Market Frustration

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Originally Posted by michaelstr

Blu-ray vendors! HEAR US! This is a LAND GRAB situation! You cannot just sit there and convince 99% of the market that you have a better mouse trap and that they should pay so much more for it.

I bought an HD-DVD player last week, and I'm still mad about it.

First, the land grab is not entirely accurate. Toshiba is widely believed to have been selling their players at a loss in an attempt to increase market share (it has not been working by the way). All this has done is eliminated competition from entering and producing HD-DVD players the real force behind driving down prices. Blu-ray player prices drop because there are other companies entering the market and producing them.

Second, Convincing the market that you have a better product is exactly what they have to do, why because people will pay more for a better product. If this was not true then we would not have premium brands and products like Mercedes-Benz, Apple iPod, etc, everyone would just buy toyota and a rio player. Not only do they charge more for image but they offer things that the competition does not. Granted blu-ray is not charging for image but it is also the difference in technology. Since when is any new technology cheap to produce at first?

Third, you stated that the HD DVD player was $100 less yet you spent about $300 on it. This makes no sense, "$100 is too much money but I will spend $300 on this junk player". Also if you already own a player why are you getting another one? If it is because you have another HD TV then you obviously have a lot of money to spend. In which case why is $100 too much?

Lastly, If you are "mad about it" then you are experiencing something known as "buyer's remorse" a regret of making a bad purchasing decision, paying too much for something that you do not value highly at all. The choice is simple return the HD DVD player you will feel better. And all the posters are right there is the free offer and usually the stores do offer extra incentives.