[elihu]

Something I've noticed: when DVD players came out, they quickly dropped in price so after a few years you could buy one for $40 or so. Blu-ray players were the same, initially expensive, but after awhile they were fairly cheap.

UHD Blu-ray players though have been out since 2016, and average prices are still hovering around $200. Sometimes you see one now around $150, so maybe prices are starting to drop.

You could blame inflation for part of that, but is it also just that far fewer of them are being sold because people aren't buying physical disks anymore? I.e. they've turned into a niche luxury item.