Originally posted by: Zion
Sure, there'll be a lack of competition between formats, but not a lack of competition between brands a models. Prices will go down because of the competition and introduction of cheap no-name players just like with DVD. Anyone remember when the Apex DVD player hit the market back in 2000? (You know, the one with the secret menu to disable macrovision and region coding.) That thing started at a then-ultra cheap price of about $169, and by Christmas, it was a door-buster selling for just $69. I bet a year from now we'll be seeing the same thing happen in the Blu-ray market.
Sure, there'll be a lack of competition between formats, but not a lack of competition between brands a models. Prices will go down because of the competition and introduction of cheap no-name players just like with DVD. Anyone remember when the Apex DVD player hit the market back in 2000? (You know, the one with the secret menu to disable macrovision and region coding.) That thing started at a then-ultra cheap price of about $169, and by Christmas, it was a door-buster selling for just $69. I bet a year from now we'll be seeing the same thing happen in the Blu-ray market.
Exactly. Thank you.
And don't forget what happened when DVD+R vs DVD-R burners were on the market. $300 for the drives. Then the combo +/- drives came out and the prices plummeted. A year after the $200 +/- drive came out, drives were less than $100 and now they can be had for $30.
Make no mistake, now that people have one format to buy, manufacturers can focus on that one format and getting the prices down. As prices drop, people will buy them more and with no other formats there won't be any uncertainty about which format to get.