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[BigB88]

HD-DVD player now has a price.

http://www.dvdtown.com/news/hd-dvd-player-srp-199/4707

[cpgator]

Originally Posted by BigB88

HD-DVD player now has a price.

http://www.dvdtown.com/news/hd-dvd-player-srp-199/4707

Do BR players cost more to make than HD players, and if so, why?

[Razzy]

BDA......time to make your move.

[stockstar1138]

so who is going to buy that when the A2 is at 199? Yeah, i doubt we will be seeing a lot of cheap chinese players hitting the market as there is absolutely no profit for these things or reason to buy them. $199 is too steep for an off brand one, not going to sell hd dvd.

[CptGreedle]

I sure hope the BDA announces something this week to retaliate against this.

Blu-ray players have more competition cause they have so many companies building them, and only Toshiba and Venture are making HD-DVD (both low-quality producers).
So why haven't the BD players dropped to the same price yet?

I afraid it's all about to hit the fan!

[erowe83]

I kinda doubht $199 being low enough for an off brand player. This will not change anything.

[Blu As Hell]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

so who is going to buy that when the A2 is at 199? Yeah, i doubt we will be seeing a lot of cheap chinese players hitting the market as there is absolutely no profit for these things or reason to buy them. $199 is too steep for an off brand one, not going to sell hd dvd.

Exactly! It makes no since to sell an off brand player for the same price you can get a name brand and possibly better player. I think the HD DVD promotional group has officially soldified themselves as the dumbest organization in America.

[BigB88]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

so who is going to buy that when the A2 is at 199? Yeah, i doubt we will be seeing a lot of cheap chinese players hitting the market as there is absolutely no profit for these things or reason to buy them. $199 is too steep for an off brand one, not going to sell hd dvd.

Reading the entire release, since this will be a wally world special, $150 seemed to be a real possibility, the MSRP is $199, but what they are saying here is $150. In my view, I would not buy a piece of equipment that was built to display High Quality product on a low priced cheap player. I would probably be more concerned about if the player would ruin my disks!

[spam.curitiba]

lol they can't even spell wal-mart right.....LOL....that is some funny shit

[Mr.Neutral]

Originally Posted by Blu As Hell

Exactly! It makes no since to sell an off brand player for the same price you can get a name brand and possibly better player. I think the HD DVD promotional group has officially soldified themselves as the dumbest organization in America.

We don't really know if the Toshiba player will be $199 though. It could end up being available for that, but it sounds like this player might be available for $150. $50 is still $50.

[stockstar1138]

now that i read the article it says wal-mart could be selling them for 150. im just saying, who buys 150 dollar pieces of off brand equipment from wally world???? i mean seriously a venteruer hd dvd player to go with your ilo hdtv??? its going to make blu-ray look like something really superior, especially if they got a sony tv and a bdp-s300 going right next to it.

[spam.curitiba]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

now that i read the article it says wal-mart could be selling them for 150. im just saying, who buys 150 dollar pieces of off brand equipment from wally world???? i mean seriously a venteruer hd dvd player to go with your ilo hdtv??? its going to make blu-ray look like something really superior, especially if they got a sony tv and a bdp-s300 going right next to it.

like I said the people buying electronics from wal-mart probably don't even have a damn HDTV.......and most tech savy people wouldn't even touch this thing with their damn hands.

[stockstar1138]

heres what i want to know. wal-mart is not going to sell these at a loss. so lets say bare min. they make 20 bucks a player off them. that means venteruer is selling these for $130 a piece to wal-mart. how do they expect to turn anytype of profit??? i mean startup costs had to be millions and basically they are going to need to sell hundreds of thousands of these things just to break even.

[Mr.Neutral]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

now that i read the article it says wal-mart could be selling them for 150. im just saying, who buys 150 dollar pieces of off brand equipment from wally world???? i mean seriously a venteruer hd dvd player to go with your ilo hdtv??? its going to make blu-ray look like something really superior, especially if they got a sony tv and a bdp-s300 going right next to it.

So what do you think people buy at wally world? $400 Sony blu-ray players?

I think for any format to sell anything successfully at wal-mart, it needs to be under $200. While I wouldn't buy this player, I think it has a chance.

Seriously - How many people here would look to walmart of a good TV either?

[stockstar1138]

Originally Posted by spam.curitiba

like I said the people buying electronics from wal-mart probably don't even have a damn HDTV.......and most tech savy people wouldn't even touch this thing with their damn hands.

it a lose/lose for HD DVD. desperation at its core. nice

[BigB88]

Originally Posted by cpgator

Do BR players cost more to make than HD players, and if so, why?

Yes, but not by much, it is because the technology in Blu Ray is simply more advanced then that of HD-DVD, hence the components are a bit more expensive, but again, not by much. I would say the price difference between a good HD-DVD player and a good Blu Ray player with ALL THE SAME capabilities would be no more then $25.00 - $50.00 per unit. Remembering of course that they both don't have the same capability because the Blu Ray player has more expandibility and growth potential. Whatever else, size does matter.

[Blu As Hell]

Originally Posted by Mr.Neutral

We don't really know if the Toshiba player will be $199 though. It could end up being available for that, but it sounds like this player might be available for $150. $50 is still $50.

I understand what you are saying but these players are for your Wal-Mart shopper. Even at $150 they will sit there because your average Wal-Mart shopper will more than likely think this is an expensive DVD player and decide to get that 30 dollar DVD player sitting next to it.

[ruvic2007]

This is a 1080i player only but still a pretty good price.

Originally Posted by BigB88

HD-DVD player now has a price.

http://www.dvdtown.com/news/hd-dvd-player-srp-199/4707

[Mr.Neutral]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

it a lose/lose for HD DVD. desperation at its core. nice

I really have to disagree. I think if the same player was announced except it was for blu-ray, everyone here would be on board and praising it.

It would make perfect sense to sell this at Wal-Mart since it would fit right in with all ther other unknown brands they sell in electronics.

[marzetta7]

I saw this announcement in other forums and all I can ask is how much of the public currently owns a "Venturer (Who?) player? Not many according to my knowledge, which pretty much asserts my point that even with $150 players on HD DVD, that isn't enough to beat the BRANDS like Sony, Panasonic, Philips, Sharp, Pioneer, etc. Brands are what consumers usally gravitate to because of trust, dependability, and quality. Otherwise, we'd all have Venturer dvd players and cheaper SanDisk (Who?), Xtactix (Who?) mp3 players to listen to our music rather than our more expensive iPods.

I'm just sayin, yeah the price point is nice, but until the major brands get to this price point, you still won't see mass adoption by the consumer. In fact, I actually think they'll balk at it given the manufacturer.