Sony bows $200 Blu-ray player

Posted by Matthew Elliott 37 Comments

New low: a $200 Blu-ray drive.

(Credit: Sony Electronics Inc.)

Funai announced a standalone Blu-ray player that will dip below the $300 mark when it's released next quarter, but if you've got a PC that's up to the challenge, Sony's got an internal Serial ATA Blu-ray drive that will do the trick for even less. The BDU-X10S drive will cost $199.99 when Sony starts shipping it next month (preorder it here). This BD-ROM (that's read, not write) drive comes bundled with CyberLink PowerDVD BD Edition for playing Blu-ray discs in MPEG-2 or H.264 format. It'll also play DVDs and CDs and will work with XP and Vista PCs.

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by rockymtnbri January 9, 2008 9:38 AM: I plan to pick one of these up as soon as they're available!; Reply to this comment


by sanenazok January 9, 2008 11:39 AM: I would think about this, but only if these had DVD writing (not bluRay, of course, just standard DVD); Reply to this comment View all 2 replies
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by dirty55409 January 9, 2008 1:13 PM: I'll wait for the BD-R drive to drop in price... this drive/price is a good sign of things to come though.; Reply to this comment View reply
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by lorax1284 January 9, 2008 6:03 PM: With Warner Home Video's recent announcement, It may be moot, but LG sells a dual format HD DVD / BD reader (not writer) that does write DVD-RW / DL etc. and comes with Cyberlink Power DVD. It's ~$250 right now... dual format drives may be a moot point now, but if HD-DVD does die, there may be some excellent deals on HDDVD movies, so having a drive that will play them may be handy.; Reply to this comment


by wasabi1000 January 10, 2008 5:24 AM: oh snap!!; Reply to this comment


by teachandfly January 10, 2008 7:07 AM: You know it?s funny this whole debate. I don?t know why we are even having a HD/BR war if they haven?t noticed the public doesn?t really want it. If I never own another DVD I will be happy, I want to be able to download my content. I can watch HD movies though my cable company, on demand or on X-Box live. I would rather download my next HD movie and keep it on a hard drive, then bring it up from my home network in any room of the house, then to be stuck with a player hooked up to one TV. If you have kids, you will find out that no disk is safe I have had to buy Cinderella 3 times because the disk gets ruined, for the love of it let me download it, put it on a hard drive, if my car could have a hard drive in it and just send it to it?s hard drive I could take all my movies with me in the car and never have to change them while driving would be great, oh yeah not to mention stoping the complaints that the movie isn?t working right. So why will I never run and get one of these players, I will wait to download it, so why continue the debate.; Reply to this comment View all 3 replies
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by KTate70 January 10, 2008 8:18 AM: Ahh... The English language and all its quirks! (Remember: They're over there with their friends.); Reply to this comment


by graviz January 10, 2008 10:05 AM: As of right now most consumers who are buying Blu Ray & HD Dvd are people who realy care about home theater. This really goes without saying. Most people who are audiofiles or videofiles will not use a computer for their dvd playing needs (and yes I understand a reciever has a computer in it....I just thought I would eliminate that point). Unless you have a media center pc or a homemade one it "typically" won't have the proper connections for hooking it up to a new tv and surround sound system. I've invested in a HD dvd player for my XBOX 360 and it works great (only $150). I personally think my HD dvd collection will end up like my SACD & Dvd audio collection, yet I don't think Blu Ray will win either. I think people who think downloading movies will win is a joke. It may be a good solution for renting, however owning most people want something they can hold. If I was a betting man, and I am, I would put money on the flash memory format they are developing.; Reply to this comment View reply
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by jomoelle January 10, 2008 10:37 AM: Ok i have a question for all off u electronic buffs out there but im not sure if youll ko the answer. I am using a HP A1630N pretty decient computer i upgraded to a Nvidia 8600GT and I was wondering when I one of these babies will I be very disapointed with the quaility if I run DVI-HDMI to my 40" sony LCD or should I invest in a new video card with HDMI-Out?; Reply to this comment View all 3 replies
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by layclerk January 10, 2008 10:47 AM: HAHA. I'm glad to know I'm not the only spelling maven on this site. Don't you just love it when people reply sarcastically? It only shows how wrong they know they are. Nothing has changed from when I was in school, and all the morons and dumb jocks resented me for my superior command of the language.; Reply to this comment View reply
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