Blu-ray Licensing to be Unified

[Hooch Tan]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/cheaper-blu-ray-sony-panasonic-and-phillips-say-its-coming/' target='_blank'>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/...say-its-coming/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Look, we don't really "get" people who aren't willing to buy the latest and greatest thing regardless of the price and / or current economic state, but evidently there's a rather large sector still clinging to their antiquated DVD format. Blu-ray proponents Panasonic, Philips, and Sony are looking to change all that by knocking down the tab a few notches."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1235613127.usr20447.jpg" style="border: 0px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>For those of you harping over the high prices of Blu-ray technology, from players to burners to movies, it looks like there might be a light, albeit dim, at the end of the tunnel.&nbsp; The unification of license granters should reduce the cost of everything Blu-ray, though only marginally since it only affects the cost of the license.&nbsp; Still, it's welcome news and leads me to believe that one day, there will eventually be Blu-ray technology that costs what DVD technology costs today.</p>

[Jason Dunn]

Dim light indeed. Looks like it's more serious savings on Blu-ray burners and players, but on discs, almost nothing. :rolleyes:

[Hooch Tan]

Dim light indeed. Looks like it's more serious savings on Blu-ray burners and players, but on discs, almost nothing. :rolleyes:

If they passed all the savings from a reduced licensing cost directly to the consumer, that'd make Blu-ray players cheaper by about $5-$8. While a nice thing, it's hardly not the Black Friday firesale that'll launch Blu-ray.

[Jason Dunn]

If they passed all the savings from a reduced licensing cost directly to the consumer, that'd make Blu-ray players cheaper by about $5-$8.

Gee. Wow. Impressive savings. :rolleyes: Pretty silly! The costs of the movies is the real problem...