What a joke. Blu-Ray is in a one man fight and still losing. Does the Blu-Ray camp really think people will pay $700? For $700 I'd rather just buy myself another HDTV. These prices are crazy. You can buy a standalone Blu-Ray SATA player for $129. Does it really take $580 in hardware to decode Blu-Ray? Don't think so.
Pip, the "blu ray camp" as you call it is over a dozen manufacturers. If Panasonic want to try and sell their player at some enormous markup, let them. They'll probably get slapped down by low sales as people buy from their competitors. That is what competition is all about after all.
And no I doubt it costs anywhere near that much to include the features they do. The PS3 manages to pack a lot more hardware into a device costing $400. Even if we assume some kind of console subsidy and call it $500, it's still $200 cheaper than this standalone.
Of course retailers don't have to pay attention to the MSRP and I fully expect you'll see this things selling for $450 or less before the year is out.
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patrickwvu @ May 6th 2008 3:13PM
Too Expensive.
Pip @ May 6th 2008 4:07PM
What a joke. Blu-Ray is in a one man fight and still losing. Does the Blu-Ray camp really think people will pay $700? For $700 I'd rather just buy myself another HDTV. These prices are crazy. You can buy a standalone Blu-Ray SATA player for $129. Does it really take $580 in hardware to decode Blu-Ray? Don't think so.
DrXym @ May 6th 2008 4:46PM
Pip, the "blu ray camp" as you call it is over a dozen manufacturers. If Panasonic want to try and sell their player at some enormous markup, let them. They'll probably get slapped down by low sales as people buy from their competitors. That is what competition is all about after all.
And no I doubt it costs anywhere near that much to include the features they do. The PS3 manages to pack a lot more hardware into a device costing $400. Even if we assume some kind of console subsidy and call it $500, it's still $200 cheaper than this standalone.
Of course retailers don't have to pay attention to the MSRP and I fully expect you'll see this things selling for $450 or less before the year is out.
vdogg89 @ May 6th 2008 5:11PM
700 Bucks? EPIC FAIL