Panasonic's Profile 2.0 DMP-BD55 Blu-ray player gets priced: $399

We've seen it announced -- heck, we even saw it in person at CEDIA -- but until today, we've still had no idea what kind of sticker would eventually be laid upon Panasonic's Profile 2.0 DMP-BD55 Blu-ray player. Thanks to a few sharp eyes and a pre-order page at Amazon, we now know that this puppy will be launching for a respectable $399.95. Granted, this is twice as much as some of the aged units we've seen recently, but the inclusion of BD-Live support could be a strong selling point for some. Yeah, we hear you -- the PS3 is still the better bargain, but at least the days of $699 - $999 starting points seem to be coming to an end.

[Via Big Picture Big Sound]

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 24th 2008 10:20PM]

anything but sony or apple. thats my motto.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 25th 2008 3:15AM]

More fool you then. Missing out on some good products.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 25th 2008 12:10AM]

If it's really $399.00 then it seems like a very good value of a high quality
2.0 profile Blu-ray player. It decodes DTS-MA and DolbyTrueHD in the player right?
And I understand it has an improved Blu-ray PQ over previous Panasonic Blu-rays.
I would think Panasonic could sell quite a few of these.