Memorex ups to Blu-ray Profile 2.0 with its MVBD-2520 player

by Steven Kim, posted Jan 8th 2009 at 2:06AM

What a difference a few months makes -- just about $69 -- back in September, Memorex rolled out its MVBD-2510 (pictured) at $269, but the follow-up MVBD-2520 will show up this summer at $200. The inclusion of Profile 2.0 on this unit is good to see, but holding back the Dolby TrueHD and DST-HD MA to bitstream output spoils some of the fun, especially compared to what we're seeing at the same price point from VIZIO. That $200 figure is MSRP, so expect street prices to duck lower still. Based on what we're seeing, Blu-ray player prices won't be a valid excuse for failure in the marketplace come this time next year.

Filed under: Blu-ray, Players, Others

Tags: bd-live, blu-ray player, Blu-rayPlayer, ces, ces 2009, Ces2009, memorex, mvbd-2520, profile 2.0, Profile2.0

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mntwister @ Jan 8th 2009 10:24AM

AWESOME, another 2.0 player that will probably sell for $199 on sales. This is great news for blu-ray, now we need to deal with movie prices coming down for pre-2000 titles.

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