Comments on: Panasonic’s BD-Live Capable DMP-BD50 Blu-ray Player

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:07:42 +0000

Still PS3 would be attractive to mass market, due to price factor coupled with same features. Ofcourse, that’s a gaming machine too!

Jason

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:07:00 +0000

Still PS3 would be attractive to mass market, due to price factor coupled with same features. Ofcourse, that’s a gaming machine too!

Jason

By: Brian Hoyt

Brian Hoyt — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:46:37 +0000

I think Fred was commenting toward me so I thought I would respond. It isn’t that I can’t afford a $700 Blu-Ray player. Heck I paid $1000 for my first DVD player. I have a dedicated home theater with 106″ of 1080p and 6.1 100 watt TrueHD and DTS-HD MA.

I am complaining because I want the new format to be successful. For that to happen there needs to be wide adoption. Wide adoption happens based on price. Panasonic and others and excessively charging. That was all I was saying.

By: Brian Hoyt

Brian Hoyt — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:46:00 +0000

By: Fred Brown

Fred Brown — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:13:43 +0000

I just ordered a Panny dmp-bd50k bluray player.
I’m tired of these whining people complaining about the high price of blu ray. Either say something productive or shut up. I’m not interested in hearing about why you can’t afford audio/video equip

By: Fred Brown

Fred Brown — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:13:00 +0000

By: Brian Hoyt

Brian Hoyt — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:57:53 +0000

I want to know why Panasonic and other Blu-Ray player makers decided to try to make excessive profits on these devices. If Sony can sell a Playstation 3 for $399, why does Panasonic feel the need to charge $699? It seems that the parts lists between the two don’t even compare. Even assuming Sony is taking a loss on the PS3, Panasonic should be able to sell this player much below the price of PS3. Further the only difference between a 1.1 player and 2.0 player (in theory) is a an Ethernet port and additional RAM/FlashROM. That is at most $50 in parts. The rest is exactly the same.

By: Brian Hoyt

Brian Hoyt — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:57:00 +0000

By: Justin Dohman

Justin Dohman — Sun, 11 May 2008 23:46:49 +0000

This is good news!

By: Justin Dohman

Justin Dohman — Sun, 11 May 2008 23:46:00 +0000

This is good news!

By: B.Greenway

B.Greenway — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:19:51 +0000

Gary J, I feel like I’m missing something from your comment… this isn’t a HD DVD player.

By: B.Greenway

B.Greenway — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:19:06 +0000

G.N. Culleton, no that’s not the big pull, no more than any other poor implementation of a particular technology is its big attraction. Sounds like a piss poor first attempt is all.

By: B.Greenway

B.Greenway — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:19:00 +0000

G.N. Culleton, no that’s not the big pull, no more than any other poor implementation of a particular technology is its big attraction. Sounds like a piss poor first attempt is all.

By: B.Greenway

B.Greenway — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:19:00 +0000

Gary J, I feel like I’m missing something from your comment… this isn’t a HD DVD player.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:59:41 +0000

Great player and fits my needs, and desires.

But, I can’t afford it. I am an early adopter too.Just paid $55 to fill the family sedan (not an SUV).