Re: New report: 30 million households will own a Blu-ray device in 2008

MrCzech says:

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I myself cannot see paying $400 for Blu-Ray

Here's a solution. Don't pay $400 for Blu-ray. Problem solved.

Gosh, I should be paid for giving this type of needed advice on this forum!

I guess I'm in the minority here...

I own both formats and I gladly paid $300+ for my HD A35 and $400+ for my PS3. In the long run, you save a TON of samolies and grief by waiting for everything to come out on DVD, BD or HD DVD and watching them at home, rather than blowing coin at the theater with sticky floors and lice-infested seats. The quality of picture and sound is better at home anyway!!!

[Post edited by wolfen on Mar 27, 2008]

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DVD really took off when the players hit that magic $200 mark the companies keep talking about. For some reason that the magic number for the mass consumer market to dive in.

That's quite possible, since home theater and movies aren't an important hobby to everyone. For most people it's probably a past time, and some would rather spend $500 on a silly golf club instead like my friend did!

Going forward, market forces and demand, along with economies of scale and technological and production advancements will influence Blu-ray player prices. It's the way it works - it's the way it's always worked with new CE technology. However, since those of us who own HDTVs are still a minority, it's probably priced just fine at this stage of its life-cycle and target demographic. We don't have to target the "masses" all at once. Toshiba tried this theory by heavily subsidizing players and it predictably didn't work.

Well Toshiba did sell 90,000 HD DVD players in one weekend but that was because they were selling them at an unbelievable price of $99. That was just nuts.

Oh and the only reason it didn't work was because of Warner and the domino effect that caused!

Anyway we've been through this before.

Mr Czech (and others) who complain about $400 to $600 Blu-ray SA prices... if you want to SAVE $$ watching Blu-ray content, then buy one of the profile 2.0 players coming soon (Panasonic BD50, two different Sony Sapphire players, and others etc), but DON'T BUY ANY DISCS - just sign up for Blu-ray rentals (online) from either Netflix or Blockbuster (or both) for a low monthly fee.

Then, when you see the regular BD sales (mainly online), for titles with net prices of $9 to $20, you might want to build a collection slowly with select sale-priced titles.

This way, you get to enjoy Blu-ray Hi-Def content now, rather than waiting for a year or two for players to drop a few hundred dollars ($200 to $300). Note: if you have a Best Buy card, I belive they automatically offer 6-months/0% financing for purchases over $300.

After you've been enjoying HD for awhile, you don't want be without it.

-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)

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After you've been enjoying HD for awhile, you don't want be without it.

Truer words were never spoken, LH.

I hate to admit it, but it pains me to watch ANYthing in SD nowadays!

I watched No Country For Old Men on DVD and it was quite enjoyable. Some movies should be watched in hidef though, if possible.

[Post edited by Falcon01 on Mar 27, 2008]

Falcon,

When you make the switch, watch it on BD.

You're waiting for the new Panny aren't you?

The Panny or any other profile 2.0 player that gets good reviews. I'll probably get one on boxing day in hopes of getting a better price also.

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I'll probably get one on boxing day in hopes of getting a better price also.

Boxing Day?!

Beauty eh?!



[Post edited by wolfen on Mar 27, 2008]