Recession-busting $150 Blu-ray Players Coming This Year

[PS3 News]

As Blu-ray market penetration increases, the entry price of Blu-ray Disc players will continue to decrease.

China's Economic Daily News http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20090203PB200.html 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.

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[Jelf]

Lite-on already have a USB Blu-ray Player on the market. Priced at around £80 and it looks a really good.

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.

[PS3 News]

Yep, I actually own a Lite-On DH-401S Blu-ray player... and if I recall correctly it was under $130 when I got it last year. It does read PS3 discs, which is a plus!

Here are the two posts on it from last year:

http://www.ps3news.com/PlayStation-3...ive-follow-up/

http://www.ps3news.com/PlayStation-3...s3-game-discs/