Sharp - BD theater in a box.

[Jazar]

http://www.hdbeat.com/2006/09/14/sha...-box-bd-mpc10/

Sharp is bring a Blu-ray to the home-theater in a box crowd in a big way - $3,000 big. The player comes with two speakers (bring your own sub) that create a virtual surround sound by employing top mounted drivers that are floating on gel to create "rip-in-the-water effect." Sounded good to us but the video is what we came for. The player outputs 1080p over HDMI which looked great on one of their newest 1080p LCD displays. They say that the unit is going hit production lines in March and should hit the high-end markets around late-April to early May.

http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/09/img_0096_2.jpg

http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/09/img_0095_2.jpg

[JTK]

Gotta post the hotness:



While Toshiba is already scrambling out with their gen 1/5 players, or whatever the hell they are, and there's nothing else, now you've got this puppy to add to an ever growing and diversified hardware lineup from virtually all the leading CE companies that everyone knows and trusts.

It's like Ice cream: Pick your flavor!

[Jazar]

I'll take the flavor with Jessica Simpson please.

[Longshot]

I would drop $3k on the Sharp before I would spend a $1,000 on the Toshiba.

[marzetta7]

Is there a Jessica Biel flavor?...3 scoops please!

Nice hardware!...from the Sharp of course. Ok, Jessica has some too,...yummy.

[Ascended_Saiyan]

I will have a quart of the Jessica Alba favor from Fantastic 4 please!

[JTK]

Originally Posted by Longshot

I would drop $3k on the Sharp before I would spend a $1,000 on the Toshiba.

QFTMFW!

[zombie]

$3000 for Sharp, gee no thanks!

[JTK]

Originally Posted by nyg

$3000 for Sharp, gee no thanks!

Too rich for my blood, but I get the sentiment behind longshot's post and I agree with it.

[zombie]

Originally Posted by JTK

Too rich for my blood, but I get the sentiment behind longshot's post and I agree with it.

Add me to the list of people who will never buy another Toshiba product.

[Dave]

I have a sharp TV at home. The have nice devices. I like them. At least more than toshiba

[vick vega]

I'll take a gallon of Alba from Sin City!

[JTK]

Originally Posted by Dave

I have a sharp TV at home. The have nice devices. I like them. At least more than toshiba

Sharp > Toshiba for sure.

[phloyd]

Sharp is also one of the three (Sony, Panasonic, Sharp) that released BD recorders in Japan so they have some experience in the blue laser business.

nyg: A little surprised to see your comment about not buying Toshiba again - I thought you liked your HD DVD...

I like mine enough but perhaps my expectations are lower than most Plus my usage is not high yet...

[zombie]

Originally Posted by phloyd

nyg: A little surprised to see your comment about not buying Toshiba again - I thought you liked your HD DVD...

I like mine enough but perhaps my expectations are lower than most Plus my usage is not high yet...

My feelings about the A1 change with each firmware update. Just two days ago it was playing every movie with audio glitches. I reinstalled 1.4 and now it's working properly again... at least throughout the playback of one movie. Hope to have more success tonight. In the end though I don't like the idea of wondering how the player will perform from one day to the next. I like the old way of just popping in a disc and enjoying it as it is with CD and DVD players.

[phloyd]

I could see that being annoying. Mine shipped with 1.4 and I have not changed it. I guess I will stick with that until I see any good reason to upgrade.

[Psiweaver]

Yeah the sharp at 3k is a little hmm how do I say it over priced. Though it is an interesting solution they have its far far far too much to pay for a sharp blu-ray player when there are other better players out there. Plus sharp isn't exactly known for their speakers or recievers.