Despite the significant drops in HD DVD player pricing, particularly with competition between the major retail chains, not to mention Wal-Mart's $98 HD DVD player, Blu-ray players will unlikely fall below $399 this holiday season according to the Sony Electronics President Stan Glasgow in this TV Predictions report. So far, Amazon.com, Circuit City and Wal-Mart have all revealed late last month that they will sell the HD-A2 HD DVD player for $198 during non-promotional periods (under half the current lowest price Blu-ray player), while Wal-Mart is starting its $98 pre "Black Friday" sale special on this player.
According to Glasgow, Blu-ray still has the advantage of having more titles to choose from than HD DVD making Blu-ray a more attractive choice, with more titles to reach the market this season and in the beginning of 2008. He also mentioned about Blu-ray outperforming HD DVD.
Thanks to Bobverens for letting us know about this news and making the following comment: Despite recent downward price trends for HD-DVD players and Walmart's Pre-Black Friday $98 HD-DVD player sale, a spokesman for Sony claims that it will hold the line on entry-level Blu-ray Disc player prices at the $399 level. With entry-level HD-DVD player prices now starting at $200 or less, which format would you be more inclined to buy this holiday season?
