Cheap HD DVD players might win the format war?

[MOONPHASE]

even if the players go down in price before christmas affording the 1080p lcd plasma hdtv thats a different story because they will still be expensive plus got to buy movies and if you get the playstation 3 buy playstation 3 games to go with it so really the players going down in price is just to make customers feel good and buy it but there is so much other stuff to buy besides the player itself

[richard lichtenfelt]

They've been cheaper all along and still getting it handed to them. Blu-ray prices will end up dropping in proportion to hd-dvd prices if not closing the gap.

[joeorc]

Originally Posted by MOONPHASE

even if the players go down in price before christmas affording the 1080p lcd plasma hdtv thats a different story because they will still be expensive plus got to buy movies and if you get the playstation 3 buy playstation 3 games to go with it so really the players going down in price is just to make customers feel good and buy it but there is so much other stuff to buy besides the player itself

exactly...and i live in GROVEPORT ,OHIO well Last night i was at Walmart in Canalwinchester..they have 46" LCD 720p Funai TV's for under $600.00 but the thing that was Quite telling a 1080p 36" FOR for about $1200.00. the big thing is the prices are dropping on HD LCD TV's rather QUICKLY. the fact that you can get 720p HD LCD TV's at less than $600.00 and is a Emerson ie: "Funai" is pretty good. the consumer like J6p will be buying HDTV's but in 720p right now for the next year to 2 years. but thats what the Companies like SONY and OTHER BDA group is counting on. EVEN at 720p the quality looks great with BLU-RAY AND HD DVD. but the content is where it matters and

that is where THE BDA has the advantage...Disney...that will be in my OPINION the DEATH KNELL OF HD DVD. with the BDA spending AD $$ on Content. this race is not going to win over night . unless HD DVD backers throw in the towel. but they know without Disney HD DVD will not win.

their ONLY HOPE is to get Disney to release their films on HD DVD. and that means by FUD in the MEDIA, sweetners' what ever it takes. but if the HD DVD backers cannot get Disney they will never WIN and they know it.which is why the more this goes on the lower the COST that BLU-RAY PLAYER PRICES will get. THE POINT is if HD DVD cannot get Disney on board to support HD DVD before the BLU-RAY price is even steven with HD DVD than they cannot win. and with the recent announcement of BLU-RAY (Daewoo), Funai (trial player),
it looks like the PRICE gap is now smaller its too late HD DVD has failed to SWAY Disney to jump. the FALL SEASON is the problem for HD DVD .

Sony and Samsung have done a very smart thing they have put low cost 720p HD SETS into Target and Walmart. which also means HD movie players this fall are going to be BLU-RAY players in the majority in the brick and mortar store's between the CE companies that make BLU-RAY look at the main CE companies backing BLU-RAY and which one's put out what type of electronics into Walmart and Target. thats right BLU-RAY will have more blu-ray players into the stores. while HD DVD will try for more sales for online

thats going to be a race that will be fun to see. which will sell more HARDWARE HD DVD or Blu-ray.

[eagle21]

Movies matter the most right now. $20-30 disks must move for a format to win! This is a format war, not a players war. Some people with dvds have like 10 in their collection over 7 years! Sony is not dumb, the price will be right when it needs to be right. This war will go to the 2008 christmas. By then consumers will truly be ably to decide, with $150-250 players, and $14-20 movies. And Blu ray will have most of the top blockbusters plus the number one selling dvd of all time (28 million) Finding Nemo!. I mean Superbad (sony) has been number one for two weeks AT THE BOX OFFICE. We have another one BLU. Go blu!

[warhawk21114]

When buying something customers want a choice rather then being forced to go with one company. BD has Samsung, Sony, Panasonic, Pioneer and other companies pushing out blu players. on the other side its Toshiba, Toshiba and did I forget Toshiba, sure a cheaper player is nice, but what about movies, it ain't gonna do you much good if your movie selection is not there. That is where blu-triumphs. Nice selection of players which drives cost down as in terms of healthy compettition, plus a massive selection of movies to boot. so were doin fine

[Blu-Style]

People are always looking for cheap stuff, and are blinded for anything else...



It´s kind of ironic,

Betamax hadn´t enough "space"

and Blu-ray got more than anyone else, and it still don´t fit

[JTK]

People will walk into stores and see which movies they want, see most of them on BD, and as always...content will win format wars, not cheap POS hardware that doesn't have much content backing it up.

[YoshiB]

Yeah it's always about title selection

[stephenj]

Originally Posted by YoshiB

Yeah it's always about title selection

It's about all of these things: title selection, player cost, etc.

Player cost alone won't win the format war for HD-DVD. Anyone on the HD-DVD side who thinks so is fooling themselves.

But title selection, which BD has, won't win it alone either.

[supersix4]

I doubt it most people looking to do upgrades want quality not Sh*t products with low low prices maybe for your run of the mill college student or kids room you might buy a crap low end player but most people after spending 1,500+ on upgrading there stuff wants quality ... which is why were winning this all our blu-ray products are quality..

[GaS]

Can we start an official "hand wringing" thread and make it a sticky?

[Maxell]

It's possible. I work in electronics retail and the cheapest of products are what sell the fastest. Every sunday there's a line of people waiting outside to get the crap $400 Celeron laptop that goes on sale.

[JTK]

Originally Posted by GaS

Can we start an official "hand wringing" thread and make it a sticky?

LOL, it's starting to get that way, isn't it?

[Canada]

After reading all of the comment I almost forgot it's about movies not player

Blu Ray exclusive: Casino Royal E, Sin City (They can not wait for the sequal to release this, the war got ugly time to bring out the cannons now!) E
Die Hard Quadrilogy E, Alien Quadrilogy E, Master and Commander E Armageddon E,Crimson Tide E,Con Air E,The Incredibles E, Cars E, Lost E.
The Rock E, Dare Devil ( I liked it) E, Monsters Ball I dont know if Monsters Ball is Exclusive, Requeim for a Dream (Hopefully the Unrated version) E
Simspsons Movie (Hell Simpons seasons) E,24 Seasons E, Fargo E
All the Bonds ( Soon don't wait for 22) E, Batman Begins,Men in Black E
Men in Black II E, Das Boot E,Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon E
Good the Bad and the Ugly and the rest of the Man with no Name trilogy E
Bad Boys E,Bad Boys II E,Casablanca, High Fidelity E, The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938),The Great Escape E,Lawrence of Arabia E
Bridge on the River Kwai E,Toy Story E,Platoon E,Sprited Away E
Princess Mononoke E,Matrix Trilogy
Star Wars movies Is there anyway of making this into a Joker grin E
Air Force One E, Family Guy Seasons E, Gone with the Wind E
X- Files Seasons and Movie
Napoleon Dynamite E ( I hated this movie with a passion, to each his/her own, it will sell like crazy on Blu Ray and that is all I am looking for movies that will sell huge)
Super Bad
X Men, X Men 2 United X3 the last Stand
Minority Report ( Minority Report could wind up being the most screwed up release on HD assuming that it get released before this war ends. Get this Minority report is released through Fox (BD exclusive right, hold on it has another studio attached to it Dreamworks which is HD DVD exclusive. So is it going to get released on both formats or just Blu Ray. Even if it is claimed by Dreamworks it will get release on Blu Ray. Thank You Mr. Spielberg.

[jcdDigix]

Listen up! The sale numbers of BD (Hardware/Software) speak for themselves. HdDud can be lowered to the ground, that won't change BD momentum in anyway. Can't wait for September 18 to arrive

[becomingwater]

Not!!!!