Sony Player Delayed???

[1BAD3V]

Hi all. New to the forum and was just looking at the Sonystyle.com site and they say it's not shipping until "on or about December 4".

[BTBuck1]

Which is why I have givin up on this thing. Really wanted the Sony...I still do. But man I could be dead in december!!!!

I'm most likely picking up the Samsung tonight and I'll just have to live without the Sony's sexy chasis.

[Rob Tomlin]

Originally Posted by Brian@BBY

Which is why I have givin up on this thing. Really wanted the Sony...I still do. But man I could be dead in december!!!!

I'm most likely picking up the Samsung tonight and I'll just have to live without the Sony's sexy chasis.

I thought you already owned a Samsung, no?

[BTBuck1]

Originally Posted by Rob Tomlin

I thought you already owned a Samsung, no?

My roommate (provenflipper) had the samsung. He moved out last month, so I had to get my fix on my own

[Rob Tomlin]

Originally Posted by Brian@BBY

My roommate (provenflipper) had the samsung. He moved out last month, so I had to get my fix on my own

Ah! Thanks for the explanation.

[junger]

The BDP-S1 has been delayed because of a software problem.

Sony's BDP-S1 Blu-ray disc player has been delayed from its October 25 launch date, according to a Sony spokesperson, because of a software problem inside the hardware of the unit.

"This is a specific software function that resides in the hardware," the spokesperson said, stating that the delay has nothing to do with production of the Blu-ray laser diode, which has plagued production of Sony's PlayStation 3 as well as Blu-ray products from other manufacturers. The problem is "specifically related to the functionality of the unit," the spokesperson said.

[Rob Tomlin]

This is not the first delay for the unit. The BDP-S1 was originally expected to ship in June, but delayed until August and then again until October.

And now December.

Comedy of errors to say the least.

[theknub]

hasn't it been confirmed that the player will ship as expected but anyone placing an order now will have to wait till december?

[vick vega]

My e-mail to sonystyle.com: Why the f is the blu-ray player being delayed until december now? That's like the third delay if not more. Sony had better give me a discount or something or I might just say F YOU to the blu-ray disc association and go buy a hd dvd player since their organization seems to have their act together. I ordered mine from amazon.com so I hope to hear from you,Sony,soon or I guess hd dvd has my money! Can't wait to hear about this s*** on AVS

[BTBuck1]

Vick just buy the samsung. Trust me man...the HD-A1 is a turd pile and if I had it to do all over again I would have skipped the A1 all together and just bought the BDP1000 months ago.

[Gamekid]

The website says October 25th.

[bferr1]

Originally Posted by Gamekid

The website says October 25th.

No, it clearly says "Targeted Availability: On or about December 4, 2006."

http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTE...hav_bluraydisc

[Gamekid]

The website that I meant was on the blu-ray.com website, under the players section.

[PurpleAardvark]

Originally Posted by Brian@BBY

Vick just buy the samsung. Trust me man...the HD-A1 is a turd pile and if I had it to do all over again I would have skipped the A1 all together and just bought the BDP1000 months ago.

100% agree don't go to the dark side Luke. J/K the sammy has done well by me and I am very happy with it. The update did improve that little bit of grain that I was seeing and also heped with that disc load error that I would get 1 out oof 100 times.

[Jim]

I just got off the phone with SonyStyle customer service. They are still getting their shipment on October 25th, and people who have already preordered will be getting their orders sent out on schedule. The new availability date of December 4th, is for people who place new orders which will be filled when they get their next shippment.

So those who procrastinated and did not pre-order, my sympathies. And I promise to be thinking of you when mine arrives and I get to watch Corpse Bride and Sleepy Hollow on Halloween while passing out candy to the neighbor kids.

[iceman]

Originally Posted by Jim

So those who procrastinated and did not pre-order, my sympathies. And I promise to be thinking of you when mine arrives and I get to watch Corpse Bride and Sleepy Hollow on Halloween while passing out candy to the neighbor kids.

lol, evil!

[JimPullan]

Originally Posted by Jim

I just got off the phone with SonyStyle customer service. They are still getting their shipment on October 25th, and people who have already preordered will be getting their orders sent out on schedule. The new availability date of December 4th, is for people who place new orders which will be filled when they get their next shippment.

So those who procrastinated and did not pre-order, my sympathies. And I promise to be thinking of you when mine arrives and I get to watch Corpse Bride and Sleepy Hollow on Halloween while passing out candy to the neighbor kids.

Quite right . . . It's called 'allocated distribution'. Each dealer is only allocated a certain amount of the initial product availability, for my store it's 12 units and I already have several pre-orders, and if I average the balance remaining, it leaves me with one per week through the end of the year. I have an additional six on back order for the December distribution. I knew this would be the case and ordered early.

Jim