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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Killer @ Feb 18th 2008 6:23AM
@GhostDoggy
If Toshiba can get a player out soon. It'll be around $250, with 2.0 profile, ethernet input, and all the bells and whistles. I have trust in Toshiba to 1. Finally recognize that the Format war has come to an end and and to discontinue HD DVD and 2. Come out with a cheap Blu-ray player to drive down the prices. Toshiba can make it happen.
Mr. E @ Feb 18th 2008 9:28AM
HD DVD fans still fail to realize that their format was never truly the "cheaper" option Toshiba tried to make it seem. Toshiba just kept lowering the prices on their players and taking losses to try and raise their market share. Now that they won't have licensing income from the winning format, there will be no incentive for them to subsidize a future Blu-ray player. If they create such a player, they will sell it for a profit, which means pricing will almost certainly fall right in line with the rest of the current Blu-ray hardware.
Interesting fact: Blu-ray hardware is at the equivalent pricing DVD was, two years after its introduction. Give it until the end of this year and we'll almost certainly have $200 BD-live standalone players.
Ryan @ Feb 18th 2008 10:31AM
Don't expect those prices to fall nearly as quickly as DVD's did.
Sony has already said they "don't plan to make the same mistake as DVD by letting the price of players drop too quickly".
Blu-ray will be an expensive option for quite some time going forward. Hopefully it will eventually drop, and won't miss its opportunity to put DVD away by being too stubborn with prices.