[vladi123456]

I just saw an ad from Frys Electronics - buy 2 blu-ray movies - get 1 free. This is not the first time I see Blu-Ray promotions - in fact, I've taken advantage of them myself. And will do it again. I have to say though - Frys advertises a lot of their Blu-Ray movies at $19.99, so when I buy 2 and get 1 free - it costs about $13.33 per movie - not bad at all. How come HD DVD wouldnt match that? Anybody know anything?

 

[Adam_ME]



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Originally Posted by vladi123456 /forum/post/0


I just saw an ad from Frys Electronics - buy 2 blu-ray movies - get 1 free. This is not the first time I see Blu-Ray promotions - in fact, I've taken advantage of them myself. And will do it again. I have to say though - Frys advertises a lot of their Blu-Ray movies at $19.99, so when I buy 2 and get 1 free - it costs about $13.33 per movie - not bad at all. How come HD DVD wouldnt match that? Anybody know anything?

The Fry's promotions seem to always be for Sony titles. Until WB, Paramount, or Universal start offering similar deals, we won't see anything like that for HD-DVD.

 

[jmgonzalez]

If a product is struggling, this is one way to get sales.


I haven't decided yet if I want to take advantage of this deal.

 

[nmcnair]

Yeah, I really dont know what that is about, BRD seems to get better sales deals than HDDVD.. and not just at one retailer.. amazon, best buy, frys seem to have BRD deals alot.


My gut tells me the BR group is backing these sales financially, or at least one of the studios.

 

[tronn]

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups (PS3).


-ancient cambodian proverb... i think

 

[Shug7272]



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Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups (PS3).


-ancient cambodian proverb... i think

I agree with this more and more as I browse avs.

 

[vladi123456]



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The Fry's promotions seem to always be for Sony titles. Until WB, Paramount, or Universal start offering similar deals, we won't see anything like that for HD-DVD.

In that case Toshiba should switch from giving 5 free movies to subsidizing the HD DVD software prices. After all the noise about how it cost less to produce HD DVD disks compared to Blu-Ray - it surpises me to see those prices. And as a result I go looking for HD DVD titles, but end up getting something on Blu-Ray instead - because of the price difference. But I prefer the PQ of HD DVD

 

[WirelessGuru]

Why bother? Toshiba promises free movies with their players and then they never ship them out.

 

[JR Bryce]

The movies are on sale as well, ranging from 19.99 to 24.99. It makes sense, since they're one of the higher priced blu-ray studios, so less people are keen on buying those movies. Fry's probably wants to move out the older inventory a lot quicker (many of these titles are from the first wave of releases). I find it funny though that it takes a "huge" sale to bring these titles down to the price that Fry's NORMALLY prices HD-DVD's at.

 

[lsdavinci]

Is this an in-store only thing? I don't see it on their website.

 

[vladi123456]



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Is this an in-store only thing? I don't see it on their website.

In short - their website is not their website

What their website sells - they don't price-match at the stores and vice versa.

 

[vladi123456]



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Originally Posted by JR Bryce /forum/post/0


The movies are on sale as well, ranging from 19.99 to 24.99. It makes sense, since they're one of the higher priced blu-ray studios, so less people are keen on buying those movies. Fry's probably wants to move out the older inventory a lot quicker (many of these titles are from the first wave of releases). I find it funny though that it takes a "huge" sale to bring these titles down to the price that Fry's NORMALLY prices HD-DVD's at.

I dont think it's entirely accurate as far as prices on Blu-Ray disks versus HD DVD. Most (both HD DVD and Blu-Ray) cost $19.99 at Frys. Only HD DVD never has "buy 1 get 1 free" or "buy 2 get 1 free". I could honestly say - if blu-ray didnt have those kinds of promotions - I wouldn't have a single blu-ray movie as initially I only got the PS3 to play games. But now that I see those Blu-Ray sales - I don't wanna buy anything on HD DVD as that makes me think that HD DVD movies are overpriced

 

[UlumaProDave]

I always go to Fry's, and they have way to many of the same title on Blu-ray all the time. So they are dumping some overstock.

 

[eXgo]



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Originally Posted by tronn /forum/post/0


Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups (PS3).


-ancient cambodian proverb... i think

You just wish you had one.


-that guy that has one..... I know

 

[MichaelHDDVD]



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Originally Posted by vladi123456 /forum/post/0


In that case Toshiba should switch from giving 5 free movies to subsidizing the HD DVD software prices. After all the noise about how it cost less to produce HD DVD disks compared to Blu-Ray - it surpises me to see those prices. And as a result I go looking for HD DVD titles, but end up getting something on Blu-Ray instead - because of the price difference. But I prefer the PQ of HD DVD

I agree, Toshiba should stop the 5 free HD DVD deal, lower the cost of the HD DVD combos by $5~$10, and lower the cost of the players by $50 in August


Toshiba can always package one free HD DVD movie with the Toshiba A2/A20/XA2... something that really shows off HD DVD PQ like King Kong or MI:III and they could even include a component cable or HDMI cable and take that composite cable out!

 

[MichaelHDDVD]



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Originally Posted by vladi123456 /forum/post/0


I dont think it's entirely accurate as far as prices on Blu-Ray disks versus HD DVD. Most (both HD DVD and Blu-Ray) cost $19.99 at Frys. Only HD DVD never has "buy 1 get 1 free" or "buy 2 get 1 free". I could honestly say - if blu-ray didnt have those kinds of promotions - I wouldn't have a single blu-ray movie as initially I only got the PS3 to play games. But now that I see those Blu-Ray sales - I don't wanna buy anything on HD DVD as that makes me think that HD DVD movies are overpriced

If there was a buy 2 get 1 free HD DVD deal @ Fry's, I'd leave that store with 6 or 9 movies.

 

[vladi123456]



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Originally Posted by MichaelHDDVD /forum/post/0


I agree, Toshiba should stop the 5 free HD DVD deal, lower the cost of the HD DVD combos by $5~$10, and lower the cost of the players by $50 in August


Toshiba can always package one free HD DVD movie with the Toshiba A2/A20/XA2... something that really shows off HD DVD PQ like King Kong or MI:III and they could even include a component cable or HDMI cable and take that composite cable out!

That sounds good except why wait 'til August!!

 

[sivartk]

HDMI cable wouldn't be hard...already done with the Costco HD-D2

I wish they wouldn't have limited you to choosing movies from "categories" I can understand choosing from a finite list, but why limit it again?

 

[joerod]

It does seem like we always et the shaft when it comes to these promotions...

 

[MichaelHDDVD]



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Originally Posted by vladi123456 /forum/post/0


That sounds good except why wait 'til August!!

Marketing tactics


Toshiba lowered the price of all three of their players just a few months ago.


I say cancel the 5 free movie deal early, and lower the price of all combos by $10 and non-combo releases by $5. This should knock the average HD DVD movie price down to an average below $30. This by itself will spur more HD DVD player sales since the $35 movie price can be a deterent.


That will temporarily increase player sales, then Toshiba should plan an extremly aggresive last half of 2007


If I could control HD DVDs marketing and planning for the last 1/2 of the year


$50 Price cut on players in August, brining the MSRP down to $349, $449, and $749.


Have Universal release a few A list titles in the months of August and September E.T., Schindler's List


Have Warner Bros. release the first two Harry Potter movies in the months of August and September, hopefully as time exclusive to HD DVD.


Announce in September the release of A-list titles for the month of November to spur interest in HD DVD in time for X-Mas


Dreamworks: Saving Private Ryan, Gladiator

Universal: A Beautiful Mind, Schindlers List

Weinstein: TMNT

Warner Bros: Harry Potter 3 and 4, The Matrix films individually, The Shawshank Redemption

Paramount: Braveheart

New Line: Lord of the Rings


November

The release of the titles above will spur more HD DVD player sales



Black Friday

One week before black friday announce the temporary price drop of the HD DVD players by another $50 for that day only



Results?

Watch the BDA members crying outside of Best Buy as people walk out with a HD DVD player and Gladiator while the BD players remain on the shelves. Best Buy will finally break and admit that HD DVD is 1080p.



Of course this is just what I think the HD DVD promotion group should strive to accomplish this holiday season