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Originally Posted by hatt
I continue to be amazed at the logic used here.  Consumers are on a quest to replace their DVD players with better and more expensive DVD players, and at the same time are making a effort to avoid a BD player.  The majority of people who decide their current DVD playback solution isn't good enough are going to buy a BD player. If anything, bringing out new products that are suppose to "improve" DVD will draw even more attention to BD than it would of had before such a campaign. Once BD players of any make start hitting the <$200, the wind for mid priced DVD players won't be strong enough for the sails to even be raised. |
I do agree with this and when that happens, those mid priced upscalers will have to lower prices to sell. I think this is WHY many feel the XDE player will drop in price in a month or so.
I am sure some still buy the Denon 5910 SD DVD player for $3500.00, but I don't know WHY.
I see a lot of people posting that they bought their first HDTV and are looking for a new SD DVD player because, they state in their request for help, that BD is still too expensive for them, or the media is too expensive to buy in yet. I think THIS is the market for the mid-priced upscalers right now, which would include the XDE player.