Samsung: No Market for HD DVD Player

[Thundercrash07]

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

Seems the market is better in Europe. There are no ultra-cheap HD DVD players there or planned, are there?

Gary

Depends on what you consider cheap. lol

http://www.amazon.de/Toshiba-HD-DVD-...8509286&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-HD-E...8509923&sr=8-1


And I don't know about this one, it is categorized as HD DVD player, but according to the specs it can play DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, Super Audio CD, DivX®, XviD, Audio CD, HDCD and Kodak Picture CD only. No sign of "HD-DVD"

http://www.amazon.de/DVD-Player-DVD-...8509286&sr=8-8

[mattym]

that hd dvd/hd-dvd confusion thing again isnt it...

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by Thundercrash07

Depends on what you consider cheap. lol

http://www.amazon.de/Toshiba-HD-DVD-...8509286&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-HD-E...8509923&sr=8-1

Well, I guess really depends on what a European considers cheap.

The A2/E1:

(Amazon.com) US$254
(Amazon.de) EUR 349,00 = US$475
(Amazon.uk) £199.00 = $400

And while not available at Amazon.ca, the A2 at BestBuy.ca:

CA$349.00 = US$330

Gary

[NutsAboutPS3]

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

Well, I guess really depends on what a European considers cheap.

The A2/E1:
(Amazon.uk) £199.00 = $400

Only £179 on play.com. Given that stuff usually costs us the same in £ as the US price in $, this corresponds to a $179 price point in the US, and will be seen as pretty cheap by a lot of potential UK purchasers.

I do think that player price will be a significant factor in many people's buying decisions, the BDA can't afford to ignore this aspect.