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Sub-$100 Blu-ray player available now at Meijer

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 19 Jun 2009 4:46 User comments (7)

Sub-$100 Blu-ray player available now at Meijer The online retailer Meijer is now the first company to offer a standalone Blu-ray player for under $100 USD, selling the Curtis Mathes CMMBX130 for $99.99.
The standalone will playback Blu-ray at 1080p and upscale standard DVDs to 1080i, and includes HDMI 1.3 output, optical digital audio and an Ethernet port for Internet connectivity.

The CMMBX130 runs on a BroadCom 7440 processor "and there is an 11-bit, 108MHz video digital-to-analog converter as well as a 24-bit, 192kHz audio digital-to-audio converter. Rounding out the outputs is a composite video connections. Two-channel Dolby Digital AC-3 is supported."



The price of the player before the current discount was $299 USD.

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7 user comments

119.6.2009 16:57

Okay, I'm definitely buying this until I find a higher end player at a better price!

219.6.2009 21:39

if this thing has divx playback on it, and a USB port on the front i will definitely buy it.

319.6.2009 22:29

I can't find it ?

419.6.2009 22:57

They are already sold out, did not surprise me since the price is good

520.6.2009 17:44
atomicxl
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I'm buying this. So the day has finally come where you can buy a xbox 360 and a Blu-Ray player for less than the price of a PS3.

624.6.2009 13:13

Is this their standard price for them? Or are they on sale or clearance?

724.6.2009 18:32

Originally posted by canuckerz:
Is this their standard price for them? Or are they on sale or clearance?

Target normally sells them for like 158.00 US. Last time i checked, Meijer was sold out of these players

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