interested in that are available. Using Amazon as a best-price (for me) I can think I'd pay about $20/title. The added cost of the $150 player is $7.50/title. Is $27.50/title worth it to me?
Luckly for me the number of titles I own thus far and those I am interested in are substantially more. But, YMMV.
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Curious, how many titles were there available when you bought your first DVD player? According to this report there will be about 1,000 at Xmas.
http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/story/892749.html
BTW, it has never really been the shear number of titles available to get me to adopt a new platform, or even an alternative platform. Its about the number is titles, as a threshold, that I am interested in that determines it.
I look at the this from the perspective of the cost of the player divided by the number of titles I am interested in that are available and that must equate to a dollar value below what I am willing to invest for high definition viewing.
For instance, let's say the player costs $150 and there are 20 titles I am interested in that are available. Using Amazon as a best-price (for me) I can think I'd pay about $20/title. The added cost of the $150 player is $7.50/title. Is $27.50/title worth it to me?
Luckly for me the number of titles I own thus far and those I am interested in are substantially more. But, YMMV.