Please note that I'm not talking about MSRP.

Currently, if you go to Best Buy on release day of a DVD, it is cheaper the first week of release. Then, the price goes back up to (or close to) MSRP.

However, Blu-Ray discs are released, for the most part, at MSRP. I suppose demand needs to be higher for sales/discounts to occur.

So far, the only sales I've seen on HD disc formats is Amazon's 10% off, Buy.com's Google Checkout, Target's week around Christmas time (don't remember the exact deal) and Best Buy's new buy one get one free promo of very select titles.

Here's the problem: Amazon.com may raise their prices to include the 10% you'd actually be "saving", Google Checkout discount is no longer available, Target's selection SUCKED at every location I visited, Best Buy's selection SUCKS for this buy one get one free deal. I already own the movies I want from there.

I'm not going to buy movies at $40 a piece. I don't care how good they are. I see myself paying $28 MAX for EXCELLENT titles like Pirates 1, 2 and 3 or Spidey 1, 2 and 3. Everything else, I'll rent.

I think that it has already started. We got Crank for $24.99 on opening week at BB, and I believe that it will go back up to $30.00. Circuit city already has it at $30

BB hasn't sold a DVD for MSRP in many years. While they do discount heavily during the first 5 days of release (Tuesday - Sat) for DVD titles, the price is still discounted from MSRP after that time.

However, Blu-Ray discs are released, for the most part, at MSRP. I suppose demand needs to be higher for sales/discounts to occur.

Pretty much. Niche products don't get discounted as heavily or at all because volume isn't high enough to make up the difference from MSRP to discounted price. However, BB has already started lowering their BD prices, probably because of a post-CES push by the BDA to get more titles shipped. I think they've at least taken to heart how many titles HD-DVD has sold and the sub-$20 cost of most HD-DVD's is a factor. If they can't move as much dedicated hardware, they can at least move titles for the hardware that's out there.

I'm not going to buy movies at $40 a piece. I don't care how good they are. I see myself paying $28 MAX for EXCELLENT titles like Pirates 1, 2 and 3 or Spidey 1, 2 and 3. Everything else, I'll rent.

I think BDA studios are starting to realize this, but I've only ever seen one title that even came close to that pricing at a B&M store: ATL on BD. Maybe we'll start seeing launch week discounts at retailers very soon, and this is the one question I really wished someone would have asked at CES when they had the BDA studios there. We're going to see day and date releases with DVD? Great! Now can we start seeing retailers carrying more copies of the movies and providing the same style of launch week discount? When you can't find a copy of the movie you want the evening of its release at a retailer because they sold all their copies, that's a problem.

I'd guess mid to fall 2007 before we have new release prices near SD new release pricing...

Just wait till TotalHD comes out lol

I'm sure you will love the price on those disks.

Just wait till TotalHD comes out lol

I'm sure you will love the price on those disks.
Not interested in TotalHD. That would be like buying a DIVX player at CC because it plays DVDs and DIVX discs.

Anyway, thanks for your replies. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Just wait till TotalHD comes out lol

I'm sure you will love the price on those disks.

My thought exactly.
No one has stopped to comment on this yet. ;)

I still don't get where or why people are paying $40 for movies. Every Blu-ray movie I've ordered has been under $30 on Amazon or even less using the Buy.com/Google deal. I've got 30+ BD's and the most I've ever paid for one was $31.99, but then again I do all my purchasing online.

Fry's IMO has the best prices out of all the B&M stores.

Pricing of BD is trickier because there is this thing called DVD out there. However, since we are seeing the upsurge in sales due to the PS3 perhaps Fox and Disney may start lowering their MSRP first. That will help a lot.

What would be cool but unlikely to happen is that if the studios price BDs relatively the same as DVD. That would certainly increase the hardware sales for the uninitiated, and software sales for the already neck deep. Why unlikely to happen? Because it helps the hardware guys more rather than the software guys.


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Every Blu-ray movie I've ordered has been under $30 on Amazon or even less using the Buy.com/Google deal. I've got 30+ BD's and the most I've ever paid for one was $31.99, but then again I do all my purchasing online.

Don't you see how insane this really is?

Prices are way too high!

My BB is selling the Fox releases for $34.99, Sony/Warner $24.99, Paramount $24.99-$29.99. Sometimes I think they make up the prices as they go along.

I bought some older "catalog" titles from Amazon, for less than $20 on average.

However, new movie releases run from ~$23-$28.

I currently have 15 BDs, but I can't justify paying over $25 for any of these (let's face it) relatively bare-bones releases.

This is coming from some one who used to buy LaserDiscs for upwards of $150.

I realize the base needs to increase for prices to drop. But, it's a chicken and egg thing, especially when you can walk into a Wal-Mart and buy DVDs for $4.

~$20 MSRPs need to start happening sooner rather than later.

I have no problem with paying $30 for a BD movie right now. I know prices will come down eventually, but I want my "fix" now. It's all part of being an early adopter.