Korea keeps getting the short end of the HD stick. First
World Cup broadcast problems and now a bungled Blu-ray launch. While Sony Pictures Korea released movies on Friday, the BD-P1000 player did not launch at the same time as planned. The reason for the delay is apparently Samsung's desire to package them with their Mosel-brand 1080p HDTVs,and they will be on store shelves tomorrow. Also of note is that the article cites the U.S. price of the BD-P1000 as $800, while as far as we know, it is still $999 everywhere. Several international reports have quoted this lower price (in US dollars) for the Samung Blu-ray player, maybe they think we're getting a special deal (we wish). HD DVD has not yet launched in Korea so for now, Blu-ray is the only game in town.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Steve J @ Sep 4th 2006 5:25PM
The price of this player on Amazon.com appears to be $730...
Addex @ Sep 4th 2006 5:35PM
The price on amazon is $730.88 today.
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-BD-P1000-Blu-Ray-Disc-Player/dp/B000F99FDE/sr=8-2/qid=1157405550/ref=pd_bbs_2/104-9338579-9482329?ie=UTF8&s=electronics
alienclay @ Sep 4th 2006 9:32PM
yeah, yesterday i was at the Navy Exchance (a military only retail chain where we don't have to pay sales tax but the prices are all the same,) and the samsung BD player was only 799.99.