The general consensus, among experts, analysts and other blowhards has long been that when Blu-ray players legitimately hit $199, the format would finally go mainstream. Well, $US200 Blu-ray players are all over the place for Christmas, even Sony’s BDP-S350, with its unshakeable $US299 MSRP. But according to ABI Research, only 8 percent of holiday buyers were even considering upgrading to Blu-ray even though about half of American homes have gone HD and it’s totally uncontested by HD DVD this year. What about you guys? [PC World]
Catharz
December 1, 2008 at 9:57 AM
I already have a blu-ray player in my PS3.
But I only own half a dozen movies (and nearly 5x that many games).
I won’t be buying more movies until the price drops to ~$20 and I don’t think the rest of the public will either. $30-$50 for a movie that takes no more effort to create than a DVD which will retail for $20 and only costs ~$1 more for the blank?
Report PermalinkTony
December 1, 2008 at 12:26 PM
I have a PS3 but won’t be going Blu-ray other than games unless the Blu-ray business model changes drastically. Pretty much what envisioned I could do with HD went up in flames when Blu-ray won the format war. Overpriced (not just to consumers but developers cop it in the neck too), fragile, confused, slow and loaded with toxic DRM. These are not good selling points.
Report PermalinkAfter all these years of Hollywood claiming widespread piracy is inflating prices, it would follow that with the heavy DRM, Blu-ray should be far cheaper than DVD. Low piracy, inconvenience AND inflated prices; perhaps something is rotten in the state of Denmark? If Blu-ray collapses under the weight of it’s own greed, I won’t mourn it.