Blu-Ray sale pricing has begun to show signs of coming down,
not to DVD levels but it is still an improvement. Mainstream titles such as
Black Hawk Down, The Shining and Underworld can be found regularly for $14.99
along with a smattering of other archive titles. I picked up MiB and The Fifth
Element for $9.99 recently as well.
New releases still seem to be holding to the $22.99 - $29.99
pricing structure but I expect to start seeing these come down over the next
year as well. Blu-Ray has continued to show market strength in a difficult
economy and can only go up from where we stand today. Archive titles are at a
price worth considering VS their DVD counterparts already, at least if you
remain patient.
I have found the best prices at Fry's and Amazon with some surprise
bargains at Best Buy. On a side note, for those of us who still have HD-DVD
players, Fry's has some very good deals on the remainder of their HD-DVD stock.
I picked up Battlestar Galactica: Season 1 for $9.99 and a number of other
titles for under $5 recently.
For true bargain hunters, the wait is nearly over and for
those simply looking for a good deal to add to their collection, the time has
come. Happy Hunting.