And its amazing how some people use words like "preconceptions" in insulting other people, thinking it makes them sound smart...without posting a single fact.

That chart shows prices for whole 2008. The price was lowest in mid january... this destroys your logic of "post-christmas" sales. No retailer would lower the price in mid january as boxing week sale is far  over by then.

Dont blame Sony for this.
It's the movie studios that decided on the winner.

I don't know the difference between HDDVD and BluRay, but movies on HDDVD are awesom - like Beowulf.

Movie studios should make their movies available for both formats at least for another 2 years. Too bad they didn't

Did you guys even look at the graph?



Wow, those are some high prices! *rolls eyes*

The Sony S300 is $403, up a whole dollar from it's price at the beginning of February! :o

Also, the prices throughout early January were sale prices, in an attempt to get rid of excess inventory after Christmas. Obviously the prices would go up after the sales were over. Sometimes by as much as a whole dollar!

 Obviously you did NOT look at the graph.  The prices were lowest between January 1st and January 10th.  :P

Correct, but I did look at the graph.

I took in to account that those were for boxing week. After that for most players the price climbed up a bit and stabilized. Then after the HD surrender it started trickling up... It is supply and demand as someone stated before. However the rise of demand is directly proportional to lack of competition and lack of an equaly advanced product...which HD DVD was. 

People really shouldn't rip on sony here but I have a feeling that if HDDVD lasted another year we would have a fire sale for both lines of products

Some of you fail at saying "it was christmas". That's when prices rise normaly. When there is a boost in demand, you raise the price, when the demand dwindles, that's when you lower the price and the cycle repeats. Fact of the matter? BR llayer prices have gone up overall by 100$ since the end of 2007. During the time when usually you sell out your remaining inventory for lower prices.

no, i saw the graphs, but theyre using Pricegrabber as a reference....so they have inflated prices from certain distributors. Look at Best Buy or Circuit City......the prices are at MSRP, i fail to see how prices remaining at the same MSRP as they have always been is indication of BD rising costs.

BD or the BDA cannot control distributors on prcegrabber from setting their own prices, again, some people just see what they wanna see. The MSRP and prices of these players havent changed, when citing pricegrabber as a source to try to confuse or spread lies about the BDA or these CE's actually raising the MSRP's is asinine.

 hahahaha wtf, no it isnt, are you crazy? And for th elove of god, PLEASe please please please do some research, the MSRP's havent moved a bit on these products, the cite is using pricegrabber as a reference, its not the ocmpanies raising prices its individual retailers, and many at that that are niche online only...

To somehow try to pass off that these CEM's have actually INCREASED the price of these products is laughable and people suggesting such things should be embarassed and if they want to discuss such things take the bias out before they open their mouths.