So this means cheaper blu-ray players, especially since all studios will be looking to push Blu on the consumers.
I would expect the Bogos and free players with HDTV's to continue up until next holiday. This why I think so:
A)Everyone has a DVD player and there is no point on pushing that on anyone, or an upscaling DVD player which is pointless imo because it looks like shit.
B)HDTV's will be at there lowest this holiday season along with Blu ray players.
Sony also has the opportunity to set the next format for the next generation with the ps4 and so on. Whats different from last time is that instead of doing it on their own they got support from a shetload of other studios and developers.
i disagree i think that the prices will stop coming down & the BOGO's will stop because now there is no reason for them to lose money on players or discs because HD-DVD is gone so they have no competition.
No competition? Where on earth did you get such an idea? Well over a dozen manufacturers make blu-ray players. They all want to sell as many players as possible which means they were very much in competition.
DVD was a single standard too. And DVD prices came down from their initial premiums it in spite of no competitor. An industry standard (Blu-ray, DVD, VHS, LPs, etc) and a monopoly are two very different things.
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qo_op @ Feb 18th 2008 3:06PM
So this means cheaper blu-ray players, especially since all studios will be looking to push Blu on the consumers.
I would expect the Bogos and free players with HDTV's to continue up until next holiday. This why I think so:
A)Everyone has a DVD player and there is no point on pushing that on anyone, or an upscaling DVD player which is pointless imo because it looks like shit.
B)HDTV's will be at there lowest this holiday season along with Blu ray players.
Sony also has the opportunity to set the next format for the next generation with the ps4 and so on. Whats different from last time is that instead of doing it on their own they got support from a shetload of other studios and developers.
Go Blu or Go home!
HEY!!!! @ Feb 18th 2008 3:17PM
i disagree i think that the prices will stop coming down & the BOGO's will stop because now there is no reason for them to lose money on players or discs because HD-DVD is gone so they have no competition.
qo_op @ Feb 18th 2008 4:01PM
I think you're wrong because people will still buy DVD if they feel the HD version is too expensive or that Blu Ray in general is too expensive.
minimalist @ Feb 18th 2008 4:05PM
No competition? Where on earth did you get such an idea? Well over a dozen manufacturers make blu-ray players. They all want to sell as many players as possible which means they were very much in competition.
DVD was a single standard too. And DVD prices came down from their initial premiums it in spite of no competitor. An industry standard (Blu-ray, DVD, VHS, LPs, etc) and a monopoly are two very different things.