http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/ Engadget Comments for Recession-busting $150 Blu-ray players coming this year http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Just quickly checking Amazon.de, Wanted comes
from €14,99 to €20,98 on DVD
and
from €26,88 to €28,95 on Blu-ray
— so give or take a few cents, one can state that Blu-ray can be about twice the price of the DVD. At least here it is. If it is a five dollar difference at your Walmart or wherever, consider yourself lucky. Those five dollars are the maximum I would pay for most of the flicks they put out on Blu-ray.

It's all about rentals though. When I last visited a video store there was a big shelf of shiny porn Blu-rays (and some mainstream like "Wanted"). They all had a "PS3 compatible" label slapped on. If I had a PS3, I would probably rent Blu-rays a lot (although I think I would better stay away from high def porn... *shudder*), as there is no way that I would pay those retail prices for something as DRMd to heck, but it doesn't matter for rentals. Now I don't have a PS3. Yet maybe, if players come at about €80, I would get one of those. I don't see why I would pay more for something that barely serves as a drive, as there clearly is no need for fancy analog processing on the players's side.]]>Feb 3rd 2009 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Titles already at least 30% off.
Buy 3 get 30% off
Buy 6 get 40% off
Buy 10 get 50% off

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If I had purchased every DVD I have ever seen... I'd be more than broke. There are plenty of movies I just wanna see... I don't need it on my shelf for eternity. I'm not trying to build my own personal video store.

I remember buying DVDs for $20 in 1998. Now it's a decade later... Blu-Ray has clearly more resolution, sound, etc... shouldn't they be more expensive today... especially factoring in inflation?]]>Feb 3rd 2009 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/
I'm pretty sure the licensing fees are on the hardware--not the actual discs. There are a number of indie films available on Blu-ray that only struggle with the cost of the media, not any licensing fees...]]>Feb 11th 2009 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/]]>Feb 3rd 2009 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/blu-ray titles and I'm sure blockbuster is starting to carry them
too. For now, buying or renting blu-ray is the best way to get
high-quality video/sound without hitting the monthly bandwidth cap on
a comcast connection. ]]>Feb 3rd 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/
Buy 3, get 30% MORE off
Buy 6, get 40% MORE off
Buy 10, get 50% MORE off

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Blu-ray currently is for passive customer, while the ol'good dvd is for passive and active users (you can record your own movies).

]]>Feb 3rd 2009 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/
And once HD streaming becomes reality, ownership of $30 movies is going to plummet.

Until then, I, like most people, will get along just fine with SD movies streaming and from Netflix.]]>Feb 3rd 2009 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/
1) Streaming is the future.
2) Not gonna buy any(!) device that will feature region codes. Moved to many times between continents, got screwed too many times by music/film industry. Not going to happen again.]]>Feb 3rd 2009 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/
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1- additional sound channels (multiple languages, closed captions, director/actor commentary)
2- subtitles
3- higher quality than any steaming current supports (realistically)
4- "ownership" - people that want Disney movies, or what have you, want to feel they own it. It's why music subscriptions haven't faired that well. Netflix works for new releases, but it often leads to purchases.]]>Feb 3rd 2009 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Dodgeball: Blu - $24.49, DVD - $10.49
Death Proof: Blu - $20.99, DVD - $9.99
Super Troopers: Blu - $24.99, DVD - $9.99
Saw a whole rack of $2.99 off-rental DVDs just a few weeks old. Blu-Ray titles just don't have very good sales. Until they do, I'm not going to go out looking for a Blu-ray player whatever the price. ]]>Feb 3rd 2009 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/
Yes, this scaled sale isn't as good as their BOGO's last year (when there wasn't a minimum purchase req), but it's still a helluva lot less than anywhere else you can buy Blu.

Buy 3, *additional* 30% off -- buy 6, *additional* 40% off -- buy 10, *additional* 50% off]]>Feb 3rd 2009 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/
I also get movies at 1080i over-the-air. MythTV saves them and organizes them. It works out very nicely. There are even HD movies on my parents cable that aren't on any HD-DVD or BR disk yet. It is basically what digital downloading will be like. I sit down and go through the TV guide for what I want recorded in the next two weeks, and in two weeks I have all of those TV shows.

And even though my home theater is better than the real movie theater, it is still the place to watch 'good' new movies when they come out.]]>Feb 3rd 2009 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/
Engadget readers probably own High Def screens in disproportionately higher numbers than the general public, but I would guess most people still don't have screens capable of BlueRay resolution. ]]>Feb 3rd 2009 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/Feb 3rd 2009 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/recession-busting-150-blu-ray-players-coming-this-year/
If I buy a DVD, I can play it at home, I can play it in my car, I can play it on my laptop, I can play it on my desktop. I can take it over to a friend's house and pretty much be guaranteed to play it on something there.

If I buy a Blu-ray disk, I can play it on my player at home, and that's pretty much it.


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