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Old 03-07-2009, 12:29 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Re: News - UK DVD sales plunge...

I can't afford to be interested in blue-rays until players rivaling current models at £200 drop to sub-£100.

What blue-ray has done is changed my DVD price expectations. I now won't consider a DVD unless it's £7 and only then if it's something I want badly. However £3 or £5 DVD's I now occasionally buy instead of magasines, something I'd not considered before.

As for blue-rays themselves - price matters to me more than quality simply because DVD's as are so good. I agree a blue-ray is a more enjoyable thing to watch (and listen too) but not at 3-4x the cost.

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