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Sony officially drops Blu-ray player prices

2 October 2008 12:24 by Andre "DVDBack23" Yoskowitz | 9 comments

Sony has officially lowered the price of two of its most popular Blu-ray players, along with adding BD-Live capabilities to one.

Via a firmware update, the BDP-S350 will now be BD-Live capable along with seeing its price slashed $100 USD, to $299 USD. The BDP-S550 will see the same price slash, to $399 USD.

The move marks the first time Sony has officially lowered the price of a Blu-ray player lower than the price of its $399 PlayStation 3 console, which remains far and away the most popular Blu-ray player on the market, from any brand.

The price cuts follow the recent trend of price reductions, with Panasonic doing the same last week and Memorex introducing a $279 USD player earlier this month.

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snardos (Newbie) 2 October 2008 12:46
In Canada Walmart is having their anniversary sale and they have a blu-ray player for $199. I thinks its a magnavox. [ + quote]
mike.m (Member) 2 October 2008 17:09
They obviously slashed the price because something new and better is coming out, or it is starting to catch up to them that blu-ray prices are overpriced. [ + quote]
AuWolf (Junior Member) 2 October 2008 19:27
In Australia the PS3 used to have a price of $1000. Now it is about $700. Hopefully the price will drop even lower [ + quote]
miltex (Member) 2 October 2008 20:17
What bout a Christmas (sale) price drop too ? When the chips are down, you can count on miltex ! [ + quote]
samshizze (Junior Member) 2 October 2008 23:54
While its good they are starting to get cheaper. $300 is still too much, considering you get an incredible console system for $100 more. Until I can get a good quality Bluray player for $200 or less, i'll stick with my PS3. And no im not talking about some crappy Insignia brand or similar. [ + quote]
iluvendo (AfterDawn Addict) 2 October 2008 23:56
*Originally posted by miltex:* What bout a Christmas (sale) price drop too ? After this price drop, I wonder ? If it wasnt for bad luck, Id have no luck! "The flimsier the product,the higher the price" Ferengi 82nd rule of aquisition [ + quote]
ripxrush (Junior Member) 3 October 2008 2:43
liars! isn't the ps3 the most popular? so they must have meant the 2nd & 3rd most popular players!i dont know anyone that bought a ps3 for games specifically! every one i now bought the one upgradeable BR player with video game as a bonus feature! [ + quote]
Shegax (Junior Member) 3 October 2008 4:17
Naw I'm still a prude at this point. I've been managing with my dvds for a while now. I'm always on the go, so I usually rip my dvd to my ipod after I buy it, and watch it on the subway. Just bought Iron man, waiting for it to encode. Until I can burn a blank BR disk, buy a pack of them for 19.99, and a player for 100$ I'll just wait. [ + quote]
hermes_vb (Senior Member) 5 October 2008 1:24
I couldn't agree more. Until Blu-Ray doesn't get as cheap as DVD, for me it's a no brainer to stick to DVD. [ + quote]