Onkyo's DV-BD606 Blu-ray player goes to Europe, drops to amateur status

Onkyo has turned the DV-BD606P "professional" Blu-ray player loose on the European shores, but with a subtle difference. Our friends overseas will get the DV-BD606, sans "P" (professional) and rack-mount ears. Sounds like an athlete who just didn't quite pan out, doesn't it? Other than that, your £400 ($615) nets you the same uninspiring Profile 1.1, DTS-HD MA, Dolby TrueHD, HDMI 1.3a, DVD upconverting player we got over here in the US. That's right -- pay a little more, get a little less. Somehow, we think that even this is going to be a tough sell no matter where it shows up, and the SD card slot up front and me-too DivX support won't change that.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 27th 2008 4:43PM]

Is Engadget the "budget-oriented" gadget site now? The people who are buying this player aren't price shopping on Amazon or Google.

How about a focus on what is unique and different about this player, instead of whining that its MSRP is higher than $200? Oh, sorry, that would require doing something beyond reading the press release.

It's really tiring that Engadget treats Blu-ray players like there are only two things that matter: Blu-ray version number (1.1 or 2.0), and MSRP. I can read the press release myself. Find out what ELSE might be worth knowing about the new Blu-ray players that are coming out, or you're just wasting bandwidth.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 27th 2008 7:22PM]

How many times do people have to tell you this is a rebadged Funai or whatever it is and it does not deserve it's badge and hence it's price. Quality products at a niche price point are OK, but this is not quality, it' a POS, so let it go man!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 28th 2008 6:56AM]

Actually, It's the same as the Denon DVD-1800BD, and has the same mainboard as the Denon DVD-2500BD.
The main CPU is the Uniphier chip used in the Panasonic BD players.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 28th 2008 5:06PM]

Fuzzylogic, thanks for explaining what this player REALLY is, instead of popping off like Gus with unfounded theories that are flat out wrong.

My point is that if this player really does deserve the critique, it should be based on "xyz make us believe this Onkyo isn't worth the money." not something like "Woah! It's $600! Who would buy that?!?!?111"

If it's a Funai, I'd like Engadget to tell me that. If it's got Denon guts, like fuzzylogic said, that's good information too. I can read press releases anywhere. I'd like Engadget to add some value to the discourse instead of posting a critique based on nothing but a press release and price.