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Re: Blu-ray player sales
There is no reason why Panasonic or Samsung would sale a player for less than it costs to build. (Sony can, because they hold a vested interest in getting the format cranking - thus the underpriced PS3)
The price will come down when the components come down. This takes time for the Manufacturing to start mass production.
This is not new info.
I guess I will bring it up again. DVDs took many years to come down in price. To expect a BD player to magically come down in price instantly is either naive, or you have an axe to grind against BD.
Believe me, the player manufacturers want the price to come down as well. They make their money in volume. They know that the current pricing is not realistic for the mainstream. They will drop the prices as soon as they can.
Besides, these new generation players are expected to also be top of the line audio decoders. Something DVD doesn't have to do. Since the early adopters are constantly moaning about how they want every player to be able to decode 100 different formats and be able to send the signal out any possible connector. This adds greatly to the cost to design and build these things. Audio and video decoder chips are not cheap. And since the players all need multiples of each to try and keep up, this adds a lot to the cost.
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