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In Reply to: Blu Ray is failing in the marketplace posted by DavidLD on October 28, 2008 at 08:33:14:
It's one thing to get people to pony up $300+ for a player, quite another to get them to start collecting expensive Blu-ray software. There are probably less than 100 movies that I would consider paying even a $10 premium for and most of them are classics that aren't even on Blu-ray yet. Even so, if I can get (for example) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest on DVD for $4.99 on DVD (actual recent in-store Best Buy sale price), would I pay $14.99 for it on Blu-ray? Possibly. But Best Buy is selling it for $29.99! No sale.
And I have a 106" screen. What do you think people with 40" sets are willing to pay as a premium over DVD? I'd say $2 or $3 at most. Unless that sort of price differential happens, Blu-ray will fail. Especially in this weak economy.
At least when HD-DVD was still competing you'd get the 2 for 1 sales. But the retailers are being awfully stubborn on Blu-ray prices and I'm not biting.
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