Not when the most appropriate player (for me) comes in at $399 for a PS3. Until the prices of the hardware drop to a point where it will be of value to me, BD disc prices are of no concern. I think most people are in the same situation. Lowering the prices of discs should be second to getting more hardware into people's hands.
I've found out since getting my HD-A2 that I have no time to sit and fully enjoy movies anymore, regardless of being HD or SD. I'm not about to pay $399 for a BD player that I also will not have time to properly enjoy. At this point in my life, a $399 dust collector is of no additional value to me. But to all of the people who have said that upconverted DVD is "more than enough", a multi-hundred dollar BD player is generally out of the question.
If Sony -- sorry! -- the BD group want to get BD to take off, they absolutely must focus on player prices before they start considering disc prices so that people who want to replace or augment an existing DVD player will be more likely to consider getting a BD player. Low media prices aren't going to mean a whole hell of a lot when people aren't buying the players because of the high price.
And, no, I'm not using the government one-time refund of taxpayer money back to us just to get a PS3. I have other home improvements that will be of more value than a PS3. :P
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John B @ Mar 19th 2008 10:57AM
Not when the most appropriate player (for me) comes in at $399 for a PS3. Until the prices of the hardware drop to a point where it will be of value to me, BD disc prices are of no concern. I think most people are in the same situation. Lowering the prices of discs should be second to getting more hardware into people's hands.
I've found out since getting my HD-A2 that I have no time to sit and fully enjoy movies anymore, regardless of being HD or SD. I'm not about to pay $399 for a BD player that I also will not have time to properly enjoy. At this point in my life, a $399 dust collector is of no additional value to me. But to all of the people who have said that upconverted DVD is "more than enough", a multi-hundred dollar BD player is generally out of the question.
If Sony -- sorry! -- the BD group want to get BD to take off, they absolutely must focus on player prices before they start considering disc prices so that people who want to replace or augment an existing DVD player will be more likely to consider getting a BD player. Low media prices aren't going to mean a whole hell of a lot when people aren't buying the players because of the high price.
And, no, I'm not using the government one-time refund of taxpayer money back to us just to get a PS3. I have other home improvements that will be of more value than a PS3. :P