kber81 said:
Hmm, the question is how do you define "considerably before". Week? Month? More? I don't believe Sony would just sit and look at such movement for lets say 6 months. They would drop price as well. I don't think HD-DVD can win only because of minor difference in price. Blu-ray has two major advantage - it's bigger (1 disc movies) and has stronger support in Hollywood. Is it much cheaper to manufacture HD-DVD players? Anyone knows anything in this matter? |
The reaosn why the $300 dollar is that way is because its gimped....it has awful HDMI output accoridng to reports and doesnt display 1080p...THAT is hwy its cheaper.
The equivelant Toshiba HD DVD player to ANY BD player is $500 MSRP.....the same as sony's new player, there is no price difference anymore as far as equal standalones go, this is actually more of an important day than people realize in regards to this format war....it shows sony is not only away f the pricing advantage but they are not going to let it go on....i dont think they will compromise the wuality of BD and release a cheap player that wont output 1080p to comete with the Tosh $300 player, but as far as quality goes in comparing players, the price is even now.
