Andre Yoskowitz
10 Dec 2007 18:34
For those that are interested, the large internet retailer Amazon as well as electronic giants Circuit City and Best Buy have dropped the price on the Samsung BD-P1400 Blu-ray Player to under $300 USD, making the player the lowest priced Blu-ray standalone ever. The break is a $200 USD cut from the original list price of $499.
Besides being the cheapest standalone available, the BD-P1400 is also the first player to support DTS-HD Master Audio decoding. DTS-HD Master Audio is a "lossless Compression scheme that is able to provide audio quality on par with PCM tracks but at the expense of less storage."
Despite the price drop, Blu-ray standalones still cost a fair amount more than HD DVD standalones which normally retail for under $300.
Source:
Dailytech