Buffalo gives it’s HD DVD drive a 43% price cut

Monday, Jul. 2 2007 | Author: Griffith

In the battle for the high definition compact disks, we witness many moves and tactics from each side, but this latest announcement made me curious. Buffalo’s HD DVD players (not the burners) have just received a very significant price cut, making them cost about $170.

Did the materials made for these players suddenly become much more affordable, or are they simply trying to get rid of the extra stock they have to roll out new models?

I don’t know how the situation is in America, but here in Portugal, I can safely say that Blu-Ray titles outnumber HD DVD ones by far. What do you think reader? Will HD DVD manage to live on, or is it slowly, but surely, being overtaken by Blu-Ray?

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One Response for "Buffalo gives it’s HD DVD drive a 43% price cut"

pointless

July 3rd, 2007 at 6:41 pm
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HD DVD players are far cheaper and getting more so every day.

The number of titles available or announced on HD DVD world-wide is higher than for Blu-Ray and there are more studios/distributors for HD DVD than for Blu-Ray (not necessarily all “major” ones though).

I would think the fact that HD DVD has no region codes would be an advantage for European movie collectors. I’m happily buying titles from Europe that are Blu-Ray exclusives in the US. They don’t cost much more if at all than what may be found in domestically brick and mortar stores like Best Buy (who don’t discount much).

I only buy HD DVD because of these reasons and the fact that the title choices for the format are the ones I prefer.