Blu-Ray - Is It Ready To Take Off?
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There is a lot riding on Blu-ray technology especially with the holiday season approaching. The more I read about Blu-ray and its success or failure, it is entirely up to us consumers how well the new players sell this month and next month at Christmas time. What usually is not mentioned is the cost of not only a Blu-ray player, but also other costs associated with watching Blu-ray movies.
According to the San Jose Mercury news, they cite the fact that Blu-ray players will be under $200 this holiday. But this is not the TOTAL cost of buying a Blu-Ray player. Beside the player, you also need a HDTV that supports 1080p. Most of the HDTV sets being offered for sale that are priced under $1,000, support 720p only. In addition, to get the most out of Blu-ray, a home theater system adds to the audio enhancement and user experience.
So even if one wants to go with Blu-ray, you may be spending over $1,000 this holiday season to take full advantage of the Blu-ray experience.
So will consumers flock to Blu-ray this holiday season? What do you think? Are you in the market for a Blu-ray system?
Comments welcome.
One Comment
Robert Brewster
November 25th, 2008
at 11:54pm
I don’t intend to buy any HD equipment anytime soon and that was before the economy became shaky. I have the money I just don’t have the need for another TV right now. From what I’ve seen with my own eyes (and read) the benefits of Blu-Ray are marginal with HDTV’s smaller than 50” especially if they only offer 720p resolution. My neighbor returned his Blu-Ray player because he couldn’t see enough difference from his upconvert DVD player to justify the added expense. The sale of HDTV’s has been lackluster considering that the digital change is only a few months away less than 30% of US households have HDTV and most of these are low res models. Retailers are predicting the worst retail season in 40+ years the credit crunch has stalled high dollar purchases in a big way. With HDTV market saturation so low I don’t see BD riding to the top anytime soon.