Jay said:
I feel like some people want something for nothing and won't be happy until Blu-ray players become $99 commoditized Chinese junk and bargain bins are littered with $5 titles.

DVD is still alive and well, so why complain about Blu-ray costing more when it offers more? Isn't that kind of the point?

First, you're probably right about the Chinese players, but so what? My last DVD player was a cheap $40 cyberhome, but I didn't need anything more. That didn't mean there weren't other, better players on the market that cost more. So what if someone wants a cheap Chinese player?

Second, the only additional thing Blu-ray gives the average movie watcher is higher resolution, which they apparently aren't noticing anyway. So the point, from their perspective, is why should I pay more for it when my DVDs look great on this upscaling DVD player? Get Blu-ray players down to the price of upscaling DVD players (about $100 I think) and many more people will pick them up since 1) they'll look better than their upscaling players and 2) they'll cost the same amount.

Personally, I would never make such a comparison. I wouldn't even mind spending $150-$200 on a Blu-ray player. Unfortunately, I haven't found a decent one yet at that price point. All the ones I've seen reviews for say they either have slow startup times or they just plain suck. It's the more expensive ones that don't have a problem starting up in less than 30 seconds (anything that starts up slower than that is not acceptable).

I'd love to adopt Blu-ray, but for now, I've decided to stick with DVD. If player prices come falling down in time for the holiday season, maybe I'll pick one up.