Ayepecks Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/03/12/blu...ition_dwindles/ Booo... I was hoping they'd go down soon :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathachew Veteran Posted March 13, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 13, 2008 Surprised? I'm not. I wonder if people still think this is the "better for the consumer" format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share Posted March 13, 2008 Well I figured it'd be an extremely gradual decline or that they'd stay the same... not go UP! I've said I thought we wouldn't see cheap players until the end of the year, but now I think it'll be at least a year off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abecedarian paradoxious Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Welcome to capitalism- supply and demand in action. Now I wonder why people aren't accusing Sony of 'monopolistic' behaviour? edit- I get it: you want one standard when you're not losing and want court-mandated competition when you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted March 13, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 13, 2008 Welcome to capitalism- supply and demand in action. No this is called monopolizing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kak Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 What I find even funnier is that you're looking to TomsHardware for non-bias information. They are not tracking an individual retailer, they are tracking the average. Since there is a declared winner, I would imagine that more and more online stores are carrying Blu-Ray hardware now, most selling around MSRP [since they just started selling]. They don't provide specific examples of the price changes because they know its BS. Whats even sweeter is at the end of the article, they declare old Blu players obsolete [1.0 still plays the movies last time I checked, just not PiP tracks or online features] and even go as far to tell consumers to pick up obsolete HD-DVD players. LOL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathachew Veteran Posted March 13, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 13, 2008 Technically, not having the PiP tracks and online features make it lacking in technology, and while not necessarily obsolete, definitely inferior, just like video cards a year ago compared to the ones today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazog Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Sony Fanboys to the defense in 3,2,1 How else are they going to make the money back lost during the "War" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyLarry Veteran Posted March 13, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 13, 2008 Well this may be true, but much to my amazement I just saw Amazon is actually having a pretty decent sales on some Blu Ray titles. Both old and fairly new. Around 120 titles in all, just make sure to click the categories at the Top of each page to see them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted March 13, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 13, 2008 Sony Fanboys to the defense in 3,2,1How else are they going to make the money back lost during the "War" By buying the rights of Cell production and then closing the plants? Kamikazi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s0nic69 Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 BRING BACK HD-DVD!!! AHHHHHHHHHH!! :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unto Darkness Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Sony Fanboys to the defense in 3,2,1How else are they going to make the money back lost during the "War" Face it, I don't think much effort was put in for the victory in the "War". Not as much as people think anyway. Damn you Toshiba! Get your act together now or they will be a reincarnation of Microsoft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantpotato Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 How can you be calling this a Sony monopoly? Are Samsung, Panasonic, Sharp and LG owned by Sony? In related news: The numbers are in. Toshiba lost close to $1 billion on HD DVD. http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyN...T28076020080313 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonze Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 No this is called monopolizing. Sony does not own Blu-Ray, the format was developed by a few different companies including Sony; Sony just happens to be the format's most dedicated supporter. Since other companies are developing Blu-Ray players and competing with Sony to sell them, there is clearly no monopoly. The HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray war forced companies to drop prices to increase adoption rates, but now that the war is over, the prices will be determined by the normal supply/demand and competition between companies selling the actual Blu-Ray players. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc_Association Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDQuiksilver Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 How can you be calling this a Sony monopoly? Are Samsung, Panasonic, Sharp and LG owned by Sony? In related news: The numbers are in. Toshiba lost close to $1 billion on HD DVD. http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyN...T28076020080313 Holy moly. That's who needs to earn some cash back after the "war." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kak Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Holy moly. That's who needs to earn some cash back after the "war." No joke. That is a load of money to lose. Its almost funny considering they could have easily won this war if they had advertised their product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted March 13, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 13, 2008 Sony does not own Blu-Ray, the format was developed by a few different companies including Sony; Sony just happens to be the format's most dedicated supporter. Since other companies are developing Blu-Ray players and competing with Sony to sell them, there is clearly no monopoly. The HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray war forced companies to drop prices to increase adoption rates, but now that the war is over, the prices will be determined by the normal supply/demand and competition between companies selling the actual Blu-Ray players.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc_Association I'm not talking about Sony. I'm talking about BD monopolizing the HD market. Don't be too sensitive about this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean B. Veteran Posted March 13, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 13, 2008 I don't know what the hype is about blu-ray and HD DVD's, I simply buy a regular DVD and watch it on a 24" LCD. Looks great. 8-). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P!P Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I don't know what the hype is about blu-ray and HD DVD's, I simply buy a regular DVD and watch it on a 24" LCD. Looks great. 8-). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted March 13, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 13, 2008 I don't know what the hype is about blu-ray and HD DVD's, I simply buy a regular DVD and watch it on a 24" LCD. Looks great. 8-). You have yet to experience HD. Try watching 1080p trailers from Apple.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imis Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I don't know what the hype is about blu-ray and HD DVD's, I simply buy a regular DVD and watch it on a 24" LCD. Looks great. 8-). +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kak Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I'm not talking about Sony. I'm talking about BD monopolizing the HD market. Don't be too sensitive about this issue. Well we're tired of DVD monopolizing the optical media market for so long! /sarcasm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToastedJellyBowl Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 You have yet to experience HD. Try watching 1080p trailers from Apple.com. True HD doesn't even exist yet. Only in 2172 when they finally come out with a real video input will true HD exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadean Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 ...and this is why I didn't want Sony to win the format war! :angry: I called this months back and now I can say "I told you so". So typical of Sony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeAzn Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 ...and this is why I didn't want Sony to win the format war! :angry: I called this months back and now I can say "I told you so". So typical of Sony. Durrr....Sony doesn't own Bluray. But, hey, please continue to hate. Don't let "facts" get in the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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