Blu-Ray Players Price Decreasing
michael chastain
The first Blu-Ray players under $300.00 will be available Memorial Day weekend. The one downside I see is that it will be Wal Mart that has it first.Not to crazy about buying electronics from them because ever thing I buy from there seems to cease working within a few months. I do believe that other stores such as Best Buy and Circuit City will follow suit a few weeks after Wal Mart rolls out the players.
It appears Funai a Japan based company and sold under the Magnavox brand will make the hardware. Funai first announced its intentions to bow a Profile 1.1 Blu-ray set-top player during Januarys Consumer Electronics Show. Sub $300 pricing was anticipated, but street dates and retailer partners werent provided.
I believe the $200 mark is the ultimate goal for Blu-Ray players. The sub $300 players should give sales a boost for a while.
This marks the first time at Wal-Mart that Blu-ray set-top players will launch with price tags that dip below the $399 PlayStation 3. Currently, Blu-ray set-tops start at $399. During the 2007 holidays, several BD players did temporarily fall below $300, but set-tops have since risen back to the $399 mark this year.
The PS3 will remain one of the most advanced Blu-ray devices on the market. The console is firmware upgradeable to Profile 1.1 and Profile 2.0 with BD Live. Funais players are not expected to playback BD Live Web-enabled features.
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