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Originally Posted by cawgijoe
The only reason HD DUD is doing anything right now is due to the cheap-ass US consumer.
We all want something for nothing.....the garage sale find....the best deal......what's keeping HD DUD floating is the initial attractive cheap HW price. Blu-Ray players will get down to the $200 range in time, but less artificially then HD DUD.
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I think we are seeing that price point is more important then we originally thought versus content. I give 2 reasons!!
1. The recent orders to Forworld for blu units for Europe (Presumably cheaper units)
2. The amount of people (including on this forum) who went purple because of the $99 firesale. If our own people are buying these units, why wouldn't uneducated avg joe's NOT buy them?????
Toshiba is just proving the point that the price is as important as content. Nobody really care's about 1080i vs p, its cost.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't betamax the technically superior format? ANd wasn't it also owned by SOny???
I don't think we are in trouble because of this because we currently have a GOOD lead, however I do believe this forces our hand at hitting the $199 price point.