The First sub $200 HD Player

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MontanaHatchet said:

I don't know if Blu-Ray is actually doing so well as most people think. Look at Amazon.com for example...

When will people learn?!! Amazon sux0rs for determining how the market is going! There are two metrics we can use for determining the power of Blu-ray vs HD-DVD ... players sold and discs sold.

Right now, it is difficult to tell the exact amount of Blu-ray capable devices used for Blu-ray movies because of the PS3, so we can't use that metric without a significant amount of guess work. The only other metric we have is disc sales, which are weighted in Blu-ray's favor, something to the tune of 2:1.

Yet, the combined sales of Blu-ray and HD-DVD are less than 5% of the total movie market.

On topic: I believe when these cheaper players come out, the 360 HD-DVD player will drop in price, and it should help increase the disc sales of HD-DVD.