Player price drops expected in the HD DVD vs Blu-ray war
By Sean P. Aune
For those of you sitting on the sidelines in the HD DVD vs Blu-ray format war, your decision may get even tougher in 2008 with dropping prices.
Prices for entry level player high definition players have already dropped below $200 for HD DVD and $300 for Blu-ray. The question remains if they can drop even further, enticing more consumers to finally pick a side in the fight.
According to a market report issued by Understanding & Solutions, the economics of scale are finally catching up with the hardware, and we will indeed be seeing lower prices in 2008. Their current prediction is for average prices, not the entry level models, to fall to $275 for HD DVD and $475 for Blu-ray. And by 2011, if this war continues that long, players for both formats would be in the sub-$100 region.
The benefit to consumers right now is that the seeming underdog position of HD DVD is causing them to be far more aggressive, and consumer friendly. HD DVD players have already been sold for under $100 this holiday season, and they are giving away movie discs like there’s no tomorrow. Some players are coming packaged with multiple movies, and then offers to mail away for five more, and depending on the day at Amazon.com, you can catch many “buy one, get one free” sales.
As if the decision making process wasn’t already cloudy enough, it just got a bit worse.
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December 29th, 2007
just seen on qvc there selling venturer hd dvd for £169 with 2 free hd dvds and 5 free also with send off of form!so i worked out it costs about £30 for the actual unit itself and you get a free hdmi cable.
fantastic news for the consumer even if i did jump off the fence 2 months ago and paid £142 on ebay for a toshiba hd e1.
venturer is about 90 percent hde1 toshiba .
December 29th, 2007
just seen the venturer hd dvd player on QVC for £169 with 7 free hd dvds 2 in box and 5 to send off for also has a free hdmi.work that out its about £35 for the unit.
that is brill for the consumer.
only down side is i paid £142 for my toshiba hd e1 on ebay 2 months ago,still i feel that qvc are not gonna sell things they feel are losing do you?and you know what the masses on qvc are like buy buy buy.
from what i know 90 percent of the venturer is toshiba so you know its good and venturer have been biulding dvd players and incar entertainment for years.