What happened to the Funai?

[Arrested Development fan]

It's already spring and I haven't heard any news, plus it isn't on the Blu-ray website anymore. Did it get cancelled? The Funai is the only player in my budget(the Samsung BDP-1500 will be $400, and stupid Sony forced Phillips to up the price as well). If I receive some gift cards and the card that Best Buy is sending out, I might be able to afford a PS3, but I'm not even sure about that.

[Arrested Development fan]

Anyone? Anyone?

[Liqwid]

It's still on their corporate website.
http://funai.us/bluRayDiscFunai.aspx
http://funai.us/BDPrelease010208.pdf

If you zoom in, it's branded as a Sylvania (NB500), I suppose, which means you'll be getting it cheap at Wal-Mart.

[Sus Ano]

No idea about the Funai.

But

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/...4053&langId=-1

That took me two minutes to find on google, throw in a $24 two year warrenty and you would be set.

Heck I saw a promotion two weekends ago for the LG dual player for just $299. There are all sorts of deals out there on blu-ray players, you just need to ignore the "blu-ray players cost $400" programming.

[Arrested Development fan]

I have around $120 in christmas checks from last year which I've put in my savings account, and if I receive another $100 or so, plus the $50 BB gift card for my birthday at the end of May, I should be able to buy a 40gb PS3.

[rmoody]

Originally Posted by Sus Ano

No idea about the Funai.

But

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/...4053&langId=-1

That took me two minutes to find on google, throw in a $24 two year warrenty and you would be set.

Heck I saw a promotion two weekends ago for the LG dual player for just $299. There are all sorts of deals out there on blu-ray players, you just need to ignore the "blu-ray players cost $400" programming.

Cool, can it bitstream, having trouble figuring it out. What profile, it's not 2 is it?

I am not up on which models of BD players (I guess because there are so many right now) have bitstream capability, I want my DTS MA. Profile 2.0 I suppose I could live without for a while, but not bitstream.

[Arrested Development fan]

Originally Posted by rmoody

Cool, can it bitstream, having trouble figuring it out. What profile, it's not 2 is it?

I am not up on which models of BD players (I guess because there are so many right now) have bitstream capability, I want my DTS MA. Profile 2.0 I suppose I could live without for a while, but not bitstream.

It's a 1.0 that's capable of BD-Java, I'm not sure about the other things though.

[rmoody]

Originally Posted by Arrested Development fan

It's a 1.0 that's capable of BD-Java, I'm not sure about the other things though.

Good place to start I guess. I still want to wait a while before I get a BD player. Hopefully by this holiday season I will find one that has the features I want and a price I find reasonable. One can always hope....

[Philnerd]

Originally Posted by Liqwid

It's still on their corporate website.
http://funai.us/bluRayDiscFunai.aspx
http://funai.us/BDPrelease010208.pdf

If you zoom in, it's branded as a Sylvania (NB500), I suppose, which means you'll be getting it cheap at Wal-Mart.

Well, if the Funai is this:
http://www.amazon.com/Sylvania-NB500...7049498&sr=8-2

Then apparently so much for an MSRP $299 player for this summer.

[Woody]

I think the Funai player is sitting in a warehouse next to the chinese HD DVD players. They are both waiting to "flood the market".

[Grubert]

Originally Posted by Philnerd

Well, if the Funai is this:
http://www.amazon.com/Sylvania-NB500...7049498&sr=8-2

Then apparently so much for an MSRP $299 player for this summer.

That MSRP makes no sense. The Sony S350 will come out for the same price.

[Kosty]

Originally Posted by Philnerd

Well, if the Funai is this:
http://www.amazon.com/Sylvania-NB500...7049498&sr=8-2

Then apparently so much for an MSRP $299 player for this summer.

That looks like it from what I remember from CES.

MSRP now us a bit deceptive until it shows up at B&M locations.

Expect it to sell $50 less than any Sony or Samsung or major brand name, and they can be had now for $349. So think at least $299 by the summer or $249 or less by the time the fall sales season comes around.

The brand premium for Sony would be a least $25-$50 over that of Sylvania in actual sustained retail pricing.

[vinnie97]

At least it's profile 1.1...

[Philnerd]

Originally Posted by Kosty

Expect it to sell $50 less than any Sony or Samsung or major brand name, and they can be had now for $349.

I generally prefer work with B&M pricing since that's what the vast, vast majority of people pay. $399 is the entry point right now for BD at B&Ms, with online pricing in the mid $300s.

Originally Posted by Kosty

So think at least $299 by the summer or $249 or less by the time the fall sales season comes around.

Well I hope you're right
I wouldn't buy one of these, but they should help drive adoption at those prices so that's a good thing. Personally I don't see Sylvania offering firmware updates in 2 years to handle Fox's latest round of BD+ updates...

[Liqwid]

And this is why everyone will buy a PS3 instead, including myself. I would love a standalone, but these prices are ridiculous.