With HD DVD vanquished, Blu-Ray player prices inflate
- March 12th, 2008
- 3 Comments
Let the chiseling begin! I think we all saw this coming: now that Blu-Ray has no competition, the distributors can raise prices back to what they probably should have been in the first place. As you can see in the chart above (courtesy of/shamelessly stolen from Tom’s Hardware), every company but LG has raised the average price of their player by $75-100 from what it cost at or near the beginning of January. And even LG hasn’t kept its price near the low end of the range.
It’s safe to say that now is not the time to buy Blu-Ray. Wait for the companies to make back the money from their loss leaders, then snatch ‘em up when they put them back on sale.
Blu-Ray Player Prices Hit 2008 Highs As Competition Dwindles [Tom's Hardware]
Shelley (Who am I?)
5 months ago
It’s unfortunate that no one does in fact checking.
The Sharp Aquos blu-ray player was 370.00 the day after Warner made its announcement. It dropped to about 320.00, then back up to 370.00 and is now about 350.00. All at Amazon.
In other words, the pool of data that the Tom’s Hardware story was based on was not necessarily related to actual market conditions. Also ignoring the seasonal differences and post-Christmas markdowns.
And you all created a story where none exists.
Isn’t April Fools in another couple of weeks?
aj batac (Who am I?)
5 months ago
that is why competition is good. it prevents these things. :(
Jope (Who am I?)
5 months ago
So let me get this straight: I count 5 manufacturers in the table, and yet there is ‘no competition’?
Also, maybe a year on year comparison might be the right one, just to check, you know, if Xmas discounts have any kind of effect there…?
I realize that if you ’saw this coming’, you need to try to prove it’s true somehow, but tell you what: do the same comparison for 4-5 other consumer electronics products in the same period, then get back to us if you see anything very different… :)
Must be a slow news week…