News Corp (Fox) president: player SCARCITY holding back Blu-ray adoption

[Kris Deering]

Originally Posted by cajun1975

Maybe if disk prices came down to what DVD's retail for or just sightly higher more people would consider going Blu.

DVD demanded a premium price during its initial run too, so that is no surprise.

But again, for a lot of people the difference in quality doesn't justify the price. With most catalog DVD's costing $10 or less it is hard to justify spending 2-3x's the price for what may or may not be much of an upgrade depending on the playback system.

DVD brought better picture, better sound, an optical disc format, and better availability since VHS was tied to a rental market. Again, it is a completely different playing field this time around. You also have to remember that DVD has been on the market for over a decade now, and it took a LONG time to get to the price point we're seeing from it. I personally think Blu-ray pricing is on the cheap side considering the quality. People are just spoiled by where DVD is now and expect this to be the same right out the gate.