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Denon Lowers Price, Sticks with 1.1 For DVD-1800BD Blu-ray Player

Instead of blowing out all the stops with a big mama pajama queen of all Blu-ray players, Denon appears to be playing the Pioneer card by launching the $750 DVD-1800BD player. It's lower in price than its $1,200-and-up predecessors, and only meets the mandatory 1.1 spec (that is, picture-in-picture but no Ethernet) rather than full-blown but optional 2.0. You know, it's probably not a coincidence that Denon is moving this way, since it has to be buying the core player from Pioneer or another major Blu-ray partner, so they're probably all on the same development timeframe. Also, no word from Denon on that "universal" HD DVD/BD player—we're gonna guess that it's a dead dream at this point. Jump for detailed press release of the DVD-1800BD. More »

8:19 PM on Tue May 20 2008
By Wilson Rothman
2,753 views, 16 comments

Latest by Geraldo: I ditto the 'love Denon products' comments, but their -- and other mfrs -- price points on BD players needs a reality check. I'm anticipate coasting along on my Sony PS3 for maybe 1-2 years until prices get reasonable - more »

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Pioneer Confirms BDP-51FD and Elite BDP-05FD Profile 1.1 Blu-ray Players; "Super-Duper" BD-Live Player Coming This Fall

When the other Blu-ray heavies Sony, Panasonic and Samsung are in various stages of introducing Ethernet-equipped BD-Live players (aka BD Profile 2.0), Pioneer comes out with two players, the $600 BDP-51FD and the $800 Elite BDP-05FD, that meet just the 1.1 spec, for picture-in-picture BonusView content. We heard about it via a reliable leak, but now we've got models, pricing and another interesting confirmation: Pioneer's Blu-ray marketing manager Chris Walker tells us that the company will launch a BD-Live player, in fact, a "super-duper flagship-status piece," this fall. More »

9:00 AM on Wed May 7 2008
By Wilson Rothman
3,977 views, 7 comments

Latest by heroineworshipper: Guess that means the Sony player won't support Spec Revision 2 either. more »