Some good movies are under $20 like Flight of the Phoenix it isn't that old then an older title like Enemy of the State is $29.95.

Seems to me Blu-Ray DVD's prices are whacked.

Flight of the Phoenix is a Fox title (which reduced prices on selected Blu-ray's recently), and Enemy of the State is Disney. Just different studio policies. I'm sure Disney will reduce prices on some older catalog titles in the future.

You're right. Some even say $100 would be the perfect price tag.

Interesting interview with some Sony execs earlier this week.  One of the things they mentioned was that hi-def was a missed opportunity.  Essentially, the logic was that since broadcast initially offered hi-def for free, the opportunity to upsell it as a value-add has been negated to the general public.  As a result, blu pricing is doing a nosedive in order to find broad acceptance.  Essentially, folks are more than willing to jump in once they perceive it to be a minimal cost differential but are generally unwilling to pay more for the extra resolution.

What's more amazing is that this is coming from Sony folks.

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Interesting interview with some Sony execs earlier this week.  One of the things they mentioned was that hi-def was a missed opportunity.  Essentially, the logic was that since broadcast initially offered hi-def for free, the opportunity to upsell it as a value-add has been negated to the general public.  As a result, blu pricing is doing a nosedive in order to find broad acceptance.  Essentially, folks are more than willing to jump in once they perceive it to be a minimal cost differential but are generally unwilling to pay more for the extra resolution.

What's more amazing is that this is coming from Sony folks.

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That makes a lot of sense actually. If there were no HD broadcast, a lot of people who have invested in a HD TV might have been willing to invest in Blu-ray even at higher prices.

But I think this mostly applies to American wide consumers.

For people in Europe, the HD-broadcast offer is very limited. In Belgium, the channel that airs Heroes, Lost and so forth is not available in HD, meaning the only possible way to see those series in HD is to buy the Blu-rays.

Another thing to take not of is that HD broadcasts are compressed and are in 720p, whereas Blu-rays use less compression and have 1080p picture and a lot of them have HD MA audio. For average Joe who has a HD-ready TV, that won't make much of a difference but for movie-afficionados, It's worth getting for the increased picture and audio quality on their 1080p TV's and home theater systems.

So I think for a large group, HD broadcasts had an impact on the price they're willing to pay for BD's but for the smaller group (the 'lead' group), that impact was less or non-existant.

Just my 2 cents