Sub-$300 Blu-ray Players
Posted on May 12, 08 10:39 PM PDT
Wal-Mart is now stocking Blu-ray players from Funai that retail for under the magical $300 mark - $298, to be exact. This first generation player has been brannded as the Magnavox NB500MG9. For those who are questioning Funai's credentials, it is the largest OEM DVD player manufacturer for North America, boasting manufacturing factories in China. Sorry folks, if you want BD profile 2.0 you will need to purchase a PS3 or other dedicated BD profile 2.0 players, as this one supports just BD profile 1.1, DVD upscaling up to 1080p and HDMI 1.3. Will this see Blu-ray penetration increase in households across America? What do you think?
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By N-O , 16/06/08 3:05 AM (CommentID #728493)
Bluray will die and then it will all be over until the next format war starts up again.
By randy , 11/06/08 10:40 AM (CommentID #721802)
I bought one of these from WM and it is amazing. I got one blu-ray movie - Sunshine and it's astonishing with my new 50" Plasma (albeit 720-P) and bose surround sound.
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