While the format war continues and people deciding what side to take, which format is the best, electronic companies are trying to make it cheaper for their consumers, well some. One of those such companies is Venturer and their HD DVD player which is going for a super low price of only $199, that is way below the other companies and their HD DVD player, for example Toshiba’s HD DVD player goes for around $300, still pretty cheap if you compare it to Blu-ray. I bet once Venturer’s HD DVD player hits the market and people start buying it Toshiba will either lower their prices and or release a new model to compete with Venturer, but that may be awhile until Toshiba can lower their production costs, and the reason why Venturer’s price is so low is because it comes out of China so it is real cheap. But I do not think it will take long for Toshiba since HD stuff is going down in prices fast, so you can always wait for Toshiba to lower prices if you do not like Venturer.
Oh I almost forgot for the Xbox 360 owners out there you can also get the HD DVD add on which is down to about $180, and right now at Amazon and buy it you get 8 free (after rebate) HD DVDs, better hurry not sure when it ends. And they still include King Kong.
And for you Blu-ray lovers you are still going to need to fork over $500 for a cheap model. And the only two companies I can think of that make them are Samsung and of course Sony, also Toshiba makes hybrids if you want both in one, but those will cost way more since it needs both lasers in it, and Blu-ray’s lasers still cost way too much to produce.
Now after the prices of HD DVD becoming so cheap I wonder how it will play in the war, I would especially like to see what happens after this holiday season. What do you guys think?
Source: Gizmodo