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Not only is Best Buy, Inc. (NYSE: BBY) moving swiftly to kick out the dead HD DVD format from its store shelves, but now the largest consumer electronics retailer in the U.S. is starting to aggressively price the victor format of the next-generation DVD -- Blu-ray.

Although there is now just one next-generation DVD format available, consumers still haven't ponied up tons of cash to buy Blu-ray hardware players and accompanying $29,99 Blu-ray movie titles. Why? Standard DVD is good enough for most of us.

That is, until the prices come down on the players and the movies themselves. Blu-ray players are still pricey at $399 and up in most cases, but Best Buy is taking the sting out of some movie prices by cutting many popular titles to $19.99 each. Psychologically, that gets Blu-ray pricing on some level of parity with normal $14.99 and $16.99 DVD prices. Even some new releases on standard DVD start at $19.99 as well.

And not only that, online competitor Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) started offering more than 100 Blu-ray titles this week at up to 47% off. Is this the start of aggressive Blu-ray movie pricing meant to finally spur sales of the new DVD format? Now that the competing HD DVD format is out of the way, the path becomes much easier for retailers. Perhaps aggressive movie titles will actually cause the more expensive hardware to move faster off shelves.

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The Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD war over the next standard for Hi-Definition Media is already underway, with many swings for and against each camp.

Most consumers would probably choose to wait until the standards war (much like Betamax vs VHS) is over so that there will be no wasted money on players for the standard that loses.

Major players in Media and Hi-Tech however do not have that luxury. Hi Definiton TV programming is already available and prevalent on most cable/satellite systems. Hi-Definition Display adoption has been booming as most Plasma, LCD, and Projection TVs are now HD compatible (able to display Hi-Definition Resolutions).

With HD Content and HD Displays already on the market, companies must provide their customers with the means to fully embrace the new content or potentially lose their customers to competitors who have chosen a camp (Blu-Ray or HD-DVD) and are offering HD products/services.

Apple has been on the board of directors for the Blu-Ray standard since March 10, 2005, but as of yet has not incorporated Blu-Ray into any of its new products.

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