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(Msg. 16) Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:32 pm
Post subject: Re: Blu-ray Player Prices Hit 2008 Highs As Competition Dwindles [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Doug Jacobs wrote:
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> I agree that prices shouldn't be going up. Probably what happened was
> that manufactuers were feeling pressured by the lower-cost HD-DVD
> equipment to artifically drop their prices and cut deeply into their
> already thin profit margins. With HD-DVD now gone, they can raise their
> prices back to where they would have been had HD-DVD never been around.
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> However, this is only temporary as prices should start dropping later this
> year.
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Which probably won't happen in the US if the value of the dollar keeps sliding
downwards........
Best I can see is if the prices stay the same.
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(Msg. 17) Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:04 pm
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In alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 The alMIGHTY N <natlee75 RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
> If HD DVD had never been around, prices would be a lot higher than
> they are now. Even these bumped up prices we see now are victims of
> the intense pricing competition between HD DVD and Blu-Ray.
True, but then, we could look at DVD's early years and not feel so badly.
Blu-ray isn't even 2 years old yet, right? By this time in DVD's
lifecycle, players were still close to a thousand dollars.
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(Msg. 18) Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:04 pm
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Doug Jacobs wrote:
> In alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 The alMIGHTY N <natlee75.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> If HD DVD had never been around, prices would be a lot higher than
>> they are now. Even these bumped up prices we see now are victims of
>> the intense pricing competition between HD DVD and Blu-Ray.
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> True, but then, we could look at DVD's early years and not feel so badly.
> Blu-ray isn't even 2 years old yet, right? By this time in DVD's
> lifecycle, players were still close to a thousand dollars.
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I remember several years ago asking staff at Hollywood Video if they were going
to start carrying DVDs (or more than just a few DVDs) back when they place was
full of VHS.
They told me no, since not that many people owned DVD players.....<grin>
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(Msg. 19) Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:10 pm
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In alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 Roadrunner <wiledp4yotebiy.TakeThisOut@man.com> wrote:
> People got what they wanted..beta hardware and software and higher prices
> and less competition..GG
"the people" had nothing to do with it. The decision was made at the
studio, and to a lesser extent, the retailer level.
Studios like blu-ray for its DRM, and retailers like it because they make
more per sale than they did selling HD-DVD stuff.
DRM + Higher Prices - does that sound like something the consumer would
choose?
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(Msg. 20) Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:47 am
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On Mar 18, 6:43 pm, Steve Irving <sd....RemoveThis@nospamqwest.net> wrote:
> Doug Jacobs wrote:
> > In alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 The alMIGHTY N <natle....RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> If HD DVD had never been around, prices would be a lot higher than
> >> they are now. Even these bumped up prices we see now are victims of
> >> the intense pricing competition between HD DVD and Blu-Ray.
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> > True, but then, we could look at DVD's early years and not feel so badly.
> > Blu-ray isn't even 2 years old yet, right? By this time in DVD's
> > lifecycle, players were still close to a thousand dollars.
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> I remember several years ago asking staff at Hollywood Video if they were going
> to start carrying DVDs (or more than just a few DVDs) back when they place was
> full of VHS.
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> They told me no, since not that many people owned DVD players.....<grin>
Which is exactly why most video stores don't carry any high-def discs.
Hopefully, things fall in place for Blu-Ray to gain mainstream
relevance because it's getting harder to get stuff from Blockbuster
Online as it is... >> Stay informed about: Blu-ray Player Prices Hit 2008 Highs As Competition Dwindles |
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(Msg. 21) Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:53 pm
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"Roadrunner" <wiledp4yotebiy.TakeThisOut@man.com> wrote in message
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> "The alMIGHTY N" <natlee75.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> And if the format war hadn't ended, we would still be swimming in B1G1
>> offers online.
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> I suspect we won't see many of those anymore.
> People got what they wanted..beta hardware and software and higher prices
> and less competition..GG
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pretty big sale of Blu-rays going on at Amazon right now... >> Stay informed about: Blu-ray Player Prices Hit 2008 Highs As Competition Dwindles |
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(Msg. 22) Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:31 pm
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