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SLedford · 11-05-2005, 10:15 AM

doggie, a $25 "cost" to the retailer (whether Best Buy or Netflix) will probably result in a $40 - $50 cost to the consumer. That high a cost is probably enough to doom the format, whether BR or HD.

How comfortable are you with the $25 cost number? Did you read this somewhere or are you speculating? $25 is about what I expected the initial retail price to be for HD / BR DVD's.

One of the things that has really helped DVDs take off is that you can get new releases for around $15 or so (jumps to $20 after the first week) at Best Buy. One can sort of justify buying if you think you will watch the movie more than once. At a cost of $40 - $50 a disk, renting becomes the best option. That kills the ownership cash cow that the movie industry is currently enjoying.

Hopefully they are not that shortsighted or stupid and will keep disk prices close to what the public is used to.

11-05-2005, 10:15 AM	#15
SLedford HD Fan Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Little Rock, Arkansas Posts: 1,023	$25 cost? doggie, a $25 "cost" to the retailer (whether Best Buy or Netflix) will probably result in a $40 - $50 cost to the consumer. That high a cost is probably enough to doom the format, whether BR or HD. How comfortable are you with the $25 cost number? Did you read this somewhere or are you speculating? $25 is about what I expected the initial retail price to be for HD / BR DVD's. One of the things that has really helped DVDs take off is that you can get new releases for around $15 or so (jumps to $20 after the first week) at Best Buy. One can sort of justify buying if you think you will watch the movie more than once. At a cost of $40 - $50 a disk, renting becomes the best option. That kills the ownership cash cow that the movie industry is currently enjoying. Hopefully they are not that shortsighted or stupid and will keep disk prices close to what the public is used to.