"...not exactly mass market pricing..." - Who buys DVDs retail anymore unless they are on sale?

Folks either rent, buy loss leaders during sales events (Frys, Best Buy, Circuit City, etc.), or ignore brick & mortar sources altogether and buy on-line from Deep Discount, Amazon, DVD Planet or one of the multitude of other on-line discount sources that offer heavy discounts with no tax withheld and free shipping.

No one should ever have to pay $30 retail for a DVD: standard definition, HD or Blu-ray. Heck, I just ordered several HD titles for under $18 each (The Thing for $17.56, 2001 for $17.22 and Forbidden Planet for $15.46) during the Deep Discount sale; tomorrow I think Tremors in HD is released, and I may pick that one up on sale as well.

>>> "It's possible we've seen the last of the $99 players; even the $199 pricepoint may be unsustainable." <<<

Well, I wouldn't jump to that conclusion too quickly, Oscar. During the HD Player 'judgment day' sale apparently the demand was so heavy for the new HD players that some Best Buy stores started filling the $99 orders with the new $299 HD-A3 to satisfy customers demands.

Obviously there has to be some flexibility in the market for that to occur and it suggests quite a bit of mark-up on those players. Based on this, I would have to say that the low price point certainly appears sustainable and it wouldn't surprise me to see $89 or even $79 players at some locations during the holidays. Note: I doubt that SONY can match HD-DVD player prices judging from the current MSRP of Blu-ray players, but who knows.)!

AuPh

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Topic - The latest in the on-going saga of red verses blue: - Audiophilander 14:58:06 11/12/07 (13)

Don't Believe It Matters Much But - Robertc88 10:58:50 11/15/07 (1)

Price cuts + new Ratchet & Clank game ;-) - 4season 11:19:24 11/15/07 (0)

RE: The latest in the on-going saga of red verses blue: - Quadzilla 05:33:31 11/13/07 (2)

If they have HDTVs and if they hook it up via HDMI - oscar 08:00:04 11/13/07 (1)

RE: If they have HDTVs and if they hook it up via HDMI - Quadzilla 08:25:28 11/13/07 (0)

It remains to be seen if they can keep this up (90,000 A2s??). - oscar 20:30:32 11/12/07 (6)

Its quite possible they can to some extent - Jack G 04:57:45 11/13/07 (4)

$185 was the rumored price Wal-mart paid for the HD-A2 - oscar 08:05:45 11/13/07 (3)

Got an A2 at Walmart - JMCIII 14:40:55 11/14/07 (1)

That meager selection of HD DVDs didn't interest me. - oscar 15:47:05 11/14/07 (0)

RE: - Jack G 08:44:53 11/13/07 (0)

"...not exactly mass market pricing..." - Who buys DVDs retail anymore unless they are on sale? - Audiophilander 23:13:26 11/12/07 (0)

1/2 million is LIFETIME sales - 4season 15:45:34 11/12/07 (0)

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"...not exactly mass market pricing..." - Who buys DVDs retail anymore unless they are on sale? - Audiophilander 23:13:26 11/12/07 (0)

"...not exactly mass market pricing..." - Who buys DVDs retail anymore unless they are on sale?

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