How much does the PLAYER cost?

Prices on BD media have dropped considerably over the last year.

I regularly see major release BD movies going for under $20 (at brick and mortar retail outlets) and new releases are typically under $25.

I don't know if everyone complaining about the price just blotted it from memory or if they were all late DVD adopters, but new DVDs used to cost about $30 a pop when the format was new as well. It wasn't until years later that the standard retail price on new movies was $20.

You can pick one up at around $150-200.

@Dhummel
I live in Australia.. explains everything lol. We get over charged on everything. Games here are $90-$105 depending on where you shop.

Some will continue to complain about the price until they are the same as DVDs while conveniently ignoring the fact that DVDs were priced exactly the same over the same time frame following the debut of the format.

With Amazon, once the price goes under $25 (or $24.95, or whatever the cut off is) you lose the Super Saver free shipping option, so unless you're ordering multiple items, it can actually end up costing more, which is something I'm sure Amazon is well aware of.

That is why you buy two movies off Amazon at a time.

At Walmart, our Blu-rays are normally the same price as the special editions of all DVD movies we sell. So here is an example of the fact there is little to no difference in pricing between Blu-ray and DVD.

There is certainly a difference between being able to afford something and thinking said product or service is worth the price.  For new movies I can consider droping $20 or so on it but if I am just updating my current dvd collection to blu ray there is no way the picture difference is worth $23.  I usally buy all of my Blu Rays from Ebay as I can buy them for around $10-$15 and have yet to have a problem with any of these discs.

Being able to afford something and justifying your purchase are completely different things. 

I can easily afford blu-ray, but I cannot justifying spending money on blu-ray.

Remember guys. It's not always an issue of price. I don't have an HD tv, so no Blu-Ray price drop is going to have any effect until I get one. And that's not very high on my priority list.

Either you haven't really got to watch one, or you don't have a big TV. And that is in no way a jab at you, a lot of people don't.  All I know is it looks great on my 52" TV.  Way better than even the higher end DVD's upscaled, not that they look like crap.  Plus you can find a lot of Blu-ray movies brand new at Wal-mart for like 10 bucks.  Granted they are the movies that are a few years old. 

Really DVD didn't catch on till the PS2 came out.  Which is why I think it was smart of Sony to debut Blu-ray and the PS3 about the same time.  That's what has lead to the faster adoption rate over DVD.  I just hope to God they don't start up with this Special Edition and Normal Edition discs crap, like DVD does.  That would just be pointless with 50 GB's of storage space.