Why do blu-ray players cost so much?
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You are standing where others have stood before: at the sidelines of a mighty technological battle that will define how an entire generation watches TV. Blu-Ray and HD-DVD are infant consumer technologies fighting to occupy the same niche. Like the storied VHS and Betamax battles of the early 1980's, they represent a substantial leap forward. Consumers in general are waiting to see who comes out on top. Until then, the pool of potential buyers is small and is shared with HD-DVD, which means that Blu-Ray makers need to keep prices somewhat high to guarantee enough profit to continue making them. Once a winner is chosen, the prices will start to drop very rapidly. Which one will win? Don't ask the techno experts. They claimed that Betamax would beat VHS based on Beta's superior audio and visual format. The consumers chose VHS because you could put more on a cassette (6 hours of VHS vs. 2 hours of Beta).
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We will now be up against the same quandry as vhs vs beta - more money to be spent by the consumer just to get technology! The prices of the players will drop as they items become used more - look at wide screen and plasma tv prices or digital camera prices. Big differences between starting prices and current prices.
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Because they're the new thing.
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