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Vetteman94 on 03 December 2009
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jlauro said:
Vetteman94 said:
jlauro said:
Vetteman94 said:
jlauro said:
Even if I had a blu ray player (which I may get a PS3 eventually), and a large screen high def TV, I would still probably buy movies on DVD over a blu ray if the price difference is over 10%. For this fact alone, I don't see Blu Ray taking over anytime soon until they start charging the same price.


You want them to charge the same price for a far superior product?   You must also think Mercedes and BMW are way overpriced and thier prices should fall in line with Kia and Hyundai, despite being superior products.

 

Nah, I said I would pay 10% more, just not double...

I don't care if they charge more.  I just will not buy it if they do (and so they will not get market share)...  Same reason I am not likely to buy a Mercedes or BMW any time soon.  Hmm, actually I think you proved my point.  A quick check on google for cars in Nov 09...

Hyundai:  20,136

BMW: 12,240

 

What year do you think the superior quality of BMW will outsell Hyundai?

I doubt you are going to keep the martketshare of Blu-ray down all by yourself. Plus if you were a really smart consumer you would see that you could already get them for about 10% above the DVD price and sometimes even cheaper.   Its called Amazon.com,   you should check it out.   Last 10 new release Blu-rays I bought for less the $19.99 each, which is the going price for new release DVDs in B&M stores.

And no I didnt prove your point,  it just went over your head.

 

Over my head... No.  I see room for both products in the market place.  I don't see the higher quality over taking and replacing the market share of the lower cost product unless the prices are closer.  You are trying to say the BMW is going to drive Hyundai out of the market.  I don't think so.

Checking Amazon...  Easy enough, found blu ray movie for $19.99...  Found the same movie on DVD for $15.99.  I guess my point is over your head.  That is still 25% more for Blu Ray.  Better than double, but still more than 10%.  Some people are willing to pay double extra, some 25%, some 10%, some 0%.

 

 

You see room for both products in the marketplace but the Movie Studios do not, they will force one of them out. Remember Laserdisc?  DVD wasnt stopped overtaking VHS because of its higher price now was it,  DVDs when released were as much as $50 a movie,   didnt get into the $20 until about 5 years after, but that didnt stop it from overtaking the lower quality marketshare leader.    I only used the BMW reference on a pure quality stance, hence why the point went over your head.  If BMW was trying to become the standard while keeping a higher level of quality while passing up the sales of Hyundai, they could do it.  But thats not what they are doing.

As for your Amazon check which movie did you check?   Just curious since here is an example of one of the most successful titles of the year.

Blu-ray Version:
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Three-Disc-Digital-Blu-ray/dp/B001AVCFK6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1259892686&sr=8-3

DVD Version:
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Two-Disc-Digital-Copy/dp/B001AVCFJM/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1259892686&sr=8-4

Would you look at that,  its cheaper on Blu-ray.