Sony price cut for Blu-ray player

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steverhcp02 said:

JDWolf36 said:
Correct me if I'm wrong on this one but the Sony player just released is likely to reflect its exact MSRP of $500 while the Toshiba HD-A20 which I believe your talking about can be had for just under $400 now and probably is at the point where it could and would cut prices even further going into the holiday season for those that need a step up in their player although if you technically want to count it I believe the Xbox360 player is capable of 1080p with a firmware update. Anyways in my opinion this war will most likely become irrelavant in the end it isn't like the Betamax versus VHS war your going to have comparable priced dual format players by the end of next year and if these really catch on I would expect the companies producing on either disk to go with whichever is cheaper for them to produce on.

well ill correct you. MSRP is essentially store discretion......you can walk into my local BB and find the player in their adds, the Samsung BD player for $599 when in their adds its 700 after the rebate.  So yes, the Tosh $500 can probably be had for less...and likely so will this new Sony player.

The 360 addon can offer 1080p, however to get the best picture or to truly experience 1080p youd need the elite for the HDMI, 1080p is capable through componant or VGA but its also not taking full advantage of the picture....so essentially youd also need a $480 xbox with the addon to enjoy movies the same as with this $500 Sony BD player or the $500 tosh MSRP model. 

 

And the argument of "whichever is cheaper to produce on" is so bogus its disgusting.  Tell me anything that not only has this as teh only motive but that this is the most important motive.  Its going to come down to $$$, and companies like Sony, Disney and Fox these companies didnt wake up and just say lets support BD, they invented it and have very much riding on it, much invested in it......there is far much more incentive for these companies who will capitalize on BD's success than there are for the small amount of money they would save producing cheaper HD DVD discs, if thats even the case if and or when HD DVD catches up in software sales for these companies to have to make that decidion.

Incorrect, HDMI does not offer greater video quality over Component, just a different delivery method.