Alan F wrote:
> tootal2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>> Im thinking of using my 600.00 tax rebate from bush to buy a blu-ray
>> player. But blu-ray players still cost way to much.
>
> There are re****tedly new model Profile 1.1/2 Sony and Samsung Blu-ray
> players coming out in the next several months. I have not seen re****ts
> of price cuts, but with the drop in Blu-ray player sales, I think that
> is likely. But aggressive price cuts are not likely until the Xmas
> shopping season and maybe not even then. The manufacturers are still
> licking their financial wounds from the format war.
>
> I am not that concerned whether the player is $300 or $400; $500 is
> probably my upper limit. I can always wait for a sale to save some
> money. I have been waiting for the new models to come out, so I can at
> least have Profile 1.1 compatibility for some degree of future proofing.
> The Internet access Profile 2.0 stuff does not interest me much at all,
> because I expect they plan to use it for "revenue enhancement" (ie
> charge for mostly pointless extras).
>
> Alan F
>
It may be worth noting that my Feb acquisition of a new Sony BD-S500
player was a welcome addition to the system here. Additional note, I've
also acquired a few BD discs that require a 1.1 player to fully
appreciate some of the included features. Even more, I downloaded a
firmware update from Sony.com, applied the update, and now fully enjoy
the 1.1 features on all the BD discs that it previously wouldn't.
Finally, I assume this player will never be fully 2.0 compliant due to
the apparent lack of any connection for networking to the internet, but
I don't plan on losing any sleep over it.
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jer
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