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11-02-07 | 05:14 PM

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Feel free to adjust my numbers, but the price to buy in for 1080p is $399 for Blu-Ray, $199 for HD-DVD.

So $600 for a player, up to ~$30 for new releases, $18+ for catalog titles. Say you catch a couple of good deals and don't care about 1080p -> $99 for HD-DVD and maybe ?~$299 for Blu-Ray for $400 on players.

What does everyone think a universal player and software would cost now? I might agree that it wouldn't necessarily beat the above combined prices NOW. In a couple years if HD discs don't surpass SD-DVD, I think 1 format would have been a cheaper way to go. It still would have had to compete against SD. That competition hasn't gotten very far yet with the current HD format war.

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11-02-07 | 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Qui Gon Jim

Absolutely. Great post.

Deals like this are so beautiful, it brings out the best in us.

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11-02-07 | 05:17 PM

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Are you kidding me? I just bought 4 hd dvds for 14.99 from Walmart today and I took part in the BD BOGO a couple of weeks ago. Plus both camps would be crazy not to have more HDM sales before the year is done as well.

I'm looking at things more as a casual customer who doesn't track weekly sales. Those are mostly catalog titles that are at least that cheap on SD-DVD ($15 or less).

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