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Originally Posted by Michael Osadciw
Blu-ray are at early adopter prices. As I see it, the reason why there seems to be so much rejection of these units because of the price is because Toshiba, at their $500 price point, skipped a generation of adopters and went right to consumer #3 (a bigger population)...since #3 found a product at their price point you tend to be more vocal against BD pricing.
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You can stop with the condescending attitude anytime, really.
Toshiba came into the game with a high-def player for $500 and therefore set the playing field. Amazon is currently selling it for $400 shipped. It has nothing to do with being "consumer #3". It's just simple economics. Do the math. The HD-A1 offers high definition video to the EARLY ADOPTER for 1/2 the price of the Samsung, with a much better slate of *quality* initial releases. In addition the player has been well supported by the company with regular firmware updates. Why would someone want to spend north of $1K for the Panasonic? Blu-ray had better wise up and step up. Quickly.
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Originally Posted by Michael Osadciw
Imagine if Toshiba had retailed the HD-A1 at $1000 too instead of subsidizing it. The tables would be a lot different right now.
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But they're not. Even if Toshiba did subsidize the player (got proof?) that wouldn't change the issues with the NR in the BDP-1000 or the poor quality of many initial BD releases. At this point in time HD-DVD is simply a better deal based on price of hardware and quality of software. There's no need to try and make things any more complicated than that.
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Originally Posted by Michael Osadciw
I'm not saying this to look arrogant, but after spending only 10 years in sales that's just how it is...that's how people are.
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But you do look arrogant when you start inferring that people who have "only" spent $500 on a HD-DVD player are somehow less intelligent or less worthy of being an early adopter than someone who's willing to spend twice that. Please.
