With only 14 more sleeps until Christmas, the HD format war looks to be entering a new, final, and in my opinion, kind-of-desperate phase.
This week's A&B Sound flyer is chock full of HD offers. For example:
*FREE Sharp BDHP20U Blu-ray player with purchase of LC37D62U 37-inch LCD TV, only $1699!
*FREE Toshiba HD-A3 HD-DVD player with the purchase of 32HL57 32-inch LCD TV, only $1199 and NO GST!
*FREE Sony BDP-S500 Blu-ray player with the purchase of KDL40V3000 40-inch LCD TV, only $2299, and NO GST!
Prices so low they're crazy!
In all seriousness, from a retail perspective, these are astonishingly aggressive offers. In fact, were I in the market for a secondary television for a spare room, any one of those deals would make me seriously consider getting off the fence and taking a side, whether for Blu-ray or HD-DVD. For someone as hard bitten and cynical a retail hawk as me to say that speaks volumes for the appeal offers like this provide to the mass consumer.
Is the format war over? Hell no, it's just getting interesting. Who canprostitute give away enough players to reach critical mass for their installed base? Only time will tell.
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This week's A&B Sound flyer is chock full of HD offers. For example:
*FREE Sharp BDHP20U Blu-ray player with purchase of LC37D62U 37-inch LCD TV, only $1699!
*FREE Toshiba HD-A3 HD-DVD player with the purchase of 32HL57 32-inch LCD TV, only $1199 and NO GST!
*FREE Sony BDP-S500 Blu-ray player with the purchase of KDL40V3000 40-inch LCD TV, only $2299, and NO GST!
Prices so low they're crazy!
In all seriousness, from a retail perspective, these are astonishingly aggressive offers. In fact, were I in the market for a secondary television for a spare room, any one of those deals would make me seriously consider getting off the fence and taking a side, whether for Blu-ray or HD-DVD. For someone as hard bitten and cynical a retail hawk as me to say that speaks volumes for the appeal offers like this provide to the mass consumer.
Is the format war over? Hell no, it's just getting interesting. Who can
1 comment:
What ever format has the Three Stooges first gets my business.
-CF
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