$200 Blu-ray Players by Christmas?
February 2008Why’s that? Because, according to the Web site Blu-ray Statistics News Log, chip-makers such as Mediatek and Zoran are at work on chip-sets for the players. With those makers squaring off against the established Broadcom and Sigma versions, chip commoditization and, eventually, declines in price- are likely to follow.
The least expensive Blu-ray Disc Players are currently in the $350-$400 range, according to Amazon.com
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The money is in the software not the hardware, ther is always a higher end unit at a high end price such as the Panasonic. Both hardware and software prices need to drop to make it mainstream.
My opinion is on the contrary. Prices will rise for a while. Without the HD-DVD format at the front battle the tendency is to raise prices for Blu_Ray, as Panasonic did recently with model BD30.