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On Monday, January 25, Oppo Digital is launching the BDP-80, the "lower-cost" Blu-ray player model the company recently hinted at (see blu-ray.com, December 22). It is a BD-Live (profile 2.0) player, based on the same decoder chipset and firmware as the acclaimed BDP-83. It also supports DVD-Audio and SACD playback, and multichannel analog audio output. It is priced at $289 and will soon be available for purchase on the Oppo website. |
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Toshiba will launch its first Blu-ray Disc products in the Japanese market: three models of BD recorders, one player and two LCD HDTV/BD Combos. |
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Wal-Mart has unveiled that it will sell a $78 Magnavox Blu-ray player on Black Friday, the cheapest retail price for a BD player this year, undercutting Meijer?s $89 Sylvania Black Friday promotion. |
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The PlayStation 3 presents itself as many things? a highly advanced gaming device, a top-notch (reference quality) Blu-ray player, and an Internet enabled pathway to a world of downloadable games, movies, television and BD-Live enabled content. Most everything I?ve tapped into thus far has either met or exceeded my expectations for the PS3 Slim; however, there?s always those items that aren?t so great (the PS3?s web-browser is terrible, with limited access to some of the most popular sites? yes, you can get your web-enabled email, but what about access to Hulu? No dice! Might as well be living behind a firewall in China). |
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