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Originally Posted by kaufman
I think you are missing my point. Its not that $400 is the correct price point for an eReader now. Its that saying that to say that no one would ever pay $200 for an eReader is not correct. While some people are complaining about the $200 price point, I bet a lot of people buying it are thinking to themselves how much better it is than the device they paid $400 for not to long ago. I know that's what I thought when I ordered mine.
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Sure, but the $80 Kindle is ALSO a better device than they got for $400 not too long ago. That's how this kind of technology trends.
That $400 was not only for a device that few people had ever seen the likes of and was not ready available from other practical sources at any price, but that was pre-recession dollars! They were easier to come by....
My point was merely that the reasons that $200 is not wholly unreasonable nor will it spell doom for Amazon, are all based on what the market is today, not on memories of what it was in 2007.
Yes, there are indeed high-end BD players, and they seem to be worth the money! People by them because they are durable, reliable, and out perform the cheap stuff in every way. NOT because of anything to do with what 1st gen players cost.
And for the record, my $69 VCR absolutely sucks compared to the $1400 one I got back in the 80s! I would have lost sleep with guilt had you paid me $700 for it.