Blu-ray Steven Kippel on 18 Sep 2008
Memorex brings budget Blu-ray player to market
Memorex brings budget Blu-ray player to market
The latest entry into the budget arena is the Memorex MVBD-2510. At $269 list, it is now the low-price-leader (as far as MSRP is concerned). But it doesn’t look like a slouch either. It decodes Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD High Resolution and streams DTS-HD Master Audio to compatible receivers.
Something you wouldn’t expect at this price point, it also includes 5.1 analog outputs!
It is BonusView ready, making it BD1.1 profile. It lacks BD-Live support. While many decry manufacturers leaving this support out, there simply isn’t a lot of title available with online features. But if you want to be future-proof just in case, try the new Panasonic players.
We could see $150 Blu-ray players popping up on Black Friday – without a format war. Related Articles on WesleyTech.com:
Memorex Blu-ray player $140 at woot
Olevia Blu-ray players reach $149
Sony Blu-ray price drop
Blu-ray integrated HDTV’s on the way
Panasonic BD1.1 player now available
Subscribe Full RSS
on 18 Sep 2008 at 9:52 pm 1.Wesley Novack said …
Any guess as to who is manufacturing it? Funai?
on 19 Sep 2008 at 3:35 pm 2.Steven Kippel said …
It looks kind of like the Funai player, but has analog outputs so I’m not sure.
Still waiting for Lite-On’s BD player.
on 19 Sep 2008 at 6:36 pm 3.Wesley Novack said …
Interesting… Memorex and Lite-On do have a close relationship, so I wouldn’t be surprised if this was based on Lite-On hardware.
on 19 Sep 2008 at 8:50 pm 4.Ian said …
What ever happened to Lite-On’s set-top Blu-ray players? They showed some off like 2 years ago and were never seen again.
on 22 Sep 2008 at 1:25 pm 5.Wesley Novack said …
I haven’t heard anything from Lite-On regarding standalone Blu-ray players… Hopefully they’ll release something soon.
Lite-On seems to be a ‘budget’ brand when it comes to standalone players/recorders. Perhaps they were waiting for prices to come down on Blu-ray components before releasing something.