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Cheap $199 Blu-ray Player Announced... for the PC

Philips and Lite-On Digital Solutions announced a $199 internal PLDS DH-4O1S BD-ROM drive on Tuesday, November 13. The DH-401S plays back Blu-ray (4x), DVD (12x), and CD discs (32x), and a PC equipped with the drive could be connected via an HDMI cable to a HDTV.

hokis4ever6769d ago

Well that's good news... hopefully the can carry this price point over to the standalone players. That would be great!

JsonHenry6769d ago

What about the cost of the PC? Is that figured into the 200.00 price point?

hokis4ever6769d ago

Hence the reason why i said "it's a good start". ultimately i'd like for it to be cheaper, and in time, it will.

HarryEtTubMan6769d ago

People that can't see the money being invested in Blu Ray by all these companies.....vs. Toshiba LOL. How can you not see that Blu Ray is going to win in the long haul. Even though it already has been winning for however many months straght anyways. I'm gonna go wiht Blu Ray

ruibing6769d ago

I hope BD burners are going to become much cheaper soon, since that was what made the DVD really widely accepted.

sonarus6769d ago

300 stand alone players come next.

Danja6769d ago

thats a start now lets see a $199 christmas special for the entire month of december.....

jiggyjay6769d ago

If we see that then you might as well start digging a grave big enough for Sony!

Honeal2g6769d ago (Edited 6769d ago )

and sales would plummet even lower ..but a format would most likely be decided can't have ur cake and eat it too i guess (Sony) ppl would only be buying ps3 for the games ...

Danja6769d ago

the advantage wouldn't be gone...it would help out Sony more in the Long run...hence I said a Christmas sale...

Honeal2g6769d ago (Edited 6769d ago )

if ppl are buying it for blu-ray then why would they wanna purchase a ps3 if something on the market was cheaper? also u cant assume the people who want a blu-ray plays video games ..i;m not attackin u just tryin to have a conversation ..wouldnt want this to turn into something its not...just tryin to understand ur reasoning is all

and i would believe its the same the other way around ..i dont think ppl buying ps3 for its games care about blu-ray and i;m sure there are a some who get the best of both worlds..but my point is that only difference with this new pricing is that they lose the ones buying it for blu-ray and are left with what they have now...ppl who want it for games ..and ppl who want it cause they get the best of both worlds....thats how i see it

Danja6769d ago

fully 100% agree with you...haha I always sucked at business..lol

ne ways I still think Sony and it's partners need to do something about the prices of stand alone players the PS3's are cheaper than those in certain places and at the end of the day while movie studios really care about software sales..they're also looking at the install base of stand alone players..and right now the PS3 is filling the gap where that is concerned....!!

ruibing6769d ago

I really don't think it's Blu Ray that is selling PS3s; it is PS3s that are selling Blu Rays.

Honeal2g6769d ago

i honestly dont know what i would do in that situation wow sony has alot to think about

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kornbeaner6769d ago

this is going into my rig when I start building it.

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai27d ago (Edited 27d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio27d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing27d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9227d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit27d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing27d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9226d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."