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The industry will conversation about high-definition with a customs of- benefit. In survey after survey about high-definition discs, price comes ficial. He asked me what I did and I told him I edited up as a top concern for consumers looking at buying into the a magazine that covered DVD and Blu-ray Disc. He told me he really wanted to buy a PlayStation 3, but would new format. At the same time, the desire to purchase consumer electronics over the holidays remains high despite the ecowait until the hardware became more affordable. nomic climate. Taking that price objection off the table could “I just need a better price,” he said. make Blu-ray a winner this holiday season Well, this holiday season he may get his wish, perhaps not on the PS3, but on standalone HAVING LOW-PRICE LEADER when many other suppliers will be singing a Blu-ray players that are now rivaling the price WAL-MART BEHIND YOUR different kind of blues. If the industry makes a wave with low-priced of upconverting DVD models. Wal-Mart’s ruPRODUCT SHOULD BE Blu-ray hardware this holiday season, there mored $128 Blu-ray player is poised to break CELEBRATED IN THIS new ground in the high-def hardware market. MARKET. … THE INDUSTRY will be an installed base for the format that may be willing to upgrade when the economy And that is just one of the price leaks on BluWILL BENEFIT. turns around. With prices so low, I’m already ray players for Black Friday, the traditional contemplating buying a second Blu-ray player, now that my start to the holiday season the day after Thanksgiving. The race to the bottom on pricing in less shakey economic DVD player is on the fritz. While Blu-ray Disc backers are somewhat unlucky to have the times might be more cause for concern. But in this economic environment, I think it’s a necessity. Blu-ray can’t wait another format hit its stride in tough times, they should take solace in the fact that retailers such as Wal-Mart are firmly behind the year to have a breakout holiday season. Having low-price leader Wal-Mart behind your product should format. be celebrated in this market. The discounter is advertising the affordability of Blu-ray as a home entertainment option, call- Stephanie Prange’s e-mail address is sprange@questex.com MARKETING Marketing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristina Kronenberg 714/338-6743 Marketing Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlyn DeWaard IN THIS ISSUE NOV. 23-29, 2008 / VOL. 30 / NO. 46 Target and Hastings report a down third quarter; a Mexican investor buys Circuit City stock; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment begins an initiative to acquire foreign content. DIGITAL MEDIA Online Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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