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Harman Kardon Blu-ray Player: Half As Expensive In US as In Europe

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mikkelfunck
06/09/09

In reply to Harman Kardon Blu-ray Player: Half As Expensive In US as In Europe
All a blueray player does is lift the digital signal from the disc, process the signal and deliver it to the HDMI connection. Looking aside from some audio codec licensing, since digital components being cheap, then what is the quality difference from a 200$ and a 1000$ bd-player? I mean, it is all digital - its not like in the old days where to quality of the D/A converters made all the difference? Which components can you stuff in cabinet that makes it worth 1000$?
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Nick
06/09/09

@mikkelfunck: proprietary processes and the related hardware. have you ever bought a DVD player at a grocery store? yeah, try that and you'll know why there is a difference.
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