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June 18th, 2007, 06:54 PM
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Chinese Blu-Ray player (GoWell G875)
http://www.gowellent.net/product%20w...ries/G875.html
It’s from China so that should give an indication that it’ll be cheep but look at the features it includes. I wish the PS3 had that many video playback capabilities. |
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June 18th, 2007, 07:29 PM
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Anyone here baffled by these features. It just seems too good to be true and if it gets released in the US for around 400 dollars or less it would have a big impact on the format war. Come to think about it, Blu-Ray player manufactures would be competing more against the G875 than Toshiba’s HD DVD players.
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June 18th, 2007, 07:34 PM
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Inner Circle
Join Date: May 2005
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Of course, this might be a generic, not brand name limited chipset that could be used by a multitude of generic brand names all with different configurations. (heck, this could even be branded as a Westinghouse Blu-ray player.)
unless a budget HD-DVD player comes out, Blu-ray is taking the lead in the wars. |
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June 18th, 2007, 08:13 PM
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Blu-ray already has the lead with HD DVD trailing.
The price point for Xmas of this year has to be $199 IMO. HD DVD will be there but Blu-ray could make some waves if it's coming in at $299 |
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June 22nd, 2007, 03:06 AM
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Inner Circle
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Exactly, conventional introductory pricing is to cover expenses, attract manufacturers and provide an very, very big profit for companies, but it is predatory to the consumer, almost fantasy like pricing. HD DVD is coming shortly with cheaper pricing (which undercuts PS3) so BD has to match, and the traditional Chinese route is the route to go, and the price where an lot more of the public will buy, I think beneath $200 is ultimately where most sales could be made.
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June 22nd, 2007, 07:13 AM
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June 22nd, 2007, 07:19 AM
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The latest Chinese looks like a page not found 404 error.
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June 23rd, 2007, 09:12 PM
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Judging by the model name, that Blu-Ray player should be the successor of this but I do find it strange that they had to delete the specifications of the Blu-Ray version.
http://www.gowellent.net/product%20w...ries/G872.html The good news is that I do have the specifications but I’m not sure when this player will ever see the light of day. It just looks like someone wrote a list of all of the features that they would like to see in a high definition player. Hopefully it comes to the US if it exists. _________________________________________________________________ Support Blu-ray driver USB 2.0 interface(high speed) & card reader Support SD/MMC/MS/XD card Support 1G NAND Flash DISC Playable: Blu-ray disc /H.264/MPEG4/DivX/XviD/DVD/SVCD/VCD/CD/MP3 /Kodak Picture/Photo CD/WMV9 Support: DivX3.11/4.02/5.02/5.03/5.05 and later,DivXPro, XviD,Nero digital PAL/NTSC/MULTI TV system compatible Full function remote control Support 4:3 & 16:9 TV mode High Definition video(HDMI V1.3) output 10/100M BaseT Ethernet (RJ45) Mini PCI interface ,Support wireless home networking SATA HDD socket Building in HDD Component video output (Y,Pb,Pr) Composite video output S-Video output SPDIF Coaxial digital audio output Optical digital audio output（optional） Scart output 5.1-CH Surround Sound Output 2CH Dolby Downmix Output _________________________________________________________________ -This came directly off the site before it was deleted- Too good to be true? Good question. |
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June 25th, 2007, 09:43 AM
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What's needed for me to embrace Blu-Ray are more reliable and cheaper authoring options.
- You can author Blu-Ray to inexpensive red laser media, but playback is hit or miss (mostly miss) with most if not all Blu-Ray players not supported except Playstation3. - You can assure player compatibility by using Blu-Ray burners and Blu-Ray media, but this is expensive if you are only trying to distribute 5 minute videos. Burners are $499-999 and media $20-25 at retail. - Blu-Ray authoring software is generally more expensive as well. |
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