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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
Are Blu-ray and HD-DVD players really that expensive? From what I can see, it seems decently priced right now at around 500. I remember paying almost 1,000 for my first DVD player when it came out.
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Early adopters will pay, but Bob and Betty Suburbs will need a much better price point, especially when their $50 DVD player still looks really good.
The difference between a VCR and a DVD was huge. It was obvious about the difference, and how easy it was to use (just like their CD players!). But for the average person still using their regular CRT TV, the benefit of the HD source just isn't as apparent as the previous tech jump was.
Perhaps once the US drops analog signals and everyone needs set top boxes to make their older TVs work, that will convince more to upgrade to a tv set where they will realize the difference.