Do you think Blu-ray will slash their prices now?

[Porfie]

I know my thread on Toshiba slashing its prices along with a few other threads have got closed. I think it is very important for the blu-ray team to lower their prices or do something to counter their move otherwise HD-DVD is going to still be around, and our chances of getting Universal and Paramount may be even longer. One thing that will help our competition is their very low prices even if it is a move of desperation. If they can get enough people to buy their product like it or not they arent going anywhere.

Toshiba Calling price "the most critical determinant" in reaching mainstream consumers, Toshiba announced an immediate drop in the MSRP for its complete line of third-gen HD DVD players, pricing its 1080i entry-model HD-A3 player at $149.99, the HD-A30 at $199.99, and the high-end HD-A35 at $299.99.
Paramount and Universal and especially Toshiba don't care about confusing the market, and possibly making both HD formats obsolete, their #1 concern is money and being as ruthless as it takes to get their point across as we have all ready seen with their $150 million dollar payouts and misleading press articles on how well their discs and products have sold.