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    Panasonic DMP-B15 Portable Blu-ray Player Shipping This Month For $800

    This Panasonic Blu-ray Player Is Portable
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    06/01/09

    In reply to Panasonic DMP-B15 Portable Blu-ray Player Shipping This Month For $800
    Panasonic's math:


    $ 200 cost of 1 Blu-ray player

    $ 100 cost of typical battery

    $ 50 cost of cheap-ass low-res LCD screen

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    $ 800 frickin' dollars?


    Hey, Panasonic. If I'm gonna take it up the ass, it had better at least get me dinner and flowers.

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/01/09

    In reply to Panasonic DMP-B15 Portable Blu-ray Player Shipping This Month For $800
    I guess the real question is why you would need a Blu-Ray player with a 9-inch screen, given that DVDs or standard format video files are cheaper and more widely available. I suppose this might be convenient in 5 years or so when Blu-Ray is more common than DVDs, but until then...
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    Image of Monty Monty
    06/01/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: I have to assume the purpose is so that the shopper has a device that will handle both formats in their movie collection, but there is no question that the quality difference on a small screen like this would be negligible, at best. Clearly the price tag (and common sense elements) are putting this product in a different category from what you or I would purchase, but there are people in this universe that will buy something like this just to have something that is on the cutting edge. Admittedly, I have never met any of these people, but I hear they exist.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/01/09

    @Monty: Yeah, I guess Panasonic is starting now to get early-adopter sales. They won't sell too many, but at least they will know how to make these things when the market is ripe.


    @okidokedork: Good point.

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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    06/01/09

    In reply to Panasonic DMP-B15 Portable Blu-ray Player Shipping This Month For $800
    I would think for that price you would get 2 screens. But otherwise...pretty cool. I don't think I would fork this much over for it though.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/01/09

    @Bigbadbikernerd: To watch two movies simultaneously?
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    Image of Monty Monty
    01/07/09

    In reply to This Panasonic Blu-ray Player Is Portable
    I bet that 1080p high definition looks amazing on that tiny portable screen.
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    Image of Alvie Malhotra Alvie Malhotra
    01/07/09

    In reply to This Panasonic Blu-ray Player Is Portable
    It's nice to see, but there's no point in one. The screen's not even half of that for full Blu-Ray resolution!
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    Image of photophile photophile
    01/07/09

    @Alvie Malhotra: There totally is. Blu-ray could replace DVD completely, and people will want portable players.


    It's not about having a 2" 1080P screen, it's about taking your movies with you. And those movies just happen to be high def.

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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/07/09

    @Alvie Malhotra: If you're going to phase out DVD, you gotta go for the jugular.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    01/07/09

    @Monty: It sure will when you have it glued to your face.
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    Hello Mister Walrus was starred Hello Mister Walrus was unstarred
    Image of Alvie Malhotra Alvie Malhotra
    01/07/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Um, Monty's not part of this thread, dude.
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    Image of Monty Monty
    01/07/09

    @Alvie Malhotra: But I really wanted to be.
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