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Amazon price cuts Blu-ray titles to $14.95

Darco — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:58:33 +0000

Amazon.com on this week price cut select Sony Blu-ray titles to $14.95 in the latest high-definition retail promotion. Titles price cut to $14.95 include Underworld, Hellboy, The Patriot, and Black Hawk Down.

Amazon was also offering up to 50 percent off select Blu-ray disc titles, but by the time of writing this post this offer is no longer active.

This week, Best Buy stores are offering a free $20 gift card with the purchase of any two Blu-ray disc titles.

Titles advertised at $29.99 include Resident Evil: Extinction, Superbad, The Assassination of Jesse James, The Brave One, and Michael Clayton.

In Apr., a new wave of Blu-ray titles will be sold for $9.95.

Source: PunchJump

Amazon price cuts HD DVD titles by 57%

Darco — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:12:44 +0000

Amazon.com on Sat. price cut HD DVD format titles to as low as $8.95 in the latest move to clear remaining inventory of the high-definition product. HD DVD titles The Matador and School for Scoundrels are now available retail for $8.95.

Additionally, a wave of titles are now priced at $9.95, including The Pianist, The Fast and The Furious, Backdraft, Shaun of the Dead, The Big Lebowski, Pride and Prejudice, The Chronicles of Riddick, and The Bourne Identity.

Toshiba last month said it will exit the HD DVD business by Mar. following announcements from Best Buy Co. Inc., Netflix Inc., and Wal-Mart stores that they would back Blu-ray over HD DVD.

Retailers have begun to offer new purchase incentives to move HD DVD product.

Source: PunchJump