$199 Not the Magic Blu-ray Price After All [Blu-Ray]
$199 Not the Magic Blu-ray Price After All [Blu-Ray] (flag)
gizmodo.com — The general consensus, among experts, analysts and other blowhards has long been that when Blu-ray players legitimately hit $199, the format would finally go mainstream. Well, $200 Blu-ray players are all over the place for Christmas, even Sony's BDP-S350, with its unshakeable $299 MSRP . But ...
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Study: even at $199, consumers still don't care about Blu-Ray
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... DVD and Blu-ray to be significant enough to be worth the cost. You know, despite having a 50 inch HDTV, I don't really have much interest in Blu-Ray either. Physical media has become positively antediluvian in my mind. I really do think streaming television is going to be the dark horse that wins the race: it won't really be high-def for years to come, but it'll be high-def enough for most. Could it be a Blue Christmas for Blu-Ray [PC World via Gizmodo]

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