Panasonic Announces Pricing for DMP-BD50 $699 MSRP

[kennyt]

Originally Posted by wes

OPPO RULES 2009 they will release the king of the hill Blu Ray player until then I will continue using my $399 PS3

I'll believe it when I see it.

[rex]

The $700 BD50 "lacks the minimum 1GB of onboard memory required for BD-Live" and instead you will have to purchase an SD card to use the player's SD card slot. The lack of sufficient on-board storage is very surprising considering the player's price tag and the fact that Sony's upcoming BD-Live player, the BDP-S550 will retail for $500 USD and have 1GB on-board storage.

[kennyt]

Originally Posted by rex

The $700 BD50 "lacks the minimum 1GB of onboard memory required for BD-Live" and instead you will have to purchase an SD card to use the player's SD card slot.

OK, I see the point, but when an SD card of 1G can be had for ~$16, is this a real issue? You are correct in pointing out the player should have had it, but I must argue the BD-Live is something most, if not all of us will never or only rarely use.

[wes]

Originally Posted by i30krab

LOL

Sorry what does LOL mean

[faberryman]

With a MSRP of $699 for the BDP50, the Sony S550 definitely looks like it will be worth waiting for.

[wes]

Originally Posted by faberryman

With a MSRP of $699 for the BDP50, the Sony S550 definitely looks like it will be worth waiting for.

Agreed Sony also has 7.1 channel analogue of course Oppo could put them all to rest!

Sony BDP-S550 Blu-ray player this fall for approximately $500, bringing the following specifications and features right into your living room:

* 1080/60p and 24p True Cinema output
* Standard DVD playback with 1080p upscaling via HDMI
* 7.1 channel Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus decoding
* DTS-HD High Resolution Audio and Master Audio bit-stream output
* 7.1 channel analog audio output
* Support for AVCHD discs
* Compatible with D-R/RE (BDMV and BDAV modes), DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, CD, CD-R/RW (CD-DA format), and JPEG on DVD/CD