Best Buy cuts select Blu-ray movie titles to $19.99

[b00st]

Posted Mar 27th 2008 12:58PM by Brian White
Filed under: Products and services, Amazon.com (AMZN), Best Buy (BBY)

Not only is Best Buy, Inc. (NYSE: BBY) moving swiftly to kick out the dead HD DVD format from its store shelves, but now the largest consumer electronics retailer in the U.S. is starting to aggressively price the victor format of the next-generation DVD -- Blu-ray.

Although there is now just one next-generation DVD format available, consumers still haven't ponied up tons of cash to buy Blu-ray hardware players and accompanying $29,99 Blu-ray movie titles. Why? Standard DVD is good enough for most of us.

That is, until the prices come down on the players and the movies themselves. Blu-ray players are still pricey at $399 and up in most cases, but Best Buy is taking the sting out of some movie prices by cutting many popular titles to $19.99 each. Psychologically, that gets Blu-ray pricing on some level of parity with normal $14.99 and $16.99 DVD prices. Even some new releases on standard DVD start at $19.99 as well.

And not only that, online competitor Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) started offering more than 100 Blu-ray titles this week at up to 47% off. Is this the start of aggressive Blu-ray movie pricing meant to finally spur sales of the new DVD format? Now that the competing HD DVD format is out of the way, the path becomes much easier for retailers. Perhaps aggressive movie titles will actually cause the more expensive hardware to move faster off shelves.

article link here http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/0...tles-to-19-99/

would be awesome if...what seems like the most expensive place to buy blu-ray movies cuts its blu-ray prices to 19.99

[nycomet]

Sweet.

[DaleDark]

but.....but....I thought w/o HDDVD to compete w/, the price of BDs would never come down *points and laughs at red fanboys*

[The ill Jedi]

Originally Posted by DaleDark

but.....but....I thought w/o HDDVD to compete w/, the price of BDs would never come down *points and laughs at red fanboys*

LOL!! Good News!!

[SpaceDog]

Can't wait to learn which ones.

[Beast]

Would be nice if they had included a list of titles as well.

[Rabidhunter]

This is great news for all of us. Trends like this will continue, they must. Other stores will have to do the same thing in order to compete. Compitition is good for the consumer.

[GregBlu5]

Originally Posted by Beast

Would be nice if they had included a list of titles as well.

Perhaps they will be reflected on their Web site.

Yep:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....&type=category

[Thertel88]

when will this start?

[Secretagentnumber6]

I just hope the BR player prices come down a bit before Christmas, I want to get my Dad and my father in law a player and I really hope to spend less than 400 a piece.

[Beast]

Originally Posted by GregBlu5

Perhaps they will be reflected on their Web site.

It is... and it's just 9 titles.

Pearl Harbor
Happy Feet
POTC: Curse of the Black Pearl
POTC: Dead Man's Chest
Apocalypto
TMNT
Cars
Gone Baby Gone
Justice League: New Frontier

http://www.bestbuy.com/olspage.jsp?i...&type=category

[Thertel88]

Originally Posted by Beast

It is... and it's just 9 titles.

Pearl Harbor
Happy Feet
POTC: Curse of the Black Pearl
POTC: Dead Man's Chest
Apocalypto
TMNT
Cars
Gone Baby Gone
Justice League: New Frontier

http://www.bestbuy.com/olspage.jsp?i...&type=category

Haha, those are this weeks sale items

[Thertel88]

Originally Posted by Secretagentnumber6

I just hope the BR player prices come down a bit before Christmas, I want to get my Dad and my father in law a player and I really hope to spend less than 400 a piece.

They will be 250-300 when xmas comes around. You will probably see 200 on Black Friday

[Thertel88]

"For a limited time, you can save $10 on the titles below, including the animated penguin party Happy Feet and turtle-rific battle TMNT. Grab 'em for only $19.99 each!"

Those movies might come down during the price cuts, but they are on sale for a limited time

[Mr. Cinema]

That article states they've already done this, but I sure haven't seen any BD titles for $19.99. Yes, some have been on SALE for that price, but I've yet to see a price cut to that level.

[Beast]

Originally Posted by Thertel88

"For a limited time, you can save $10 on the titles below, including the animated penguin party Happy Feet and turtle-rific battle TMNT. Grab 'em for only $19.99 each!"

Those movies might come down during the price cuts, but they are on sale for a limited time

For all we know, that's what the article is hyping. I hope not... but we'll see.

[owa]

Good news. Thanks for the info and link.

[Nerdkiller likes BD]

Originally Posted by DaleDark

but.....but....I thought w/o HDDVD to compete w/, the price of BDs would never come down *points and laughs at red fanboys*

"B b but we got cheaper, better spec players". No matter what we say, the dead red camp just won't learn (except that guy from Hi Def Digest, whoever his name is).

[Mr. Cinema]

Originally Posted by Beast

For all we know, that's what the article is hyping. I hope not... but we'll see.

It does say "many" titles. If their idea of many is 9-10 movies, I'll be utterly disappointed.

[Thertel88]

I want beerfest.