JVC Announces Popularly-Priced Blu-ray Player

Started by Shane • Oct 28, 2009 • 2 posts

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#1 Oct 28, 2009 at 1:20 pm

<img src="http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/news/images/2009-10-28_jvc_xv_bp11_blu_ray_player.jpeg" alt="JVC XV-BP11 Blu-ray Player" height="13" width="100" class="keyimg">JVC today announced the availability of a new entry-level Blu-ray player. The new JVC XV-BP11 is a truly versatile high definition player, offering playback of high definition Blu-ray discs, plus playback of the AVCHD format, the high definition format widely used for HD camcorders, including the JVC HD Everio line.

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#2 Oct 28, 2009 at 2:26 pm

Wasn't $199 the normal price of the HD-DVD players (not counting the heavily subsidized $99 Toshibas)?

There are numerous $200 BD players on the market. Prices have dropped 50% in 18 months, just as some of us predicted it would after the death of HD-DVD.