Sony to release cheaper Blu-ray player by summer.
Sony Corp has recently announced that it is set to make available a cheaper Blu-ray player early this summer. The BDP-S300 is set to cost around US$ 599, and will have the same capabilities as the more expensive US$ 999 BDP-S1.
Senior VP of the home products division of Sony Electronics, Randy Waynick has said to reporters: “Eighty percent of people who buy a PS3 also buy Blu-ray movies to go with it. …The consumers have determined that that’s the format they’re choosing to go with.” He goes on to cite retail data from the Nielsen VideoScan that showed Blu-ray discs outselling HD DVDs by three to one.
Stan Glasgow, president of Sony Electronics, told reporters that by Christmas, prices for Blu-ray players should be down below $500. He further predicts that Blu-ray players will soon follow the steps of DVD players in becoming a commodity product. He says: “Over time, I think it will be just like DVD .”
Amusing that Sony has previously complained that DVD players became a commodity product too soon, and that turning a profit in a market dominated by US$ 50 units was hard.
Via Yahoo News
Sony Corp has recently announced that it is set to make available a cheaper Blu-ray player early this summer. The BDP-S300 is set to cost around US$ 599, and will have the same capabilities as the more expensive US$ 999 BDP-S1.
Senior VP of the home products division of Sony Electronics, Randy Waynick has said to reporters: “Eighty percent of people who buy a PS3 also buy Blu-ray movies to go with it. …The consumers have determined that that’s the format they’re choosing to go with.” He goes on to cite retail data from the Nielsen VideoScan that showed Blu-ray discs outselling HD DVDs by three to one.
Stan Glasgow, president of Sony Electronics, told reporters that by Christmas, prices for Blu-ray players should be down below $500. He further predicts that Blu-ray players will soon follow the steps of DVD players in becoming a commodity product. He says: “Over time, I think it will be just like DVD .”
Amusing that Sony has previously complained that DVD players became a commodity product too soon, and that turning a profit in a market dominated by US$ 50 units was hard.
Via Yahoo News
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