More toys I don't need

[lithera]

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-BD-P1500-1080p-Blu-ray-Player/dp/B0014H16V0

I shouldn't buy it. I don't have $300 and I need to buy a new couch.

But I want to watch Iron Man in super pretty.

There is also a desire for speakers. I have no speakers.

Damn you, desire to complete the set!

Comments

[gamethyme.livejournal.com]

That's ... really good, price-wise.

I work for a wholesaler, and we sell the BDP-1500 for $326 (before an instant $50 credit).

As an employee, I can get it (tax included) for $293.35

[iceraver.livejournal.com]

Do you already have a 1080p TV? If not, don't bother. It won't make a difference at all. Gotta have the tV before getting the blu ray player. Though, I think they's niiiice. But then again, I also feel that if you're going to get a blu ray player, you may as well get a PS3. But that's me.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

I do, in fact, have the TV. If it isn't this one it is something much like it - http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-LN37A530-37-Inch-1080p-HDTV/dp/B0017PAMN2

And, alas, there is nothing coming for the PS3 exclusively anymore that I desire.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

You're not helping!

[fireballof3.livejournal.com]

There's TWO games that are PS3 exclusives - White Knight Story & Heavy Rain - that tickle my fancy.

But not enough for a PS3.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

That's pretty much it.

[gamethyme.livejournal.com]

The BDP2500 is due in October. I'd either get a PS3 or hold out for the 2500.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

The 2500 won't be marked down to the range in which I'd consider it for awhile and a PS3 is not in my price range now.

[gamethyme.livejournal.com]

The 1500 is new as of March. In six months, the 2500 will drop.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

I am aware of the general way prices drop on electronics.

Plus, PS3s aren't upconverting for DVDs and the current ones don't play PS2 games, which really misses most of the point of having a PS3 for me. Alas.

[gamethyme.livejournal.com]

If upconverting is an issue, look at Toshiba. The XD-E500 is a damn fine upconverter, and it'll set you back $150 or so.

From what I've heard, the SD-1500 isn't BD-Live capable, even with flash updates. The PS3 is. In fact, the PS3 is - realistically - the best Blu-Ray player on the market.

Remember also that many HDTV's have built-in upconverting software that will be (in some cases) superior to that in some upconverting TV's. Samsung and Toshiba were among the first to do this, and it's integrated into the vast majority of their models.

[gamethyme.livejournal.com]

Also worth noting: The BD-P1500 isn't BD-Live capable, even with software upgrades.