[gymbeau]

Some fodder for HD discussion.

[brownsfan]

I guess it’s good, if there’s a movie you want to buy and watch.

I don’t buy movies, and barely rent them. Not because I don’t like movies, I just don’t like the crap they try to pass for movies now.

[pnh102]

The first Blu-Ray movie that my wife and I watched was “Lost Boys 2 - The Tribe.” While we probably should have picked a better title, I have to say I wasn't terribly impressed with the picture quality. It was better than a standard DVD, but I wouldn't say it is so much better that it justifies the premium you pay for a Blu-Ray player (mine is a PS3 I got at a huge discount) or the premium you pay for the movies.

[Stevenc131]

Toshiba tried this with HD-DVDs. The combo HD-DVD/standard DVDs were priced higher than regular HD-DVDs, and never were a success. Basically, the folks who wanted regular DVDs weren’t going to pay twice as much for a combo DVD, and the folks who already had a HD-DVD player naturally bought the regular HD-DVD at the lower price, leaving the combo DVD/HD-DVD stranded in no man’s land.

Sony needs to push Blu-Ray prices lower, both for the players and the discs.

[bgill]

No thanks, I’d rather pay the electric bill.

[AustinBill]

If they really want folks to convert to Blu-Ray the solution is simple: Price Blu-Ray disks 10-20% below their DVD cousins. The market will do the rest.

The "manufacturing costs" of these disks is approximately zero and consumers know it.

Of course, producing stuff worth buying wouldn't hurt either. :)

[listenhillary]

You mean they are going to pay me $800 when they give me a blu-ray player?

That is the only win-win scenario I can imagine. Then I'll watch up converted standard DVD's on it.