BD loses ground to DVD even with $199 BD players

[tuoyo]

Spankey said:

tuoyo said:
Problem is the difference between DVD and Blu Ray doesn't justify the difference in price between DVDs and Blu Ray. As a result I think Blu Ray will always struggle unless movie makers decide they want to kill off DVD (maybe because they have been bribed by blu-ray manufacturers) and stop releasing movies on DVD altogether, thereby forcing people to buy blu-ray.

 

But aren't there a lot of DVD manufacturers who also manufacture Blu-Ray? (Sony, TDK etc)

 

Yes but Sony (and some other companies) would make money (royalty) from Onkyo for example selling a Blu Ray player.  They would not make money from Onkyo selling a DVD player (that would be Toshiba and some other companies).  So it is in Sony's interest for DVD to get killed off just as it was in their interest for HD DVD to get killed off (which is why each PS3 had to include a blu ray player even at the expense of huge losses).