Gus, the operative word in my comment was "if", "if" that was what was happening. And indeed it seems to be BS.
Either way, you claiming a cartel is simply ludicrous. The ENTIRE CE industry supports Blu Ray now, including Toshiba through its Samsung partnership. There are or soon to be players from Daewoo, Denon, Funai, JVC, LG,, Lite-On, Loewe, Marantz, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Samsung, Sharp, Sigmatek and Sony. To name a few. Toshiba won't be long off either I'm sure.
These manufacturers want to make a profit and their prices will reflect that. Toshiba massively subsidized its HD DVD players to make them appear cheap. Blu Ray players will become cheap through economies of scale and competition. There will be plenty of sub $300 players this year, possibly even a few under $200. All through competition.
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DrXym @ Mar 8th 2008 4:36AM
Gus, the operative word in my comment was "if", "if" that was what was happening. And indeed it seems to be BS.
Either way, you claiming a cartel is simply ludicrous. The ENTIRE CE industry supports Blu Ray now, including Toshiba through its Samsung partnership. There are or soon to be players from Daewoo, Denon, Funai, JVC, LG,, Lite-On, Loewe, Marantz, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Samsung, Sharp, Sigmatek and Sony. To name a few. Toshiba won't be long off either I'm sure.
These manufacturers want to make a profit and their prices will reflect that. Toshiba massively subsidized its HD DVD players to make them appear cheap. Blu Ray players will become cheap through economies of scale and competition. There will be plenty of sub $300 players this year, possibly even a few under $200. All through competition.
It shouldn't be hard to understand this concept.