| FishyJoe said: But why are blu-ray players still so damn expensive? If Sony can cut the price so much on the drives, why can't other manufacturers? |
It is the economy thats killing all sales. Even HDTV sales is down.
PS3 prices are low because they are sold for little/no profit, with the aim of making up for it with game sales.
The same isn't true for standalone players, as the companies that make the players and movies are completely seperate.
I'm really not bothered about blu ray, the only movies i really enjoy are made on a budget of $10 so blu ray is of little advantage
About US market right.
Lets see some Euro and Asian info.
Once Blu-ray won, they learned that they didn't need as much TV ad and marketing because they have no HD players to compete with.
Did anyone forget that we are in a fairly bad recession? Blu-Ray Players are one of the last things people are going to buy when they are having to worry about paying their bills and mortgage. I mean Blu-Ray is still underperforming, but we are in Q1 of the year (usually not the best sales quarter) and we are in a pretty bad situation economically.
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It has been argued that one of the main drivers for people to buy HDTVs over the past several years has been that flat panel displays have become affordable not people's desire to view HD content; one of the key points that has been used to demonstrate this is that most households that have HDTVs do not pay for HD cable, or own the necessary cable box to view HD content.
Until viewing HDTV becomes standard (probably several years away) Blu-Ray will probably be seen a lot like Laser Disc was by most people; basically, as a product that has no real meaning in their current life. As long as people continue to watch standard definition cable on their HDTV (which will look worse than watching it on a SDTV if you own a LCD or Plasma TV), DVD (and upconverted DVD) will look very good to these people.
It's not because "DVD is good enough", its the prices and most know that cheaper and Profile 2.0 players are releasing in about a month, so they are waiting.
| Username2324 said: It's not because "DVD is good enough", its the prices and most know that cheaper and Profile 2.0 players are releasing in about a month, so they are waiting. |
It is because "DVD is good enough," that and the fact that most have been spending the last 10 years getting theirdvd libraries built and a format change feels like a slap in the face. The only people I knwo who are excited about Blu_ray are Sony fans and Technophiles. And they can keep it.
super_etecoon said:
It is because "DVD is good enough," that and the fact that most have been spending the last 10 years getting theirdvd libraries built and a format change feels like a slap in the face. The only people I knwo who are excited about Blu_ray are Sony fans and Technophiles. And they can keep it. |
If Blu-Ry movies and players where in the same price range with DVD movies and players then do you think the consumer would still choose DVD ?
If you do then you sir are indeed the fanboy , most of the blu-ray supporters have constantly said price is the main obstacle it's not the consumer not wanting Blu-Ray technology.
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