Confirmed: US$ 100 price cut for Sony Blu-ray player

Posted Jun 4, 2007 at 1:23AM EST by QJ Staff

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It was only yesterday that we reported about Sony's rumored decision to do a hefty US$ 100 price cut on its Blu-ray players. Now, the rumors have been confirmed: Sony's BDP-S300 is now only US$ 499, just about half the price when it was launched six months ago. Growing demand for next generation technology and falling production costs led to the price cut, Sony said.

This also means that Sony's Blu-rays can now be more competitive with the HD-DVD player format; Toshiba currently sells its HD-DVD players for only less that US$ 300.

Sony and Toshiba have pit themselves against each other in the war between Blu-ray and HD-DVD, and analysts say that the competition is causing confusion for the consumers, that it may be best to wait it out and see which of the two formats comes out as the winner.

Consumers aren't the only ones divided between the Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD conflict - the electronics and entertainment industry feel the heat as well, with Samsung, Dell, and Apple supporting Blu-ray; NEC, Sanyo, and other companies backing up the HD-DVD format. Meanwhile, Disney as well as 20th Century Fox preferred to stay with Sony, while Universal opted for HD-DVD.

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# FIRST — Guest 2007-06-04 04:17

FIRST!!! im a total Loser with nothing better to do than say FIRST like a Jackass!

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# yay — Guest 2007-06-04 04:27

and soon comes the PS3 price cut :)

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# I hope so — Guest 2007-06-04 11:45

I really hope so, and also soon the games go down...

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# Blu-ray vs HD-DVD — Guest 2007-06-04 16:08

Blu-ray disc will probably come out as the winning format seeing how it's selling more than HD-DVD and has a greater selection of movies and other things.

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# Will this mean a price cut for PS3 soon? — ld_ruiz69 2007-06-04 17:50

If Blu-ray is getting cheaper, that means PS3 is getting cheaper too, right?

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# um — Guest 2007-06-04 22:22

we would like to think so, but give it time.

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# WOW — Guest 2007-06-05 05:05

This is definitly a tight battle, didnt know this was really a war thing but I guess it is. I would put my money on the BlueRay but I guess time will tell.

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# yeah — Guest 2007-06-05 07:51

maybe they will now, i hope so

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# we all know that blu ray will win. — Guest 2007-06-05 08:31

we all know that blu ray will win.

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