gavind5uk said:
Well I cant speak for other countries, but in the UK when the DVD started showing up in stores they were around 50% more expensive than what we were used to when the latest VHS came out. Then as the popularity grew the price of VHS dropped to values like £3-4 on average, while the DVD counterparts were anything between £15-20 for many years, i even remember buying just one of the special edition versions of lord of the rings TT for something like £35.
Bluerays average around £15 and you usually can pick up 3 for 2 so you can scrape a tenner each if there is enough out there than you want. So with average DVD prices dropping now as VHS did, and the prices of BD being the same as DVD was way back when, i struggle to see how the BD will fail yet the DVD succeeded when the pricing and scenario were so similar.
The way i see it going is over time BD players becoming cheap enough that people will buy it instead of purchasing a DVD player, for the top releases (in the UK at least) the price between DVD & BH is only a couple of quid so getting the BD version is a no brainer, and eventually it will be a natural process of evolution.
Its probably the most mentioned new technology i hear about from technophobes so i think it is starting to get some traction in the non geek world.
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Where are you getting your Blu Rays?
15 GBP is amazing
All new releases here in central London are double the price of the DVD release. 10 GBP DVD, 22 GBP Blu Ray
Are you being fair in your comparison ?
They have offers for DVD's too you know.
