Yeah this garbage profile 1.0 is not even worth 150 dollars. 45 seconds to eject the disc and 25 to load what a waste. My brother in law bought this garbage 3 months ago when it costed 300 dollars and he returned it. This machine gives problems when you play the new movies out now, even with the firmware.
Now the Panny BD30 is a great machine, but its not worth 500 bucks when is not even profile 2.0. I am waiting for the BD50 which will be my first bluray player. Now with not HD DVD crap in the way SONY will make sure to destroy anyone when it comes to be number one in selling bluray machines, but I think Panasonic will be their nightmare.
I've been impressed by Panasonic it seems that they are the ones releasing the better standalone bluray machines.
I think you'll see the BD30 drop substantially when the BD50 appears. In fact I think that's a pattern you'll see in many manufacturers - a lower end 1.1 player and a more expensive 2.0 player. I expect that many 1.1 players will be $300 or less by the end of the year.
As for Sony... they have to compete in the blu ray market like everyone else. If their players suck or cost too much, people will buy another model. That's the way it should be. Its called competition.
it's just funny that sony is beating itself badly with it's own machine, the ps3.
sony should remove the hard drive, expensive slot loading drive, bluetooth, media streaming, and game support, (leave in the internet browser), drop it in a bdp-s550 like box, give it bravia theather sync, an IR remote, a coaxial digital output, 7.1 analog outputs and sell this ps3 hybrid as a standalone 2.0 dtsHD/trueHD player at $50-70 above the current lowest ps3 sku. now that sony is no longer selling the ps3 at a loss, this should be easy. because you are still paying more than the ps3 for fewer funtions, it will mostly attract the crowd that finds fault with owning a game console/don't like the way it looks/need IR or bravia theather sync/ or have older recievers without hdmi, without canibalising the sales of a higher consumer value ps3 game console that brings in even more cash over time with the game licences and digital download. because it won't be doing as much as an actual ps3, you can save even more money by using failed 45nm cell processors that only have 6-7 working spus.
or you can build the ps3x for like a grand, but we all know how that kind of thing turns out.
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carlos @ Apr 14th 2008 4:51PM
Yeah this garbage profile 1.0 is not even worth 150 dollars. 45 seconds to eject the disc and 25 to load what a waste. My brother in law bought this garbage 3 months ago when it costed 300 dollars and he returned it. This machine gives problems when you play the new movies out now, even with the firmware.
Now the Panny BD30 is a great machine, but its not worth 500 bucks when is not even profile 2.0. I am waiting for the BD50 which will be my first bluray player.
Now with not HD DVD crap in the way SONY will make sure to destroy anyone when it comes to be number one in selling bluray machines, but I think Panasonic will be their nightmare.
I've been impressed by Panasonic it seems that they are the ones releasing the better standalone bluray machines.
DrXym @ Apr 15th 2008 4:56AM
I think you'll see the BD30 drop substantially when the BD50 appears. In fact I think that's a pattern you'll see in many manufacturers - a lower end 1.1 player and a more expensive 2.0 player. I expect that many 1.1 players will be $300 or less by the end of the year.
As for Sony... they have to compete in the blu ray market like everyone else. If their players suck or cost too much, people will buy another model. That's the way it should be. Its called competition.
alienclays @ Apr 15th 2008 9:49AM
it's just funny that sony is beating itself badly with it's own machine, the ps3.
sony should remove the hard drive, expensive slot loading drive, bluetooth, media streaming, and game support, (leave in the internet browser), drop it in a bdp-s550 like box, give it bravia theather sync, an IR remote, a coaxial digital output, 7.1 analog outputs and sell this ps3 hybrid as a standalone 2.0 dtsHD/trueHD player at $50-70 above the current lowest ps3 sku.
now that sony is no longer selling the ps3 at a loss, this should be easy. because you are still paying more than the ps3 for fewer funtions, it will mostly attract the crowd that finds fault with owning a game console/don't like the way it looks/need IR or bravia theather sync/ or have older recievers without hdmi, without canibalising the sales of a higher consumer value ps3 game console that brings in even more cash over time with the game licences and digital download.
because it won't be doing as much as an actual ps3, you can save even more money by using failed 45nm cell processors that only have 6-7 working spus.
or you can build the ps3x for like a grand, but we all know how that kind of thing turns out.