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Originally Posted by erowe83
What people dont realize is the average consumer doesnt know what the hell 1080i or 1080p is. They see the $240 dollar HD-Dvd player next to the $500 dollar Blu-ray player and think wow they are both hd but the Hd-dvd player is half the price.
That is what happens with the average consumer. Obviously judging from the sales numbers it really doesnt matter though.
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If they don't know the difference between 1080i and 1080p, how do they even know if they have a display capable of 1080p? The trick here is that BD is price competitive if the consumer has a 1080p display, if not they are no longer price competitive because the 1080i v 1080p differential is moot. I don't think the average consumer worried about a couple of hundred bucks is going to have a 1080p display, hence they would lean towards the cheapest player possible, which at present is HD-DVD. BluRay needs to lower their prices, their player prices are clearly too high. The MSRP of a 1080p capable bluray player is about $499 or more and the PS3 MSRP is $599? How is this possible? Sony's price structure is out of whack.
