[Emjel]

Several months ago, you could go into a couple of the well known supermarkets and pick up the latest DVD for around £9.99/10.99. Now they all seem to be around £12.99/£13.99. Is this a ploy to try and encourage BR sales with a smaller price differential. Saw Rambo today in Sainsbury's for £19.47 on BR and £12.97 on normal. Okay not as cheap as internet, but a lot better than HMV or Zavvi.

[leicesterlad]

I know what you are saying, however the difference between blu ray and standard in my local asda is about £3.
That said, you are right, the price of the standard dvd's do seem more expensive now.

To be honest, if they really want people to move over to blu ray, the prices need to fall drastically.
Who in their right minds will pay £25 for a blu ray movie (woolworths)
Also went into Gamestation today and they were trying to shift some PREOWNED blu rays for between £20 and £24.

Shocking prices

[Emjel]

Have you seen the price of Rambo and No Country for Old Men down at Asda?. Get BR down to say £15.99 and I'll start buying a few more. But I think I'll be sticking to up to date films as I've seen some reviews for older films that do not excite me that much, and a lot, ven later films do not seem to have many extras on them.

[mattclarkie]

I have been thinking the other way. I keep seeing DVDs for £5 or less, and new releases for £7 to £9. I expect some high street shops probably charge stupid prices, but from my wanderings DVD has reached a low point.

[freddiecarr]

Saw Rambo for £17.99 in gamestation today, and they had loads of copies, must have been at least 10-15

Gamestation is usually the best for high street prices

[darklight]

I never understand why people still pay such high prices from the likes of HMV , Virgin or any other High Street retailer for Blu Ray and SD DVD when almost everyone has access to the internet where prices are always cheaper

[Richard]

Originally Posted by darklight

I never understand why people still pay such high prices from the likes of HMV , Virgin or any other High Street retailer for Blu Ray and SD DVD when almost everyone has access to the internet where prices are always cheaper

I agree with you.

There are bargains to be had in store but these are few and far between.

[elicash73]

Blu-ray costs more than DVD and a big-mac costs more than a cheeseburger. When will the madness end?

Blu-ray adoption rate is higher than DVD's at a comparative point in their lifespans. Prices are going to come down.

[LanceR]

Originally Posted by elicash73

Blu-ray costs more than DVD and a big-mac costs more than a cheeseburger. When will the madness end?

Blu-ray adoption rate is higher than DVD's at a comparative point in their lifespans. Prices are going to come down.

Absolutely

And i couldn't tell you about the price of DVD because I just don't look anymore.

[mattclarkie]

Lets all go and spend £2.5K on our HD tvs, and then buy a load of VHS from a bootsale and get some decent HD viewing done.

Personally I think that DVDs are expensive, and don't buy films because I will watch them maybe once or twice and that is bad economy.
But I still rent them, and pay for HD broadcasts because otherwise I might as well have a portable Black and White TV.

I don't understand people spending £10 a day on fags, or more on drugs and booze. Personally I would rather spend it on entertainment, instead of killing myself. But hey, I don't live on a council estate.

I will probably regret that comment.

[domtheone]

Originally Posted by mattclarkie

I don't understand people spending £10 a day on fags, or more on drugs and booze. Personally I would rather spend it on entertainment, instead of killing myself. But hey, I don't live on a council estate.

I will probably regret that comment.

Have a free bump

[Pincho Paxton]

Originally Posted by Emjel

Several months ago, you could go into a couple of the well known supermarkets and pick up the latest DVD for around £9.99/10.99. Now they all seem to be around £12.99/£13.99. Is this a ploy to try and encourage BR sales with a smaller price differential. Saw Rambo today in Sainsbury's for £19.47 on BR and £12.97 on normal. Okay not as cheap as internet, but a lot better than HMV or Zavvi.

I predicted it ages ago. It was the only way to go, but it's not working, because the DVD's are staying on the shelves, and causing even more loss of profits. Then they are having to drop in price after about 3 months to £7.99.

I predict the next step...

Blu Ray Limited editions in a tin, with photos of the films to collect, and/or cigar box sliding cases.

[mattclarkie]

Originally Posted by Pincho Paxton

I predicted it ages ago. It was the only way to go, but it's not working, because the DVD's are staying on the shelves, and causing even more loss of profits. Then they are having to drop in price after about 3 months to £7.99.

I predict the next step...

Blu Ray Limited editions in a tin, with photos of the films to collect, and/or cigar box sliding cases.

I have noticed that Bluray is doing much better in recent months. I see more blu in shops like woolworths, WHSmiths, Sainsbury than ever before.

[Daytrader]

also remember all the extras on bluray's are usually just at dvd quality anyway, so no point in buying for extras only

[mattclarkie]

Originally Posted by Daytrader

also remember all the extras on bluray's are usually just at dvd quality anyway, so no point in buying for extras only

That is a bit harsh. Many are at 1080i, a fair few at 1080p.

A large number are 480p, but there are still a large number of HD extras.

If you had argued that the extras are pointless then you would have a point.

[Daytrader]

well i have quite a few blurays, i was just saying dont buy br just for extras buy for the movie first, corpse bride just turned up today with all extras at 480i, it just annoys me a little

[Sonic67]

As we are paying a premium I would like the extras present if they are on the DVD releases. It also means I can get rid of the DVD if I've double dipped.

[mattclarkie]

Originally Posted by Daytrader

well i have quite a few blurays, i was just saying dont buy br just for extras buy for the movie first, corpse bride just turned up today with all extras at 480i, it just annoys me a little

Now that is just lame on the studios part. No reason not to be 480p minimum.

[Pincho Paxton]

Another idea might be to put a "£5 off BLU RAY version" voucher in the DVD packages. To tempt you to double dip, and to get Blu Ray moving at the same time. A double whammo for sales. It works at the moment because the profit margin on Blu Ray is high enough to allow for a £5 discount, and the profit margin on DVD at £12 is high enough to allow it also.

[dunks517]

I only buy from a shop in the UK ifthe BD disc is reduced or used but in v good quality, my local Gamestation does some reduced ones which are 5-6 pounds dearer 100M away in HMV & Zavvi. As for the extras I buy the film for the entertainment value, taking the PQ & Audion codec (DTS HD MA) into consideration. The extras never come into the equation.

[Mec]

Part of the problem for me is the region coding. I bought into HD-dvd and blu ray at roughly the same time, but my hd-dvd collection is still three times the size of the blu ray lot (47 to 15). The main reason being that I imported the film as soon as it became available where as with a lot of blu ray I had to wait for the region b release so ended up just renting it instead.
The extras while not a major factor in a purchase are still irrating when the dvd has them and the blu ray you have just payed extra for doesn't

[Jeff]

I'm the same although with me it's more like 12-1 in favour of HD-DVD. Once I can buy a good quality region free player I can see me buying into the format much more.

[icemandave]

I Buy all my blu-rays at asda there alot less than other shop got rambo for £16.95 only £4 extra than the dvd and cheaper than most internet sites. most of there new blu-rays in the chart are around £16 evan the fox blu-rays are £18.99 this is alot less than say hmv or evan tesco or blockbuster where there about £21.99 to me fox seem to be over priced.

[domtheone]

Originally Posted by Jeff

I'm the same although with me it's more like 12-1 in favour of HD-DVD. Once I can buy a good quality region free player I can see me buying into the format much more.

I'm not scheduled to buy into BR until 2009/10 (various reasons) but one thing that would tempt me to bring that forward (along with a host of fab movie releases) would be a good quality region free player.

And I don't want to pay more for it than I did with my Tosh XE1 either.

[mattclarkie]

I do get annoyed at the arbitrary price hike for the UK. But refusing to buy them because you can't import them(either because of region locking or other reasons) seems a bit silly.

Once people start buying them more in the UK prices will start to go down, if most people import them then they will remain a niche product until Joe Consumer starts buying them, and that will take a good 18months.

[Mec]

Originally Posted by mattclarkie

I do get annoyed at the arbitrary price hike for the UK. But refusing to buy them because you can't import them(either because of region locking or other reasons) seems a bit silly.

Once people start buying them more in the UK prices will start to go down, if most people import them then they will remain a niche product until Joe Consumer starts buying them, and that will take a good 18months.

It's not the price that's at issue, we have always paid a premium for most things in the uk. The reason the import was purchased was so I was able to watch it earlier rather than later. I did the same with dvds.

Even if it was the price then why is it silly to object to being ripped off by the price hike. Why should we be willing to give the studios an extra chunk of our hard earned cash? You could just as well argue that if enough people are willing to pay the extra then the studios will see no reason to reduce the price as they are making a decent profit

[mattclarkie]

Originally Posted by Mec

It's not the price that's at issue, we have always paid a premium for most things in the uk. The reason the import was purchased was so I was able to watch it earlier rather than later. I did the same with dvds.

Even if it was the price then why is it silly to object to being ripped off by the price hike. Why should we be willing to give the studios an extra chunk of our hard earned cash? You could just as well argue that if enough people are willing to pay the extra then the studios will see no reason to reduce the price as they are making a decent profit

If you look at the DVD market, once shops started competing with each other then prices fell sharply. While the market is tiny that isn't going to happen, and while the only people buying discs get a majority from import it is going to take even longer. We already get shafted by releases such as Cloverfield being US exclusive, fine if you import, but what about people who don't or people who rent.

[Pincho Paxton]

DVD prices have gone completely mad in WHSmiths shops...

Old movies are more expensive than new movies. Check out this mad pricing strategy....

Shallow Hal ....... £16 ... and many more at £16

Be Kind Rewind..... £13... New Jack Black cheaper than old.

[elicash73]

If Pincho wanted Shallow Hal for his birthday and I was feeling generous, I might purchase it for £16 purely because I was in WHSmith getting a paper and it was convinient. Some people can afford to do that others just can't be bothered to shop arround. As such it's a legitimate price and strategy until WHsmith are doing an advertised, nation wide sale on old stock.

If anything DVDs are now insanely under-priced. You can consistently get some great films on the high street for £3.

Again it doesnt take a genius to figure that Blu-ray has to be more expensive than DVD.

[Pincho Paxton]

Originally Posted by elicash73

If Pincho wanted Shallow Hal for his birthday and I was feeling generous, I might purchase it for £16 purely because I was in WHSmith getting a paper and it was convinient. Some people can afford to do that others just can't be bothered to shop arround. As such it's a legitimate price and strategy until WHsmith are doing an advertised, nation wide sale on old stock.

If anything DVDs are now insanely under-priced. You can consistently get some great films on the high street for £3.

Again it doesnt take a genius to figure that Blu-ray has to be more expensive than DVD.

It might take a genius to figure out why you made that remark though. Rental DVD's used to be cheaper than rental VHS at one time as well.