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Originally Posted by Shaun Roemich
I can buy a $49 player but everyone I've bought for the past number of years starts skipping or just fails to play discs anymore probably about 3 weeks after the warranty is up.
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Funny Shaun... just got back from lunch with a couple friends, and one of them was saying the exact same thing about his last three cheap DVD players. I have two DVD players - both Sony - with one about 8 years old and the other about 5 years old. Still going strong (or at least they were the last time I actually USED them). My friend is thinking about getting a BluRay player now in the hopes it will last a little longer, even though he doesn't have an HDTV yet.
Regarding price, yeah it would be nice to see them get cheaper, but we've come a LONG way in the last few weeks. Today, WalMart has an online special Memorex BD player for $150 and Sylvania for $238, with a $248 Samsung in stores. BestBuy is listing one Insignia for $170 and another for $250. Meanwhile, they are currently listing the Sony BDP-S350 for $300... I bought the same model at BestBuy for $400 less than 3 months ago. A 25% price cut is pretty significant IMO.
The selection of disks still leaves a lot to be desired though. So far my entire library is less than 10 disks. If they would release a few more of my favorite classics I would certainly buy them.