Friday, May 16, 2008

Under-$300 Blu-ray Players

Wal-Mart will begin selling $298 Magnavox Blu-ray players Memorial Day weekend.

These players are being made by Japanese company Funai and will also be sold by Best-Buy with the Insignia badge. The Insignia will carry a $347 price tag (unless Best-Buy reconsiders pricing due to the Wal-Mart version).

According to Video Business, only about 10% of those with HDTV's have Blu-ray high definition DVD players. Although Blu-ray won the format war, acceptance has been slow because players and discs have been relatively expensive and because many of us think 480p DVD movies are just fine.

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