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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Gus @ May 22nd 2008 8:16PM
I think it would be very scary to be a BR standalone player manufacturer at the moment. These players are just so ridiculously over priced and under specked, who the hell other than a very tiny minority is buying in to these products.?
A worldwide recession kicking in, massive competition from DVD itself, lots of competition from competing formats and the PS3 with 95% market share and in all reality, the only BR player worth buying (f you don't mind having a games console in your AV rack.)
Scary times indeed.
Gus @ May 22nd 2008 10:42PM
I was being serious, HD DVD has nothing to do with it, I'm sure they would be struggling now as well if they were still going, the comment regards the survival of a product in a seriously competitive niche market, I just cant see how many BR producers can foresee a sustainable future in the SA player market. The niche is flooded with BR players really and they are all way to expensive, and lets be honest here, the product is not exactly setting the world on fire.
The PS3 is destroying the SA market, maybe 1 or 2 SA producers can survive, but the current level of sales V supply must make for some very nervous BR manufacturers........... of course DR XYM will be here shortly to call me a dumbass because BR is taking the world by storm and sales are skyrocketing, but the rest of us out here in the real world without the tin foil hats on know times are tough.
Gus @ May 22nd 2008 11:04PM
Ummmmm, I guess that comment is aimed at Simbadogg?
Nfinity @ May 22nd 2008 11:11PM
Deeznutz actually..
Gus @ May 23rd 2008 12:01AM
@deeznutz
"Trust me, I'll be the first in line for all your "I told you so's" next year if BD is a total failure.".................... You've put your nutz on the line now, can we have an official day and date when we can belt you??? :)