In an article from the TG Daily, trendwatcher Mark Raby concludes that Blu-ray prices continue to climb. Blu-ray players' prices continue to climb as demand has increased and competition has decreased in the high-definition video market. Only Samsung's BD-P1400 and LG's combo player have settled down and are moving back to a better pricepoint.
Other players' prices are higher than they've been all year and many think it won't take long before they set themselves out of the mainstream target market. This could be a tough year for the Blu-ray Disc Association since growing competition from movie download services and growing prices aren't in favour of Sony's format. In January the prices of most Blu-ray players were lower than they are now, but after HD DVD's withdrawal from the battle ground many prices started growing.
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The chart above (from: TG Daily) shows that many Blu-ray players have reached a higher price point after HD DVD's loss. A simple conclusion is that those that bought a BD player during the format war made the best deal. Some said that prices of Blu-ray related products will go down after the format war, but the opposite happened. LG's combo Bluray/HD DVD player went against this trend and reached a $585 price point, nearly the same as Panasonic's Blu-ray specific player.
