Goldmund's Eidos 20 BD Blu-ray player costs $17k

by Darren Murph posted Feb 26th 2008 at 10:29AM

At first glance, we didn't really believe anyone would create a Blu-ray player with a $16,900 sticker. Then we saw it was produced by Goldmund. Continuing its long heritage of offering up grossly overpriced wares for those with more money than sense, the firm is now trumpeting a Blu-ray player more pricey than most low-end automobiles -- and we're not even sure it's Profile 2.0. What we do know is that the Eidos 20 BD includes an AC-Curator power supply circuit, the outfit's own Magnetic Damper for lowering read errors and a chassis only a mother could love. To each his / her own, we guess.

[Via CNET]

Filed under: Blu-ray, Players, Others

Tags: blu-ray, Eidos 20 BD, Eidos20Bd, expensive, Goldmund, luxury

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Mr. E @ Feb 26th 2008 10:37AM

The super-duper high end gear always makes me chuckle. I suppose this unit has a detachable power cord, so you can use that $4,000 silver coated oxygen free copper power cable to add that extra layer of transparency? LOL.

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Aiden @ Feb 26th 2008 10:50AM

oh my god what a rip off i thought blu ray was a ultra accessable format but this just takes the michael watch blu ray players go sub �80

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LiqwidZero @ Feb 26th 2008 11:43AM

nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnope.

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DrXym @ Feb 26th 2008 11:00AM

Video and audiophiles will be lining up to buy this to go with their pear anjou cables, beech wood knobs, power conditioning devices and all the other tweaker crap that serves no purpose but to identify people with more money than sense.

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takamaru @ Feb 26th 2008 11:05AM

Wait, wait , wait wait.... It doesn't make waffles?

weak..

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Galley @ Feb 26th 2008 11:28AM

I'd buy that for a dollar!

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HD Tom @ Feb 26th 2008 11:39AM

Now wait just a minute! That $16,900 price tag is just the MSRP. Everyone knows it won't go for more than $16,500!!

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pquistgard @ Feb 26th 2008 11:48AM

C'mon engadget, I know you're keeping your readers happy by saying that thing is "for those with more money than sense", and it probably is true, but you know but some people really do value the quality (and customer service) offered by ulra-highend gear. And there's other reasons they buy it too.

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1stGreg @ Feb 26th 2008 12:00PM

I am not disputing the pricing of this unit, it is ultra high-end, no question about that. You need both Fords and Ferraris in this world.

I just wonder if all those extra high end power regulators and circuits will actually make a difference in the end.

Isn't the signal supposed to be digital with HDMI? Meaning, exactly equal to what is being read on the disc, transmitted to the TV?

I mean, 0 or 1, you either have it or you don't. I could understand those kind of units better when we were analog tbh...

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DrXym @ Feb 26th 2008 12:26PM

If vibration was an issue, I'm sure a simple read ahead buffer would fix occasional errors. And as you say, Blu Ray is digital virtually from end to end except for someout analogue audio outputs. The claims made of this player sound like audio/videophile nonsense.

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