LG BD-790 Blu Ray player

[JTK]

I've said all along that there be no universal players this year, if ever.

Go to www.dvdboxoffice.com and you will find the LG bd-790 with an 6-27-06 available date.

So much for LG not making BD players. So much for LG making some "universal" player, right?

All as expected.

Direct link: LG BD-790


If you do the currency exchange, you're still looking at a grand or more for this player.

I'm sorry, but who the hell is going to pay a grand plus for an LG player?

I wish the Samsung and LG players were priced competitively at least with the $800 Toshiba player because these three companies are all about the same from where I sit: Second rate.

You have the WAY overpriced $1500 Panasonic player...the days of the RP82 and such are long since past them. Who's honestly going to pay $1500 for Panasonic in the here and now?

I wish the BDA would have something at that entry level besides counting on the PS3 videogame console all the way in November to cover that $500 or so tier.

[georgir]

the samsung is $880 and the sony even cheaper here:
http://www.newyorkwholesaleaudiovide...yer-C3692.aspx
i think thats competitive enough with the toshiba highend.
the pioneer elite is also seriously cheaper on that site than the announced $1800 expected price. maybe its too good to be true? does anyone know something about this site's reputation? if they take your money 3 months before the player release and make you wait half an year after the launch before they ship your unit, don't blame me for posting the link

[JTK]

Originally Posted by georgir

the samsung is $880 and the sony even cheaper here:
http://www.newyorkwholesaleaudiovide...yer-C3692.aspx

Not an authorized dealer. Almost certainly gray market.

i think thats competitive enough with the toshiba highend.

Not really. You're comparing street price/gray market price/borderline wholesalfe vs. the actual MSRP of the higher end Toshiba.

the pioneer elite is also seriously cheaper on that site than the announced $1800 expected price.

There are no such things as authorized Pioneer Elite dealers online. I have that communication straight from Pioneer themselves.

Repeat: That is NOT an authorized dealer but almost certainly gray market.

maybe its too good to be true?

Yes.

Does anyone know something about this site's reputation? if they take your money 3 months before the player release and make you wait half an year after the launch before they ship your unit, don't blame me for posting the link

The manufacterer's warranty almost certainly will not be acknowledged, especially on PE products. That's the risk you take when you shop from an unauthorized dealer.

[zombie]

LOL, LG makes a BD player after all. What a great catch! Can't wait to read the HD DVD trolls responses to this one.

[JTK]

Originally Posted by nyg

LOL, LG makes a BD player after all. What a great catch! Can't wait to read the HD DVD trolls responses to this one.

Someone is trying to suggest that it's possibly a BR drive of some sort, but there's no way in hell if it's around $800+. It's definitely a player but...is it real?

I'd like to see some kind of authoritative confirmation of this thing, although that's a lot of effort to come up with a completely different product number vs. the original BR player that LG had abandoned a couple of months back...

[zombie]

Hopefully LG will confirm this player this week.