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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
daaper @ Dec 10th 2008 1:44PM
THJ @ Dec 10th 2008 10:57AM
"@ daaper
It should be on par or cheaper than DVD, or it will be another betamax.
It was easy to sell DVDs over VHS (no rewind, much better PQ, extra features), but the difference between upscaled DVD and BD is far less compelling."
Yeah I get that and it's all well and good, but that misses the point of my argument. I wasn't arguing that they shouldn't be cheaper, but that they can't be the same price as DVD and still be considered a meaningful investment for any studio/CE company. If anything, DVDs need to be cheaper. We're still seeing new release DVDs with MSRPs of $35. Don't you think it's about time they come down? Once those come down, then BR can follow to the price that DVDs are right now.
The problem is that people are still buying DVDs at those prices and I believe that's what is artificially holding up the prices of BR.