Andre Yoskowitz
19 Jun 2009 16:46
The online retailer Meijer is now the first company to offer a standalone Blu-ray player for under $100 USD, selling the Curtis Mathes CMMBX130 for $99.99.
The standalone will playback Blu-ray at 1080p and upscale standard DVDs to 1080i, and includes HDMI 1.3 output, optical digital audio and an Ethernet port for Internet connectivity.
The CMMBX130 runs on a BroadCom 7440 processor "and there is an 11-bit, 108MHz video digital-to-analog converter as well as a 24-bit, 192kHz audio digital-to-audio converter. Rounding out the outputs is a composite video connections. Two-channel Dolby Digital AC-3 is supported."
The price of the player before the current discount was $299 USD.