RSS Feeds
Screens
Funai (Sylvania, Symphonic and Emerson) Will Sell HDTVs With Blu-rays In 'Em
Posted by Jason Chen at 5:20 AM on August 14, 2008
Funai, whose subsidiaries are more familiar to us as Sylvania, Symphonic and Emerson, is planning on selling LCD HDTVs with Blu-rays on-board starting summer 2009. The company's previous successes in recent years with combo units (TVs with VCRs and TVs with DVDs) totalled up 40% and 20% of their sales in the US respectively. So how much will this low-end brand charge you for the all-in-one experience? CrunchGear says the target price for a 42-inch will be between US$1100 and US$1300. Keep in mind that's a price for something launching a year from now. [CrunchGear]
Update: Funai also took over the Phlips TV brand in the US, which means you might be seeing this under their name as well.
Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
There are currently no AU comments for this post.
aec007
Posted 5:45 AM 14/8/08
I see the blu-ray portion of this TV being obsolete years ahead of the TV requiring an upgrade.
Read: don't buy crap built in.
:)
aec007
aaj111
Posted 5:45 AM 14/8/08
Hm. I am all for built-in DVD players. Bring it on!
aaj111
chudmonkey
Posted 5:23 AM 14/8/08
The pluralization of Blu-Ray does not require an apostrophe.
chudmonkey
pagercam
Posted 6:30 AM 14/8/08
Funai will acquire the Philips brand this fall.
pagercam
mjgolli
Posted 7:03 AM 14/8/08
Blu-Rays! OMG! They cause cancer! We all gonna die!
mjgolli
GadgetPlay
Posted 7:27 AM 14/8/08
@chudmonkey: Oooh! Isn't he the clever little fellow! Does he want a cookie? Does he want a cookie?
GadgetPlay
JEmlay
Posted 8:53 AM 14/8/08
This is SUCH A HORRIBLE idea. So you include a $10 DVD ($25 to consumer) player in your past TVs. Big deal. It stops working and who cares?
Unless this player can be REMOVED by the consumer for replacement, this idea will BLOW.
JEmlay
ezman
Posted 9:16 AM 14/8/08
@JEmlay: I agree, one part more than likely will fail at some point... Which leaves you with a TV without a BD player or a BD player that is useless. It honestly makes a lot more sense to spend a little extra and buy them separately, but historically, that's not really how the American public sees is... so I bet they sell a ton of these.
ezman
Posted 10:41 AM 14/8/08
@pagercam
That's a shame, where I work, an older couple mentioned Philips being bought by another manufacturer, and being that Philips themselves weren't making any new models for the North American market, it was feasible, but I looked at them like they were crazy and I had heard no such nonsense, sorry random elderly couple, you were right.
Also, I warn everyone about the dangers of built-in anything on TVs, if it craps out, you're sitting with a damaged or non-existing TV for at least a few weeks. Buy a cheapo, the premium they charge for a built-in is insane.