Sony next-gen DVDs to cost about 20 pct more

Neutron

10th February 2006 - 09:55 PM

Sony Pictures on Thursday disclosed prices for movies on its new Blu-ray DVD format, setting a target range seen as a 15-to-20 percent premium to the current DVD standard.

Blu-ray is locked in a multibillion-dollar standards war against a rival DVD format known as HD DVD. Analysts see the new pricing as an aggressive move by the studio owned by Sony Corp.

Some 18 catalog titles from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and MGM Home Entertainment will include "Hitch," "The Fifth Element" and "Species," and will carry a wholesale price of $17.95 each, the company said.

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SPW

15th February 2006 - 08:25 PM

Well, I gotta wonder whether this is all moot given the pending emergence of HVD.

wrack

16th February 2006 - 01:11 AM

Not gonna buy either one of the new standard DVD..! Will wait until a clear winner emerges. Remember Sony BetaMax..?

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