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Blu-ray Player Price Drop Hits Costco

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10/1/08 at 4:42pm
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they had the Sony BDP-BX1 for $279.99 (was $379.99). Costco also had the Samsung BD-P1500 at the new Price of $249.99 (was $349.99).....................Costco has an Unlimited return policy on DVD/BD player (90days on TVs) and will refund you the difference if they lower the price in a resonable amount of time (90days).
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10/1/08 at 5:43pm
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Re: Blu-ray Player Price Drop Hits Costco

Still too expensive.
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10/1/08 at 5:44pm
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Re: Blu-ray Player Price Drop Hits Costco

I'm holding out for the new Panasonic DMP-BD35 (MSRP $299) which I'm hoping comes in even cheaper than $279.99 via online retailers. Either way prices are bound to be good on players toward the end of the year.

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10/2/08 at 11:10am
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Re: Blu-ray Player Price Drop Hits Costco

It will be interesting to see at what price the Oppo Blu-ray player (seen at CEDIA) debuts at when it is released.
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10/2/08 at 1:21pm
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Re: Blu-ray Player Price Drop Hits Costco

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Originally Posted by Jim Mcc
Still too expensive.

Ha-ha...oh, were you serious? For yuks, how much would you think is reasonable?

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10/2/08 at 1:26pm
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Re: Blu-ray Player Price Drop Hits Costco

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It will be interesting to see at what price the Oppo Blu-ray player (seen at CEDIA) debuts at when it is released.

Me too. I love my Oppo and will go Blu when this new player is released.
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10/2/08 at 1:32pm
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Re: Blu-ray Player Price Drop Hits Costco

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Originally Posted by Doug Otte
Ha-ha...oh, were you serious? For yuks, how much would you think is reasonable?

Doug

I won't buy one until they're $150 or less.
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10/2/08 at 2:31pm
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Re: Blu-ray Player Price Drop Hits Costco

Sam's Club has the Sony BDP-S301 for $217.
I think I remember reading that there's a firmware update for it, that will allow it to decode dtsHD MA internally, so you can send it to older receivers over the 5.1 analog outputs.
Samsung HL61A750 (LED DLP)            Onkyo TX-SR805
Oppo BDP-83 Blu ray                                  Polk Audio LSi9
Polk Audio LSiC                                  Sony SS-MB100H
JBL PSW1200 (Sub)                        ...
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10/2/08 at 3:14pm
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Re: Blu-ray Player Price Drop Hits Costco

I think pricing is all relative.

I bought my Sony 300 over a year ago for around $400.

I've been able to enjoy spectacular HD Blu Ray movies for over a year. I know a lot of people are holding out, but at what point are you denying yourself the enjoyment of this wonderful looking video? I mean, I could have waited 12 months and saved what? A whopping $100? Or $8.33 per month?

I think my $8.33 per month has been well spent.
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10/2/08 at 7:43pm
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Re: Blu-ray Player Price Drop Hits Costco

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Originally Posted by Jim Mcc
Still too expensive.
Ditto

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10/3/08 at 9:30am
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Re: Blu-ray Player Price Drop Hits Costco

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I think pricing is all relative.

I bought my Sony 300 over a year ago for around $400.

I've been able to enjoy spectacular HD Blu Ray movies for over a year. I know a lot of people are holding out, but at what point are you denying yourself the enjoyment of this wonderful looking video? I mean, I could have waited 12 months and saved what? A whopping $100? Or $8.33 per month?

I think my $8.33 per month has been well spent.
I think this depends on whether you are interested in the majority of titles available on Blu. I don't think there are a handful of films out yet that I really must have on HD - I either already have SD versions of catalogue I can watch or am not interested in most of what is coming out - so paying more for hardware that has not (until recently) been full featured didn't make any sense. Having gone through 5 DVD players since buying in, the hardware is disposable IMO, and as such I'm no longer willing to pay a lot for it.
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10/3/08 at 9:51am
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Different strokes for different folks, I guess. I've never paid under 250$ for a player (except my two HD DVD players, and they were initially a lot more than what I paid for them)--not because I'm a "price snob", but because I choose to buy what I can afford when I can afford it. Obviously, that is a "moving target" and there are other criteria to consider. As long as people are comfortable with waiting for prices to reach their particular "sweet spot", no one should feel a "need" to buy something that does not meet their cost/benefit requirements. The only time I find the "too expensive" comment to be unreasonable (and I don't consider any of those comments in this thread as such) is when people were complaining that BD players were not at 150$ or so when the format was first hitting the market. That was an unrealistic expectation and not one with which I could sympathize.

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