The only problem that I see with this is that if Sony BD 350 model is going for $200 or even $250 this Black Friday why in the world would anyone buy this player?
It is obvious that these guys have cut certain things from the player in order to maintain the price and unless this player is being sold for $150 I don't see it competing with Samsung's or Sony's players.
It seems that now BDA is killing Chinese player manufacturers by undercutting them with prices not to mention the fact that these guys actually pay licensing. I just wonder how the whole spin will be made to actually try to hide this fact.
$250 for Insignia player that has cut features from previous model and kept pretty much the same price is showing true state of Blu-Ray hardware manufacturers IMO.
Funai is Japanese not Chinese although they have Chinese facilities. And Best Buy is selling neither Sony nor Samsung models for less than $250. e.g. the S350 is listed at $299 on the site. If other places are selling players cheaper I guess they're going to make a lot more sales than Best Buy will.
I posted about this way back in the last thread about the lower blu-ray model. Engadget is slow. LOok at the unit and the remote, it screams Samsung bdp1500.
Mark: "And Best Buy is selling neither Sony nor Samsung models for less than $250."
Who the F cares what Best Buy is and is not doing. I am sure everyone isn't fastened to Bad Buy, and will happily buy the competition from Amazon for $210-250 and get free movies to boot.
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The only problem that I see with this is that if Sony BD 350 model is going for $200 or even $250 this Black Friday why in the world would anyone buy this player?
It is obvious that these guys have cut certain things from the player in order to maintain the price and unless this player is being sold for $150 I don't see it competing with Samsung's or Sony's players.
It seems that now BDA is killing Chinese player manufacturers by undercutting them with prices not to mention the fact that these guys actually pay licensing. I just wonder how the whole spin will be made to actually try to hide this fact.
$250 for Insignia player that has cut features from previous model and kept pretty much the same price is showing true state of Blu-Ray hardware manufacturers IMO.
Funai is Japanese not Chinese although they have Chinese facilities. And Best Buy is selling neither Sony nor Samsung models for less than $250. e.g. the S350 is listed at $299 on the site. If other places are selling players cheaper I guess they're going to make a lot more sales than Best Buy will.
I posted about this way back in the last thread about the lower blu-ray model. Engadget is slow. LOok at the unit and the remote, it screams Samsung bdp1500.
Mark: "And Best Buy is selling neither Sony nor Samsung models for less than $250."
Who the F cares what Best Buy is and is not doing. I am sure everyone isn't fastened to Bad Buy, and will happily buy the competition from Amazon for $210-250 and get free movies to boot.