Sony's BDP-S300 1080p Blu-ray player sinks below $200

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Gus @ Sep 21st 2008 8:11PM

Great for the consumer, but how would you be if you are another CE manufacturer trying to compete with sony, first the pS3 with 95% market share and now this, they have always tried to strangle the life out of other CE producers, and now they are in control of blu ray it's like the fox is control of the hen house, scary times indeed if you are partnered with them!

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dj496 @ Sep 21st 2008 8:32PM

Even if that is true (the market share, not the strangling other CEMs remark), Sony are STILL not making money from the PS3. So lay off them and just enjoy being the consumer and receiving the highest quality HD movie experience available, ok?

[disclaimer: that might sound like Sony fanboyism, but I assure you, I eat Sony fanboys for breakfast.] ;)

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Gus @ Sep 21st 2008 8:43PM

Sooooo, because sony subsidize their players and loose money, making it nearly impossible for other manufacturers to compete with them, and in the process giving themselves total market domination we should somehow give sony a break? My guesstimate would be, of the remaining 4-5 % being divided up amongst every other producer, sony probably has a 50% slice, meaning everyone else is fighting for about 2.5% of the market.

Give them a break, strange logic that one.

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minimalist @ Sep 21st 2008 9:40PM

I'm pretty sure this is just a clearance item. The BDPS350 has taken the S300's place.

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JoN @ Sep 21st 2008 10:36PM

exactly - this is a subsidizing thing... this is a clearance model... it has been replaced by the S350.... which has built in Ethernet, profile 2.0 capability via firmware update, and extremely shorter load times

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Nick Catalano @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:32AM

The only major thing I see in the update is that you can upgrade the firmware via the ethernet port and use interactive features that require internet connectivity.

You can still update the firmware on these... I have no idea how (burn it to a CD maybe?) but I know it is possible

All of the bad reviews on Amazon are there because of people not updating their firmware

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Gus @ Sep 21st 2008 8:11PM

dj496 @ Sep 21st 2008 8:32PM

Gus @ Sep 21st 2008 8:43PM

minimalist @ Sep 21st 2008 9:40PM

JoN @ Sep 21st 2008 10:36PM

Nick Catalano @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:32AM

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