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Comments on: Sharp intros two new sub-$300 Blu-ray players

Sharp is serving up two new Blu-ray players, the BD-HP16U and the BD-HP22U, in the first half of 2009. Only the BD-HP22U supports the BD-ROM Profile 2.0, also known as BD-Live.

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by LinuxRules January 7, 2009 2:33 PM PST
I guess it will be another year before they drop to under $100. Too bad.
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by darkpoet25 January 7, 2009 2:47 PM PST
Do you not remember when DVD players were first introduced? Their cost wasn't near what they are now, the same goes for the BD players. For what it's worth, Vizio is introducing a BD player that is profile 2.0, and decodes all audio codecs for $199.
by khicon January 7, 2009 3:48 PM PST
Great. If proponents of Blu-Ray want the medium to succeed, they need to get on making a good $150 player that can decode all the necessary audio, offer great video quality, but most of all - offer consumers something that their DVD players cannot already do - the interactivity of BD-live, netflix streaming, among other things.
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by the_iceman January 7, 2009 5:38 PM PST
150 is my magic number. I , too, can wait as the blu movies are also still overpriced
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by the_iceman January 7, 2009 6:01 PM PST
I'll probably wait for profile 3.0 featuring Blu-ray audio, which should be superior to CDs, SACD, and DVD-A. Hopefully, like Blu-ray (video) it also will catch on. It's time for higher resolution sources to replace the aging CD format, especially.
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by techsnob898 January 7, 2009 7:26 PM PST
I like to see that sharp getting into the highly dominat blue-ray market owned by sony(nazi). bring the competition to lower the price $100 blueray player by next christmas. thank good i did not waste my money on the ps3 long live xbox.
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by ywkhgqo January 8, 2009 8:13 AM PST
quiet fanboy
by vtchuck2000 January 7, 2009 7:54 PM PST
I don't care if the players drop below $150 or even $100, they'd better also bring down the cost of software, I am never going to pay $25-$30 a movie.
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by BrujoSalazar January 8, 2009 9:37 AM PST
When will someone stop making these things look like vcr's? are they limited to this form factor, due to the mother boards? imagine one that looks as nice as my ps3. imagine it being slightly bigger than the actual blu-ray disk. that would most likely cost a ton, but hey just an incomplete thought. yes i know looks are least important yes i understand its very complicated give the limits of electronics, etc etc etc and so forth blah
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by renGek January 8, 2009 10:35 AM PST
who cares. the medium is the only thing that is important here. Forget blu ray players altogether. The movies should be in easily transported electronic format. Everybody has a spare pc somewhere that they can plug into their hdtv and play the movies. A Blu ray player is a useless extra part.

If amazon or someone similar sold movies (full selection) that is downloadable I would never need to hear about another player that I have to buy to play movies or buy physical discs. These manufacturers need to stop trying to make us buy things that are redundant.
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by BrujoSalazar January 8, 2009 11:17 AM PST
When will someone stop making these things look like vcr's? are they limited to this form factor, due to the mother boards? imagine one that looks as nice as my ps3. imagine it being slightly bigger than the actual blu-ray disk. that would most likely cost a ton, but hey just an incomplete thought. yes i know looks are least important yes i understand its very complicated give the limits of electronics, etc etc etc and so forth blah
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