$198 too expensive? HD-DVD player on sale for $99 at Wal-mart

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makingmusic476 said:
You completely ignored my price argument. >_<

It's as if you expect the war to be won over the next two months when HD DVD is below $200 and Blu-Ray is still $400. What about the people that buy in over the next year or two? Blu-Ray player prices will keep dropping.

 I don't think he is ignoring your price comments.... I don't think that looking forward a year from now and stating that a sub $200 BR player will be on the street will win the war...  IF Toshiba decided they wanted to win this war NOW, they would release the A-3 for a price close to $100 around the globe (plus VAT where applicable)...

I don't think your average Joe Six Pack is going to look at the two formats and decide on what the price might be a year from now.  He's going to decide right here and now.  Apparantly, $98 was enough to throw caution to the wind and jump in head first.

If the price differential remains $150-200 for another year, Toshiba may build a rather substantial stand-alone lead and stand-alones tend to buy a lot more software.

I understand what you are saying.... as the war continues, prices do keep coming down and maybe blu-ray will be $149 or less next holiday and that would certainly change the game a bit but as I said, J6P doesn't care.  He just wants it cheap and he wants it now...