Sony launches its first new 4K Blu-ray player in over five years

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Originally Posted by Telemachus

Yeah higher price for less features is bunk, this thing should be like $149 or something which is how much you can get the other one nearly when it was on sale, I got mine for $159 one Christmas

Yeah, that’s the frustrating part and that’s why the UHD format cannot become the success it should be. DVD players started out insanely expensive when it first came out and I was one of only a few people at the time that was willing to shell out $200 for a DVD player. But eventually, DVD players dropped in price significantly and because of that, everyone adapted to the format and it became mainstream. But not 4K players. Here we are, almost 10 years into the format and players are still over $200. People aren’t going to spend that kind of money when they can get a Roku stick for $20 and stream 4K.