Blu-ray Price Cut of the Day: 33% Off LG Burner

At this pace, Blu-ray players and burners are really going to be affordable before year’s end. Looks like Blu-ray partners all have the same objective. Blu-ray gears price cuts! Is this an effort to stab the HD DVD camp or is it competition finally taking place within Blu-ray manufacturers?

This weeek, LG slashed the retail price of the GBW-H10N Super Multi DVD burner for the Taiwan market by 33%. Retail price is now $605 from $908.

According to Digitimes, this is an attempt to clear inventory but also a strategy from LG to increase its market share, as new BD burners hit the market in the first half of this year. The unanswered question is whether or not Sony, Pionner, Samsung and Philips will follow suit by lowering retails prices for their respective Blu-ray burners.