At a minimum of two retailers, Samsung’s BD-P1400 Blu-ray player has dropped below the $US300 barrier…by pennies. But it’s done so without rebates or crazy, Black Friday sales. And while we’re still partial to the PS3 as a Blu-ray player of choice (there are actually some good games on the platform now), this Samsung has the lowest retail price at the moment to get into full, 1080p Blu-ray fun. (Plus it supports Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD along with the most current HDMI 1.3 spec.) Plus you get the five free movies.
So without special discounts, I guess that Blu-ray did hit $300 by Christmas after all…it just wasn’t Sony leading the charge. [amazon and vanns via engadget]
DaveBG
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 1:18 AMIt’s still far more than a 1080p HD DVD player (and are the Blu-ray fans claiming this is a “firesale”?).
Blu-ray is totally dependeant on a kids game console, the PS3.
It’s a game console format and a tiny amount of over-priced & under spec’d stand-alones bolted on to that don’t make the slightest difference to that.