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"Allan" < t> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 13:52:18 -0700, "Alpha" <> wrote:
>
>>> And I'm ALREADY sick of double-dipping and so i'm not much of a mind to
>>> be TRIPLE/QUADRUPLE dipped. Price point of the new discs are a key
>>> point, also. <$20 to make me buy.
>>
>>Current projections are ca. $40 for HD DVD and perhaps $50 for Blu Ray
>>when
>>first introduced, retail. That is likely to fall as the production plants
>>ramp up.
>
> $40?
>
> Alpha making up facts again...

No. Many retail prices are far higher than $15. Get your mind in gear. I
went from percentage.

Alpha wrote:
> "Allan" < t> wrote in message
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> > On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 13:52:18 -0700, "Alpha" <> wrote:
> >
> >>> And I'm ALREADY sick of double-dipping and so i'm not much of a mind to
> >>> be TRIPLE/QUADRUPLE dipped. Price point of the new discs are a key
> >>> point, also. <$20 to make me buy.
> >>
> >>Current projections are ca. $40 for HD DVD and perhaps $50 for Blu Ray
> >>when
> >>first introduced, retail. That is likely to fall as the production plants
> >>ramp up.
> >
> > $40?
> >
> > Alpha making up facts again...
>
> No. Many retail prices are far higher than $15. Get your mind in gear. I
> went from percentage.

i think it would surprsie MOST people what DVDs have an msrp of $29.99,
b/c no one would pay anywhere near that (unless they shop at Suncoast).
$20 normally. $9.99 or $14.99 for catalog titles. $16 on sale during
the first week.

Hell, XFILES Season Boxsets are now available new for $45.

-goro-

"Goro" <> wrote in message
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> Alpha wrote:
>> "Allan" < t> wrote in
>> message
>> news:...
>> > On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 13:52:18 -0700, "Alpha" <> wrote:
>> >
>> >>> And I'm ALREADY sick of double-dipping and so i'm not much of a mind
>> >>> to
>> >>> be TRIPLE/QUADRUPLE dipped. Price point of the new discs are a key
>> >>> point, also. <$20 to make me buy.
>> >>
>> >>Current projections are ca. $40 for HD DVD and perhaps $50 for Blu Ray
>> >>when
>> >>first introduced, retail. That is likely to fall as the production
>> >>plants
>> >>ramp up.
>> >
>> > $40?
>> >
>> > Alpha making up facts again...
>>
>> No. Many retail prices are far higher than $15. Get your mind in gear.
>> I
>> went from percentage.
>
> i think it would surprsie MOST people what DVDs have an msrp of $29.99,
> b/c no one would pay anywhere near that (unless they shop at Suncoast).
> $20 normally. $9.99 or $14.99 for catalog titles. $16 on sale during
> the first week.
>
> Hell, XFILES Season Boxsets are now available new for $45.
>
> -goro-
>

My point is that this price point will take many years. When I first bought
CDs, they were $25 and people stood in line to buy them. Same with
DVDs...$35-40 initially. Do not expect $10 HD DVD until the year 2008.

2008 end of year if we're lucky. My guess really is 2010 for the same price
range.

Alpha wrote:
*snip*
> My point is that this price point will take many years. When I first bought
> CDs, they were $25 and people stood in line to buy them. Same with
> DVDs...$35-40 initially. Do not expect $10 HD DVD until the year 2008.

This doesn't seem right to me. IIRC, when DVDs were coming out, I
could buy a LD for $32 and DVDs were cheaper than LDs, which was why I
migrated over.

-goro-

In article <>, Allan
< t> wrote:

> On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 13:52:18 -0700, "Alpha" <> wrote:
>
> >> And I'm ALREADY sick of double-dipping and so i'm not much of a mind to
> >> be TRIPLE/QUADRUPLE dipped. Price point of the new discs are a key
> >> point, also. <$20 to make me buy.
> >
> >Current projections are ca. $40 for HD DVD and perhaps $50 for Blu Ray when
> >first introduced, retail. That is likely to fall as the production plants
> >ramp up.
>
> $40?
>
> Alpha making up facts again...
>
That may be, but you noticed his price was in Canadian $ I hope.

--
Chris Mack "Refugee, total ****. That's how I've always seen us.
'Invid Fan' Not a help, you'll admit, to agreement between us."
-'Deal/No Deal', CHESS

"Goro" <> wrote in message
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> Alpha wrote:
> *snip*
>> My point is that this price point will take many years. When I first
>> bought
>> CDs, they were $25 and people stood in line to buy them. Same with
>> DVDs...$35-40 initially. Do not expect $10 HD DVD until the year 2008.
>
> This doesn't seem right to me. IIRC, when DVDs were coming out, I
> could buy a LD for $32 and DVDs were cheaper than LDs, which was why I
> migrated over.
>
> -goro-
>

I have an extensive collection of LDs, and they hovered at $29 for the
cheapest (retail). Fox never got below $50 and most remained $70.

"Alpha" <> wrote in message
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> "Goro" <> wrote in message
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>>
>> Alpha wrote:
>> *snip*
>>> My point is that this price point will take many years. When I first
>>> bought
>>> CDs, they were $25 and people stood in line to buy them. Same with
>>> DVDs...$35-40 initially. Do not expect $10 HD DVD until the year 2008.
>>
>> This doesn't seem right to me. IIRC, when DVDs were coming out, I
>> could buy a LD for $32 and DVDs were cheaper than LDs, which was why I
>> migrated over.
>>
>> -goro-
>>
>
> I have an extensive collection of LDs, and they hovered at $29 for the
> cheapest (retail). Fox never got below $50 and most remained $70.
>
>
>

I'd also state that those were in ca. 1988 US dollars.

On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 16:43:01 -0700, "Alpha" <> wrote:


>
>No. Many retail prices are far higher than $15. Get your mind in gear. I
>went from percentage.

Once again... pulling numbers from your head...

"Peter Chernin, president of News Corp. (Research) and its Fox
Entertainment unit, estimated recently that high-definition DVDs will
sell for about $20 to $25 apiece, compared to around $15 for today's
DVDs."

Please show us somewhere stating that Blu-Ray will be $50 a pop!!??






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On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 16:07:10 -0700, Tarkus <> wrote:

>On 8/2/2005 1:52:18 PM, Alpha wrote:
>
>> Current projections are ca. $40 for HD DVD and perhaps $50 for Blu Ray
>> when first introduced, retail. That is likely to fall as the
>> production plants ramp up.
>
>Whose projections?

Grin.. his.

>It's already been announced that they'll be
>substantially lower than that.

Exactly:

"Peter Chernin, president of News Corp. (Research) and its Fox
Entertainment unit, estimated recently that high-definition DVDs will
sell for about $20 to $25 apiece, compared to around $15 for today's
DVDs."







"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_