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High-End Blu-ray Players Debut Next Week
The new players will offer a host of features.
By Swanni
Washington, D.C. (August 27, 2008)
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While reports indicate that entry-level Blu-ray player prices
are falling, Panasonic, Yamaha and Pioneer next week are
expected to introduce new pricey, high-end models.
That's according to an article by Video Business.
The new, expensive Blu-ray players are expected to be unveiled
at the annual CEDIA Home Theater conference in Denver, which
runs September 3-7.
Pioneer is scheduled to introduce the Elite BDP-09FD, which will
retail for $2,200. The company says it will be the first Blu-ray
player that can playback Net-enabled interactive features
immediately after purchase, according to Video Business. (Other
standalone Blu-ray players must download the features.)
Yamaha is expected to introduce a $1,195 Blu-ray player that
will offer picture-in-picture features, but it will not be
Web-enabled. Video Business notes that the PS3, which costs just
$399, has PIP and is also web-enabled.
Finally, Panasonic is scheduled to unveil two new Blu-ray
players next week -- the
DMP-BD35 and DMP-BD55, says
Video Business. But the company has been mum on pricing and
launch dates.
While the higher-end Blu-ray players may be going against the
trend, the CEDIA conference attracts Home Theater installers
whose clients may opt for the pricier, feature-laden models.
“With a show like this,
people who are willing to spend the kind of money it takes to
put together a great home theater system will want Blu-ray,”
Panasonic spokesman Jeff Samuels told Video Business.
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