224w ago - As Blu-ray market penetration increases, the entry price of Blu-ray Disc players will continue to decrease.
China's
Economic Daily News reports that white-box vendors will offer Blu-ray players at approximately a $150 USD price point this year.
Lite-On IT, a prominent Taiwanese disc drive manufacturer, plans to offer a half-height Blu-ray drive for laptops for around $150 USD, according to the newspaper.
White-box vendors are obscure electronics manufacturers, so don't expect to see Sony or Samsung Blu-ray players reach that price point just yet.
Here are the two posts on it from last year:
http://www.ps3news.com/playstation-3-psn-news/lite-on-dh-401s-blu-ray-drive-follow-up/
http://www.ps3news.com/playstation-3-psn-news/lite-on-dh-401s-can-read-sony-ps3-game-discs/
"http://www.liteonit.eu/optical-storage-blu-ray-external-bd-rom/dx-4o1s.html"
When I seen it the other day I thought it was a writer and thought that is cheap but then looked properly and seen it was a Player only. Cant wait for Blu-ray Writers to come down in price.