Monday, February 26th 2007
Blu-ray coming down in Price
Although most will agree that the best value way to obtain a Blu-ray player is still to buy a PS3 (from as little as $499), Sony is planning a new Blu-ray player due for release this summer which will be cheaper than current stand alone player. The Blu-ray player offered by Sony at present is the BDP-S1, which retails at around $999 and is only attracting a very small number of customers. However, the new BDP-S300 will soon become the cheapest standalone Blu-ray player with a price tag of $599. According to Sony, the new player will offer the same features as the BDP-S1, along with the ability to play CDs as well as being more compact - about the same size as your average DVD player. This is still noticeably more expensive than the cheapest HD DVD players, which can be found for under $400, but it should help to further boost Blu-ray disk sales, which have already been helped by the PS3.
Source:
DailyTech
14 Comments on Blu-ray coming down in Price
That's going to be good for consumers later in the year. HD-DVD will be $300 in minutes and easily $200 by end of year.
Looking forward to watching HD-DVD movies next Xmas! :)
If there is a winner of this format war, they'll not hold the title for too long. I see mainstream downloading of movies not too far off.
**** in the meantime HD DVD FTW WOOT!
But also.. if the current player is 1000$, how can they be bringing out a better one for 400$ less?
And also I have seen the Sony Blu-Ray player for 650$ here, and I never saw it for a 1000$ anywhere. I'd like a Dual Format Drive for the PC that reasonably priced, isn't retardily loud, and actually does everything at incredible speeds!