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Old 04-30-2010, 06:43 PM   #1
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Default Price threat to Blu-ray is coming?

It seems to me that the prices of blu-ray discs are staying too high for too long and that Sony (who loves high prices) is going to get screwed again (like with beta tapes) because Netflix and Redbox HD streaming is going to undercut the price. A survey went out to Redbox customers recently (so I heard) asking what they thought of a $3.95 per month subscription fee which would include unlimited streaming. Essentially they were considering halving Netflix's price. Not only is Blockbuster going to be out of business (with their buy all the mom and pop movie rental stores - jack up the prices - and then screw people with late fees business model), but they will undercut Blu-ray if it doesn't get established as a mainstream medium. Sony has the same (high price monopolistic attitude) and they are going to pay a big price again. BTW, they are NOT too big to fail and the U.S. is not going to give a $#!+. They have made some progress on BD players, but they need to get the price point to $99 asap. The MSRP of movies at $35-40 is also way too high. It needs to replace the regular DVD price at $30 and be discounted at launch to $19.95. From that point the major of the movies need to be in the low teens. I like collecting movies but with a obsolete collection of laser discs and DVDs (and being really concerned about the BDs I have purchased recently), I think it may be time to just stream HD movie content on demand, save the environment, and just move on! I see it coming soon! Maybe placing multiple movie titles on one BD for the same price like the TV show collections or just pricing them below $10 so they can just be thrown away is the only way to save the format?

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