Any inside info or educated guesses on how much the first stand alone players will be priced at? I'm wondering if I'm going to need to wait awhile to purchase one because they'll price these like the Sony BDP-S1 at $1k a piece. I'm not buying in for a grand. I'd pay max $350 but therein lies the problem- in order to get the price point lower for these players, they must produce and sell on a massive scale. With UHD tvs representing a very small percent of HD tvs in the home and an even a smaller percentage of UHD owners wanting to buy UHD Blu-Ray players, I'm guessing I'll be able to buy a
PS4 and Xbox One together for cheaper. What's your thoughts on United States prices ( U.S. dollars) for the first stand alone players?
Lastly, my thoughts ( if the UHD alliance was smart) would be to get them into an updated or any future Xbox One/PS4 consoles. They should make a deal to put the tech in at cost so adoption can spread and make money off the software ( movies) and not the hardware ( the players) until profit margins increase, while production margins decrease. Blu-Ray took hold, largely in part, IMO due to PS3 and its $400-600 price vs the $1K price of standalone players. I know I personally returned my BDPS-1 in exchange for both a PS3 and Xbox 360 for the same total price.
