[quote name='mykevermin']Imagine flipping a $100 A3 for $150 off the price of a PS3.[/quote]And it's $150 euros, which according to google, is $220 USD. That would be sweet.
[quote name='dmaul114']
Sony wants BR to become THE dominant movie format. Not just be a niche item 99% of people don't give a shit about like Laserdisc was.
To do that, they have to convince people to stop buying DVDs of new releases and to buy a BR player and buy them on BR. And if catalog titles are too sell well, they have to convince them to rebuy titles they own in DVD in many cases.
So yes, they are in competition as they're both fighting for marketshare in the home video market.[/quote]
[quote name='cuco33']Exactly, the sole reason for HDM, both BD and HD DVD was to be the successor for DVD. Studios want people to double or triple dip. Think about the same scenario when VHS was around and people rebought the movie on DVD. The studio sold you the same film twice. Only here it's DVD to HDM.[/quote]
I suppose a better way to put it is DVD is not as much competition as HD-DVD. Sony and the others of course want people to jump into this, but with HD-DVD out of the picture they don't need to lower the price to get consumers to notice them, and in fact most people consider a pricier product to be a superior one. I don't forsee BD dropping to DVD prices at all in the near future. Hardware will fall in price, and that gets it in the home, and then consumers don't need to decide between DVD or BD. They will invariably want BD for their new HDTV and BD player, and will pay the $25 asking price. Of course, this is ALL speculation. I'm still young so I don't really know what DVD prices were like when it first hit the scene, but I'm guessing it stayed $5-$10 more expensive than VHS until about 2002. (Does anyone have any sales data links? I can't seem to find any besides this one of
player sales. Would be neat to compare and contrast this format with the previous).