That's just the current MSRP. These things will be down to $150-$200 by the end of the year, I should think. That's solidly in the same price range as a very good upscaling DVD player, and these players do a pretty reasonable job of upscaling DVDs (Uniphier chipset).
I suspect we'll see $100 BR-D players by mid-2009. Good for you, Funai!
“The other one is a biggie, and it's something very noticeable in the videos: touch sensitivity is pretty bad. Using the virtual keyboard proved to be far too painful, and we're pretty sure it wasn't multitouch-friendly.”
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That's just the current MSRP. These things will be down to $150-$200 by the end of the year, I should think. That's solidly in the same price range as a very good upscaling DVD player, and these players do a pretty reasonable job of upscaling DVDs (Uniphier chipset).
I suspect we'll see $100 BR-D players by mid-2009. Good for you, Funai!