mvbd2510

When will we see the $99 Blu-ray player?

We've been keeping an eye on prices for Blu-ray players and it appears that a handful of budget-brand models are starting to crack the $150 barrier. The other day Woot.com had the Memorex MVBD2510 player at $139.99 for a one-day sale and now TheNerds.net is selling it for $146.99 (shipping included) and Buy.com has it at $149.99. That's on top of both the Samsung BD-P1500 and the Sony BDP-S300 slipping in and out of sub-$200 territory at Amazon and other outlets.

While $150 isn't bad, I think we're going … Read more

Memorex announces budget Blu-ray player for $270

The main knock against Blu-ray is that it's still too expensive, but lately we've seen a steady flow of basic, lower-priced players. Memorex is right in line with this trend with the recent of announcement of the MVBD-2510 Blu-ray player, which will have a relatively low list price of $270. Let's take a look at the specs released so far:

Key features of the Memorex MVBD-2510:

Supports Blu-ray Profile 1.1 Onboard decoding for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD High Resolution Bitstream output for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 multichannel analog output Available in November, … Read more