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Posted at 10:00 AM on Friday 12/5/08 by
Ben
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SecondAct has the Refurbished Sharp BDHP20U Blu-Ray Disc Player for $250 - $80 off coupon code BLU80 + $15 shipping = $185 shipped. Features DVD up-conversion to 1080p, HDMI v1.3 output, AQUOS LINK function, and Dolby Digital / TrueHD / DTS HD. [BizRate]
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    marcel1897 - Posted 10:05 am PST 12/5/08 (499 Posts)  Report Spam

    It is still not cheap enough to make anyone buy a blu ray player.

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    kwongsauce - Posted 10:07 am PST 12/5/08 (192 Posts)  Report Spam

    Maybe they'll drop even lower around christmas

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    MYuhas - Posted 10:11 am PST 12/5/08 (79 Posts)  Report Spam

    Good prices that continue to fall. Mixed reviews at Amazon. Just as many 1 Stars (17) as 5 Stars (24). Too close for me. Looks like you'll be checking for firmware monthly if now weekly.
    http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000W8SSXQ/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?_encoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

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    doomed - Posted 10:17 am PST 12/5/08 (1241 Posts)  Report Spam

    Just one question... Why? blue ray.. blah

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    TexasFury - Posted 10:20 am PST 12/5/08 (686 Posts)  Report Spam

    MESSAGE DELETED BY BEN DUE TO VIOLATION OF THE INTERPOL DECENCY EDICT.

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    adachi24 - Posted 10:24 am PST 12/5/08 (151 Posts)  Report Spam

    You can get a new bluray player for that price.. not worth it.. and I hope #5 is kidding.. since HDDVD already lost and their players were going for 50 bucks new on woot.

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    not4sale - Posted 10:31 am PST 12/5/08 (139 Posts)  Report Spam

    bluray is overrated. imo not worth paying a preminum for it now. just wait, it will become the new standard and price should be around same as regular dvd.

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    grossag - Posted 10:32 am PST 12/5/08 (2 Posts)  Report Spam

    I have this blu-ray player (got it free with a Aquos TV purchased in January) and I would suggest staying away from it. The main reason is that it has lots of disc incompatibility problems. The last firmware update fixed a lot of these, but they are mostly playing catchup in that a new blu-ray disc will come out and may not work with the player for a couple of months until a new firmware update comes out. Just google "pixar short films aquos" for the worst example, where Pixar Short Films Collection didn't work for it for a very long time (and still may not even work).

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    milf_hunter - Posted 10:43 am PST 12/5/08 (2886 Posts)  Report Spam

    Excellent choice for a blu-ray player! If you're looking to jump into the blu-ray market, then this is your player!

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    bradbranch - Posted 10:43 am PST 12/5/08 (349 Posts)  Report Spam

    #8 I think you just described the problem with every 1st generation Blu-Ray player.

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    madmartigan - Posted 10:45 am PST 12/5/08 (339 Posts)  Report Spam

    already refurbs on the market, wow.

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    dickhertz08 - Posted 10:46 am PST 12/5/08 (260 Posts)  Report Spam

    My brother has a Sharp Aquos bluray player, he picked it up from Sears 2 weeks ago when it was $179. I don't know if this is the same model, though. But he experiences LONG load times, but the player kicks ass once it's playing.

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    RKLE - Posted 10:53 am PST 12/5/08 (8956 Posts)  Report Spam

    If there are refurbs out already, then beware. Buy at your own risk.

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    tychang2k - Posted 11:15 am PST 12/5/08 (81 Posts)  Report Spam

    The price should go down soon otherwise who can afford to buy in this economy dismal time...

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    the lawyer - Posted 11:16 am PST 12/5/08 (4126 Posts)  Report Spam

    time to buy BR at 100 per player. suck it sony. i hope you burn.

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    marcel1897 - Posted 12:07 pm PST 12/5/08 (499 Posts)  Report Spam

    And even if the actual players come down in price... i want to see the movies come down as well, before i make a change to blu ray

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    JayN - Posted 12:41 pm PST 12/5/08 (61 Posts)  Report Spam

    Get the sony 350

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    DISIR - Posted 12:45 pm PST 12/5/08 (102 Posts)  Report Spam

    too many other players out there not that good a deal

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    cheepazoid - Posted 1:56 pm PST 12/5/08 (87 Posts)  Report Spam

    Deal sucks. Very slow player and optical is poor quality. Wait for the prices of the BR players to drop and of the dvds to drop.

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    krusty - Posted 2:26 pm PST 12/5/08 (1132 Posts)  Report Spam

    Exactly right marcel. Even BD rentals are a rip-off.

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