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Posted at 6:53 AM on Monday 06/15/09 by
Ben
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    tiburoncito2000 - Posted 7:58 am PDT 06/15/09 (1605 Posts)  Report Spam

    nice to see BR coming down in price, I'm still waiting until it drops to under $100.

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    farsidius - Posted 8:12 am PDT 06/15/09 (103 Posts)  Report Spam

    Yeah - a blue ray under $200; but, I'm still waiting until they're closer to $100 before biting. It's nice to see BR players on the market that aren't those crappy overpriced Sonys

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    GreatMeloD - Posted 8:48 am PDT 06/15/09 (302 Posts)  Report Spam

    hmmm.. so so reviews for the Sharp AQUOS TVs. anybody know stuff about their disc players?

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    iamlonely - Posted 8:52 am PDT 06/15/09 (45 Posts)  Report Spam

    waiting for Blu Ray players with DIVx to fall close to $100

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    walkingzombie - Posted 9:19 am PDT 06/15/09 (66 Posts)  Report Spam

    In the beginning I was waiting for it to drop below $100. Now I've decided not to bother with physical discs any more.

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    Oio - Posted 10:10 am PDT 06/15/09 (1382 Posts)  Report Spam

    #5 - Agreed.

    By the time BlewRay players drop to $100, the whole thing will be obsolete. Sorny's exorbitant royalty and licensing fees prevent any cheap players on the market.

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    aliasfox - Posted 10:31 am PDT 06/15/09 (176 Posts)  Report Spam

    #3 - Aquos TVs don't generally have *quite* the level of PQ of Samsungs or Sonys, but are often on sale for significantly less. Third among the big three S manufacturers? As for their Blu-Ray players, I've heard they're awful. Firmware that's not updated often enough to read recently released movies, slow start-up/loading, etc.

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    NorthSouth - Posted 11:59 am PDT 06/15/09 (2698 Posts)  Report Spam

    3 user reviews on CNet:

    0.5 stars
    "Compatibility issues; won't play discs, upload updates"
    by aperry_21 on March 4, 2009

    1.0 stars
    "Do not buy - Will not play many blu-ray discs."
    by BESSCNET on May 4, 2009

    0.5 stars
    "Wouldn't Even Make A Good Anchor"
    by rob261 on April 9, 2009

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    kaiuop - Posted 1:31 pm PDT 06/15/09 (132 Posts)  Report Spam

    Good to know #7 and #8.

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    SimplyJ - Posted 2:51 pm PDT 06/15/09 (12 Posts)  Report Spam

    I got one of these for free and besides the long start up and load times(which almost every player has) its worked for every blu ray I've tried. It's not network capable like most of the newer players but it does have a usb for updating the firmware.

    The picture quality is outstanding.

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    wizzack - Posted 3:00 pm PDT 06/15/09 (90 Posts)  Report Spam

    these can play region B discs when you grab that firmware from sharp Uk site

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    RKLE - Posted 3:49 pm PDT 06/15/09 (8956 Posts)  Report Spam

    no thank you, I will stick with a panasonic blue ray

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    Illithar - Posted 6:26 pm PDT 06/15/09 (294 Posts)  Report Spam

    Last Black Friday week I picked up a Sony and a Panny BD $150 each. Both over $200 now, well over suprisingly to me anyhow especially in this economy.

    If peopel can wait until November, these prices are sure to fall big style.

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    metallist - Posted 5:24 pm PDT 07/8/09 (265 Posts)  Report Spam

    DOES THIS POS stream the AUDIO thru the HDMI to the receiver?!?!?

    Since I got a receiver with HDMI 1.3 audio processing
    I do not want to use an addition toslink cable for the audio...
    any takes?

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