Dan_Ohio
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If we look at the consumers choice when they decide to upgrade or not it is more than just the player costs. They look at the cost to buy content. Using Amazon as the price here is what a consumer would pay this holiday (assuming 199 for an HD-DVD player and 299 for a Blu-ray player)
HD-DVD = Movies (300,Mission Impossible 3,Hot Fuzz,Shaun of the dead,blades of glory) plus player = 332.75
Blu-ray = Movies (300,Mission Impossible 3,Superman 3,Pirates of Caribean at Worlds End,Casino Royal) = 426.75
DVD = (300,Mission Impossible 3,Superman 3,Pirates of Caribbean at Worlds End,Casino Royal) + 35.99 player = 121.94
The content needs to be cheaper for the format to be adopted. I find it interesting that Paramount uses the claim that HD-DVD is cheaper to produce but the cost of Blades of Glory on amazon is 27.95 and the DVD is 15.99. What people fail to talk about is what was the price of DVDs when players were under 200. I don't remember paying $27.99 at that time. I do remember paying that price when payers cost more.
We can talk about better picture, but DVD is pretty good (not the best) on an HD-TV. So people may buy the player, but they are likely still buying or just renting the DVD. For me I have already cut down on buying content. I could justify buying the movie, that I was on the boarder, if it was 15.99 or cheaper. At 19.99 I would rent and wait until I could buy a pre-viewed disc. Now I only buy previewed DVDs or Blu-ray movies I really want.
I wonder how many pre-viewed discs have cut into DVD sales.
What are your buying habits? Do you rent more with the cost of HD content?
I am interested knowing what others are doing. Thanks
HD-DVD = Movies (300,Mission Impossible 3,Hot Fuzz,Shaun of the dead,blades of glory) plus player = 332.75
Blu-ray = Movies (300,Mission Impossible 3,Superman 3,Pirates of Caribean at Worlds End,Casino Royal) = 426.75
DVD = (300,Mission Impossible 3,Superman 3,Pirates of Caribbean at Worlds End,Casino Royal) + 35.99 player = 121.94
The content needs to be cheaper for the format to be adopted. I find it interesting that Paramount uses the claim that HD-DVD is cheaper to produce but the cost of Blades of Glory on amazon is 27.95 and the DVD is 15.99. What people fail to talk about is what was the price of DVDs when players were under 200. I don't remember paying $27.99 at that time. I do remember paying that price when payers cost more.
We can talk about better picture, but DVD is pretty good (not the best) on an HD-TV. So people may buy the player, but they are likely still buying or just renting the DVD. For me I have already cut down on buying content. I could justify buying the movie, that I was on the boarder, if it was 15.99 or cheaper. At 19.99 I would rent and wait until I could buy a pre-viewed disc. Now I only buy previewed DVDs or Blu-ray movies I really want.
I wonder how many pre-viewed discs have cut into DVD sales.
What are your buying habits? Do you rent more with the cost of HD content?
I am interested knowing what others are doing. Thanks