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Samsung's BD-P1400 Blu-ray player sinks below 300usd Posted by XanTium | 9-12-2007 0:12 EST

From engadget.com: With prices on HD DVD players in a perpetual state of free fall, it was only a matter of time before the slashings bled over to the other camp. Sure enough, Samsung's fairly well spec'd BD-P1400 -- which was announced at $549 and sold at $499 in late August -- has sunk to $298.76 at Amazon.com(IMG:http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=xscenemain-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000TME35W). And hey, if you need extra incentive, there's always the five free flicks that come along with it. Full Story: engadget.com

[twistedsymphony]

not bad... though it's still no where near as good as the $200 + 10 free movie deal you can get with the HD-A3 through Best Buy.

I'm curious what next gen video player prices would be like if there was no format war

on the one hand the competition is driving the companies to out price each other... on the other hand with a single format there would undoubtedly be more overall support which would boost demand and lower costs.

personally I just want the war to be over so I can buy a player...  

[Chancer]

The biggest problem with low price stuff is  it will be sub par reliability and performance wise.
Funai are to hit the BR market with a £99 offering but their current Home Entertainment stuff is absolute garbage. people buy it because of the price then moan when it spends more time being repaired than in their home. Picture and sound quality are first to suffer as well.
 Toshiba are not the firm they were either and have compromised what was an outstanding brand with good design, in order to use cheap manufactured internals. It may pay off (who knows), but I don't think Hi Def appeals to the cheap market brigade yet. The price of films would need to drop to the price of DVD films. people who buy something cheap generally don't want to pay top money for the media it plays either.