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• Response to "in the woods of no return" Post
  This is in response to the posting by Ksal005's. The comment of "HD-DVD lost and Sony was the only one left" does not make sense to me. HD-DVD lost because Sony had a better marketing strategy. How do you explain all the big retail and movie studios backing Blu-Ray? BestBuy, Netflix, Walmart just to name a few.
  
  I agree that the Blu-Ray player is overprice but take a look at history. How much was a DVD player when it was first introduced to the market, over $1000. Give it time and the Blu-Ray players will come down in price. I know I'm going to wait a while before I purchase one.
  
  You say the average family is alienated by the price from buying a Blu-Ray player, but the average family probably doesn't yet have a 1080p TV that will support Blu-Ray. I suspect an average family will first invest in a HD TV and the Blu-Ray player will follow down the road. Also Sony isn't the only company which makes Blu-Ray players; Samsung, Panasonic, Sharp are all in the market. Each one of these companies has their own right to price their player however they want.
  
  My point is I see Sony winning the HD battle as taking a huge lesson learned from their loss 20 years ago when VHS beat out Beta. In reply to: "Sony opens the floodgates"

  February 27, 2008

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