We'd give you two guesses on how we feel about this trend, but you only need one.
BenQ has just followed
Pioneer's lead and dropped the price of its BR1000 Blu-ray optical drive a full 33% in Taiwan. Post-discount, the BD-ROM unit now sits at around NT$3,650 (or $120 to you Americans). SonyNEC Optiarc
projected that we'd see these internal drives selling for under $100 before 2009, and it looks like its prophecy will indeed come true. Now, as soon as the
standalone players start heading in the same direction, we'll be all smiles.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jimmy @ Jul 21st 2008 4:48PM
All of the players are moving in that direction. It will just take time. My guess is it will be XMas 2009 before you see stand alone profile 2.0 players at $100. But you will certainly see sub $200 1.1 players and $250 2.0 players this year.
Spiza @ Jul 21st 2008 7:58PM
bookmarked.
dj496 @ Jul 22nd 2008 8:30AM
cool, cheap quality blu-ray devices :)