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#1 11-07-2007 10:42:06 AM
NEWS: Blu-ray Players Hit $249 (at one store)
With recent news of HD-DVD selling a boatload of players at a cheap price, the Blu-ray camp takes a stab at it.
DEALERSCOPE - Following last week’s dramatic, if temporary drop in price of some HD DVD players, the price of the rival Blu-ray Disc player has dropped as well - albeit only in one location of one store. The previous low price for Blu-ray players was $299.
I'm still waiting 'til November/December 2008 to make my purchase. For the time, I'm leaning Blu-ray. But, I can be persuaded to crossover.
What do you think?
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#2 11-07-2007 11:21:50 AM
Re: NEWS: Blu-ray Players Hit $249 (at one store)
I read over on Engadget that 90,000 stand alone HD-DVD players were sold last weekend alone after the dramatic price drop of one model (HD-A2) to $99. That's a little less than they sold in the entire year 2006.
$99 is more than tempting, but I'm staying out of this fight until the winner is clear. Even $99 is a lot to spend on something if it's going to be obsolete in a year or two.
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#3 11-07-2007 12:26:13 PM
Re: NEWS: Blu-ray Players Hit $249 (at one store)
Frank wrote:
$99 is more than tempting, but I'm staying out of this fight until the winner is clear. Even $99 is a lot to spend on something if it's going to be obsolete in a year or two.
And that's not including the possibly obsolete media that would be bought as well. I'm sitting on the sidelines for this one also. I think my regular DVDs look pretty good upconverted.
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#4 11-07-2007 12:37:11 PM
Re: NEWS: Blu-ray Players Hit $249 (at one store)
I have to agree with both of you. I just got my DVD connected via the component cables. It is a progressive scan device. The upconversion on my Samsung looks darn good. As a test I popped in 'American Beauty'. I knew it had DTS audio. Picture and sound was great. Although, I have to admit I look forward to see a 1080p video. It should be sweet!
My System: Comcast Motorola DCH-3416 HD-DVR (on a APC UPS), Samsung LN-T4065F LCD HD TV (on a APC voltage regulator), Sony DVD Recorder RDR-GX315, Yamaha HTR-5460 Home Theater unit, JBL satellites and subOffline