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Samsung
Gen 1: BD-P1000 -- $1,000 MSRP
Gen 2: BD-P1200 -- $800 MSRP; BD-P1400 -- $500 MSRP
Gen 3: BD-P1500 -- $400 MSRP (Profile 1.1, update to 2.0)
Panasonic
Gen 1: BD10 -- $1300 MSRP
Gen 2: BD10A -- $600 MSRP
Gen 3: BD30 -- $500 MSRP (Profile 1.1); BD50 -- $700 MSRP (Profile 2.0)
Pioneer
Gen 1: BDP-HD1 -- $1500 MSRP
Gen 2: BDP-94HD and BDP-95HD -- $1000 MSRP
Gen 3: BDP-51FD -- $600 MSRP (Profile 1.1); BDP-05FD -- $800 MSRP (Profile 1.1)
Sony
Gen 1: BDP-S1 -- $1000 MSRP
Gen 2: BDP-S300 -- $500 MSRP; BDP-S500 -- $700 MSRP
Gen 3: BDP-S350 -- $350 MSRP (Profile 2.0); BDP-S550 -- $450 MSRP (Profile 2.0)
How about even without mass market prices are coming down? Supply and demand and the elasticity of the product have a direct impact on the pricing. That and also the price of the parts that make the product being sold. All I'm seeing is impatience...and people wanting cheap prices on opening day for movies. Guess what? If you wait a bit, sometimes not even a month, you can pick up most movies with bogos or sales. You can shop online and get good deals. I will say that the costs are not that much higher than dvd was when it first came out. Blu-ray came out early summer of 2006. We are just now getting into 2nd year of the format. I still encourage patience on the pricing. It's still too early to see Walmart style pricing on things at this poing.
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