Originally Posted by Chris Gerhard

It is a business and the prices are great in my opinion, there has to be profits associated with the sale of Blu-ray discs or the studios will just stick with DVD. Sony will not undercut important partners like Fox, Disney, Warner, and the rest and will only follow with lower software prices once those companies lead. Warner has started with even lower catalog prices but for the most part the others haven't followed yet and after they do, Sony will do the same. Competition and miniscule profits for hardware is one thing, if everybody but Sony and Funai drops out, they can make enough players to saturate the market. If Sony drives software prices down and the major studios say screw it, not enough profits to justify involvement, there is nothing Sony can do to force all of those films to be released on Blu-ray, they don't have any method to get the rights or encourage the studios to do anything.

You sure spend a lot of time whining about prices, just understand this is a business and if you can't afford to play, don't worry about it and you shouldn't have to bother with the non-stop drivel about it. I am delighted with hardware and software prices and quality of both and appreciative these companies have delivered such great quality and value and if others like yourself aren't interested until hardware and software both is sold at little or no profit, that is of course your right. Blu-ray is a great value compared to other discretionary entertainment expenses in my opinion and is second to known for our household.

Chris