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Sony announces cheaper Blu-ray player ~ $599...due this summer...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^
| Monday, February 26, 2007 ยท Last updated 10:55 a.m. PT
| PETER SVENSSON
AP TECHNOLOGY WRITER
Posted on 02/26/2007 12:37:52 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
NEW YORK -- Sony Corp. said Monday it is bringing out a cheaper player for Blu-ray discs early this summer, a crucial step in its battle to make the high-definition format the replacement for DVDs.
The BDP-S300 will cost $599, yet will have the same capabilities as the $999 BDP-S1 Sony is currently selling, said Randy Waynick, senior vice president of the home products division of Sony Electronics.
Sony and Samsung Corp., which also makes a Blu-ray player, have been undersold by Toshiba Corp.'s players for the rival HD DVD format. Toshiba has a model on the market for $499.
However, sales of players for either format have been tepid, as consumers have stood back, waiting for the market to settle on one of the discs.
Most people buying high-definition discs are apparently doing so to play them on PlayStation 3 game consoles. There are two versions of the console, for $499 and $599, and Sony sold 1.8 million units last year.
"Eighty percent of people who buy a PS3 also buy Blu-ray movies to go with it," Waynick told reporters at a meeting here.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattlepi.nwsource.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: bigyawn; bluray
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To: ShadowAce
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posted on
02/26/2007 12:38:22 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The DemonicRATS believe ....that the best decisions are always made after the fact.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
THis is why I am waiting, heck by this time during christmas we might see players in the 300 dollar range.
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posted on
02/26/2007 12:41:26 PM PST
by
aft_lizard
(born conservative...I chose to be a republican)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Oh, cheez whiz. I didn't even know there was such a thing as blu-ray. Is this like the whole cassette tape and 8-tracks, VHS and Beta thingie?
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posted on
02/26/2007 12:42:58 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
This is like the Betamax versus VHS fight all over again - time to just wait.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
02/26/2007 12:43:36 PM PST
by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Still too expensive when a DVD player will do.
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posted on
02/26/2007 12:48:22 PM PST
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: mewzilla
The Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD is being compared to VHS vs. Betamax.
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posted on
02/26/2007 12:49:26 PM PST
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: MadIvan
Looks that way to me too...
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posted on
02/26/2007 12:52:29 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The DemonicRATS believe ....that the best decisions are always made after the fact.)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
Thanks. Aaaaaargh. Reminds me of that quote from John Hurt's cameo in Spaceballs...."Oh, no, not again!"
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posted on
02/26/2007 12:52:49 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Oh good, cheap, i'll buy two. (not)
:D
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posted on
02/26/2007 12:59:59 PM PST
by
Shimmer128
(Happiness isn't free, it's priceless)
To: rattrap
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
As the once proud owner of a Beta VCR, I will wait until one them is officially pronounced dead before I buy either one.
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posted on
02/26/2007 1:23:00 PM PST
by
Dixie Yooper
(Ephesians 6:11)
To: mewzilla
Nope. Current CD / DVD systems use Red or Infra-red lasers to make / read tracks. Blue-ray makes use of a new (A few years old now) blue-purple laser and new media.
What's the big deal... It's the lasers operating frequency, laser dot size on the media, and storage media. But the bigger deal of the three is the frequency.
Since blue lights frequency is about 50% higher than red lights, the amount of data you can store in the same space is about double. Add that to the other two changes and where a DVD can store about 4.7 GB of information, the Blu-ray can store, for starters, about 25 GB (The technology can supposedly go up into the 40+ GB area).
Here's a reasonable explanation:
http://www.cd-writer.com/blu_ray_faq.html
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posted on
02/26/2007 1:27:57 PM PST
by
Freeport
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Save $370 and get the Opp HD-981 upconverting DVD player. It will display standard DVDs in 1080p format and play a lot of other video formats as well. But if you want to spend the extra money on Blu-Ray, go right ahead. Sony is betting you don't know a superior upconverting DVD player already exists.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
02/26/2007 1:32:54 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: mewzilla
If you haven't seen Sony's Blu-ray up close, you owe it to yourself to go to a Sony Store in your area (or even a Best Buy type outlet which stocks Blu-ray) and compare it to the HD format (which Sony also supports).
The detail and quality are a slam-dunk in favor of the Blu-ray format. Of course, if you are going to be watching talking heads like Helen Thomas, I'd stick with a 1958 9" black and white.
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posted on
02/26/2007 1:47:52 PM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
To: Vigilanteman
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posted on
02/26/2007 1:50:20 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The DemonicRATS believe ....that the best decisions are always made after the fact.)
To: agent_delta
Why don't you just send me $600 instead of throwing it away.
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posted on
02/26/2007 2:17:02 PM PST
by
rattrap
To: rattrap
What did you do with last month's check?
toetappy
To: agent_delta
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posted on
02/26/2007 3:12:36 PM PST
by
rattrap
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