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Next year will be the year that BD starts to *really* take off. The BDA has stated that expectation, and they'll be making marketing pushes for high-profile releases, and low priced players in 2009.

It's also important to remember that Blu-ray adoption is FASTER than DVD adoption was, and there's no doubt about DVD's success.

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I'm still waiting for cheaper movies... $20 movies would be fine, but not $35-$40 for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory... wait, i like that movie...]]>Sep 17th 2008 9:17AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/16/netflix-cfo-doesnt-anticipate-blu-ray-to-greatly-impact-sales/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/16/netflix-cfo-doesnt-anticipate-blu-ray-to-greatly-impact-sales/
@andy8180: You'd have to provide something to back that BDA claim up. They stated that 2009 is when they expect to see BD truly take off. I never heard any statements about 2008 -- unless it was just after winning the format war, and the were overcome with sensationalistic bravado. They said early in the year (February or March) that 2009 is when pricing will increase market "penetration" significantly (or however marketing people say such things).

Now, Sony can say every year is the year of the PS3 if they want. They, however, are NOT the BDA. The list of BDA members is absolutely huge.

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Prices on players need to drop to $200 and below for basic models
Prices on movie and other content need to be at about the same prices or just minimal premium for BD version, times for studios charging $40 for a movie on BD is ridiculous, also to charge that $40 for movies which are avail for $12 on DVD as back catalog is even more insane.

Customers need a good priced HD option, NOT to be gouged. hence, slower adoption and people could try Digital Downloads instead]]>Sep 17th 2008 1:40AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/16/netflix-cfo-doesnt-anticipate-blu-ray-to-greatly-impact-sales/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/16/netflix-cfo-doesnt-anticipate-blu-ray-to-greatly-impact-sales/Sep 17th 2008 10:19AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/16/netflix-cfo-doesnt-anticipate-blu-ray-to-greatly-impact-sales/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/16/netflix-cfo-doesnt-anticipate-blu-ray-to-greatly-impact-sales/Sep 17th 2008 10:46AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/16/netflix-cfo-doesnt-anticipate-blu-ray-to-greatly-impact-sales/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/16/netflix-cfo-doesnt-anticipate-blu-ray-to-greatly-impact-sales/
Consumers eventually would too, although the only studio worthy of any loyalty/favoritism right now would be Pixar. ]]>Oct 28th 2008 4:56PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/16/netflix-cfo-doesnt-anticipate-blu-ray-to-greatly-impact-sales/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/16/netflix-cfo-doesnt-anticipate-blu-ray-to-greatly-impact-sales/Sep 17th 2008 2:13AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/16/netflix-cfo-doesnt-anticipate-blu-ray-to-greatly-impact-sales/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/16/netflix-cfo-doesnt-anticipate-blu-ray-to-greatly-impact-sales/Sep 17th 2008 12:53PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/16/netflix-cfo-doesnt-anticipate-blu-ray-to-greatly-impact-sales/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/16/netflix-cfo-doesnt-anticipate-blu-ray-to-greatly-impact-sales/Sep 17th 2008 1:08PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/16/netflix-cfo-doesnt-anticipate-blu-ray-to-greatly-impact-sales/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/16/netflix-cfo-doesnt-anticipate-blu-ray-to-greatly-impact-sales/
"the incentive for the studios should be getting to double dip there in entire back catalog on blu but instead they are price gouging everybody on movies that have been out for years"

Check the charts. The biggest sellers are all new releases. The Transformers sold a lot too, but the BD early adopters *waited* on that instead of buying the HD-DVD. And if you check Amazon prices, you will see that Blu-ray is only a few dollars more than new-release DVDs. Feel free to call places like Best Buy -- who charge MSRP -- "price gouging" but then it's your fault for not shopping around and saving $15.00 on a disk!

"Studios already have a moneymaker in DVD's. What's the point in investing in new technology (Bluray) if they can't charge a premium for it? Take away the premium and what really is the incentive for the studios at this time?"

Double-dipping is one way studios make money. How many versions of Princess Bride or X-Men are there? The biggest incentive is that DVD sales have slowed, and are continueing on a downward trend. And HDTV owners can see the difference between HD and DVD in the real world... after all, it's about 6x the number of pixels! So they will WANT Blu-ray, and in fact they already do. Blu-ray hold around 10% of the market of DVD on any given week, and this is VERY early in its lifespan.

So what incentive is there? Consumers want Blu-ray, and are foregoing DVD for it. Therefore if studios want to sell their movies, they need to make Blu-rays.

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.... While they last, of course!]]>Sep 18th 2008 9:37AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/16/netflix-cfo-doesnt-anticipate-blu-ray-to-greatly-impact-sales/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/16/netflix-cfo-doesnt-anticipate-blu-ray-to-greatly-impact-sales/Sep 29th 2008 2:54PM