Blu-ray player sales up 600% in the UK!

[zombieflanders]

Those cagey folk who refused to hedge their bets in Hi-Def Match showdown sure didn't waste much time once Toshiba closed the door on HD-DVD, this week.

Play's Stuart Rowe informs us that on VHD (Victory in Hi-Def) Day this Tuesday, the company sold more Blu-ray players than in the previous week combined.

"There was a seven fold increase in Blu-ray player sales, on that day alone." said the Chief Operating Officer.

"People have been waiting a long time to move into the Hi-Def era and now they have the confidence that this is going to be the format.

"Our cheapest player (The Samsung BD-P1400/XEU) is now £199 and you'd expect the prices to come down further as Sony try and build the brand. It's all great news for the consumer."

Play was among the first to react to Toshiba's white flag on Tuesday by knocking £40 off their cheapest HD-DVD player, making it just £79.99 - the first of what Stuart is predicting will be a slew of bargain basement offers.

"There's going to be a lot of great deals out there in the coming weeks. HD-DVD player prices will fall in line with DVD players with people now buying them more as great DVD players with the capacity for upscaling."

Don't expect to be finding too many HD-DVD flicks on the clearance stock shelves just yet however...

"There are no real plans for us to slash prices on the disks," says Stuart. "A lot of people have the players and collectors will keep buying them for the time being."

http://www.t3.com/news/blu-ray-playe...en-fold?=35296

And now the "Blu-ray player prices aren't dropping" lie is proven false!

[EL_BOMBASTICO]

Hot Damn! IT BEGINS!

[Htown-D]

I should have bought my Panny bd30 this weekend! I'm sure it'll be cheaper.....oh wait, Bestbuy has the price guarantee

BTW, excellent player the panny. I'm loving the lossless audio.

[Gr00v3r]

ONe clear choice does help increase consumer confidence.

[whoelse]

V-Day FTW!

[tiberius]

Originally Posted by zombieflanders

Don't expect to be finding too many HD-DVD flicks on the clearance stock shelves just yet however...

"There are no real plans for us to slash prices on the disks," says Stuart. "A lot of people have the players and collectors will keep buying them for the time being."

This is in line with my personal belief that there won't be massive sales of HD DVD movies. Many people have said that they are excited to be able to buy cheap HD DVD movies at various firesales. But it doesn't make sense to slash prices on the movies. HD DVD discs are a different product (obviously) than HD DVD players. It makes sense to slash prices on the hardware to get as much as you can for them because someone who buys an HD DVD player will also very likely buy a Blu-ray player, so no future sales are lost. But someone who buys an HD DVD movie is very unlikely to buy that same movie on Blu-ray. So why sell an HD DVD movie at $10 and deny yourself a future Blu-ray sale at $30? It doesn't make sense. That's why I believe very cheap prices for HD DVD movies are very unlikely.

[mikemorel]

Originally Posted by zombieflanders

http://www.t3.com/news/blu-ray-playe...en-fold?=35296

And now the "Blu-ray player prices aren't dropping" lie is proven false!

So instead of selling 5 players they sold 35?

[Jason One]

Originally Posted by mikemorel

So instead of selling 5 players they sold 35?

More than your dead format.

Way to pointlessly bump a five-day-old thread, by the way.