Blu-ray players delayed once again - Sony and Pioneer push back release dates
Posted on 12/06/06 19:32 by Jan Willem                             
Blu-ray players delayed once again - Sony and Pioneer push back release dates

Gamesindustry.biz reports that Pioneer and Sony are delaying their Blu-ray players. To many this will probably come at no suprise as CD Freaks visitor are almost used to this kind of news. If you could hibernate you would probably have to set your biological clock to 2009 before you can finally purchase a blue laser product at an affordable price, that works. 

According to the Sony Style website, the BDP-S1 will now ship "on or about August 15, 2006." The USD 1000 player was originally given a June 30th launch date, which was later changed to July.

Pioneer has also abandoned the proposed June release date for its BDP-HD1 player, apparently due to interoperability issues. It will now launch in September at a price point of USD 1500 - a drop of USD 300 from the MRP originally suggested.

While the battle over the follow up of the DVD is ongoing the delays of equipment seems to be endless. Announcements are made every week but nearly no blue laser products have hit the shelves, do you already have any blue laser product or do you know someone who does?

Source: GamesIndustry

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By bkf, Monday 12 June 2006 19:39
bkfInteroperability and $1500. Sounds like plan that will work. Actually what I really want to say I would get kicked off CDf's for the rest of my life
By Dennis_Olof, Monday 12 June 2006 20:32
I don't pay any attention to HD-DVD and Blu-Ray any more. It will come out sometime in the future. Nothing we can do about it, and this kind of news is just going to keep on comming. I will stick to DVD for now, I will get blu-ray or HD-DVD when the technology is good. Quality burners and media.
By hazel_wu, Monday 12 June 2006 20:43
the launch date isn't important to most people. The time when it's affordable is. I hope the players are made affordable asap.
By CORRSA, Monday 12 June 2006 21:57
...................................?
By FidelC, Monday 12 June 2006 23:44
FidelC$1500 Cant wait.. Does it come with a screen and movies? supergrin
By shimman, Monday 12 June 2006 23:49
if ps3 can play bd movies at 600usd, why is the standalone costing 1500usd? according to president of sony computer entertainment, sony is in hardware business meaning making money on ps3, then why is this player so expensive? is sony trying to make ps3 look so inexpensive? other bd ce partners must be pissed by sony's ps3 price
By psychoace, Tuesday 13 June 2006 00:15
because it's still another 5 months until the release of ps3 and also they are going to be selling for a loss.
[edited by psychoace on 13.06.2006 00:15]
By Web-Junkie, Tuesday 13 June 2006 00:53
Perhaps it ought to be renamed Blu-Delay?
By FreqNasty, Tuesday 13 June 2006 07:06
"if ps3 can play bd movies at 600usd, why is the standalone costing 1500usd?" Because the circuitry and other components in the standalone will be of higher quality. Think about an xbox or ps2 dvd player compared to a NAD or Krell player.
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