Yamaha's "Break The Bank" BR Player

[Keiko]

http://www.yamaha.com/yec/products/productdetail.html?CNTID=5016806&CTID=5042358&ATRID=1020&DETYP=ATTRIBUTE

[WilliamM2]

If the price ever drops to a reasonable $400 or so, I would love to try one out. It's the first player besides the Denon and Marantz that doesn't look like a cheap plastic toy. I believe the Denon and Marantz retail for about the same price as well.

[Keiko]

I dunno...Been reading up on specs and whatever info I could find on it. It looks nice, but is apparently lacking in features. Probably as a means for Yamaha to boost sales on their receivers is the speculation. No onboard decoders for TrueHD/Master audio. I can't see how Yamaha can justify the price tag for this. :confused:

http://gizmodo.com/5041386/yamaha-bd+s2900-blu+ray-player-should-not-be-your-first-second-or-third-choice-purchase

[Sherardp]

Nice, right on par with Pioneer's model

[WilliamM2]

I dunno...Been reading up on specs and whatever info I could find on it. It looks nice, but is apparently lacking in features. Probably as a means for Yamaha to boost sales on their receivers is the speculation. No onboard decoders for TrueHD/Master audio. I can't see how Yamaha can justify the price tag for this. :confused:

http://gizmodo.com/5041386/yamaha-bd+s2900-blu+ray-player-should-not-be-your-first-second-or-third-choice-purchase

The price is definetely too high. That's why I said if it ever drops to $400 or so...which it probably will after it doesn't sell at $1200.

[Ron-P]

Seems no one can yet beat out the performance / price of the PS3.

Companies like this make me laugh, $1,100 for a half-assed Blu-ray player. That's like Pioneer touting it's "PS3 Killer", their Elite BDP-09FD at $2,200. HA HA HA!!! Build that same machine and sell it for $400 then maybe it'll be a PS3 killer, until then, stop wasting time and money building incomplete machines.

[Keiko]

The price is definetely too high. That's why I said if it ever drops to $400 or so...which it probably will after it doesn't sell at $1200.
Even at 400.00 I wouldn't buy this. There's better machines within the 400.00 range. Disappointing Yamaha.

[Early B.]

This kind of "screw the consumer" pricing mentality wouldn't have happened if HD-DVD won the format war.

[SolidSqual]

This kind of "screw the consumer" pricing mentality wouldn't have happened if HD-DVD won the format war.

Why? What would have been different?

[WilliamM2]

Toshiba, being the benevolent company they are, would have given a free player to every household!:D

[venomclan]

Denon is doing the same thing with a $2000 player. No analog outs either. I am done with the whole lossless/true HD sound crap. Every independent test I have read shows minimal improvements. When they have a BD player at $200 with analog outs so I do not have to upgrade the pre/pro again, sign me up.
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[ViperZ]

Denon is doing the same thing with a $2000 player. No analog outs either. I am done with the whole lossless/true HD sound crap. Every independent test I have read shows minimal improvements. When they have a BD player at $200 with analog outs so I do not have to upgrade the pre/pro again, sign me up.
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That's why I went with a used BD-P1200 (just over 200 shipped) and don't miss those "upgrade to profile 2.0" features such as BDLive, etc. at all.

[goingganzo]

y do u think toshiba was the olny maker of a hd dvd player? beacues they cost as much as a br player to make.

[Keiko]

Denon is doing the same thing with a $2000 player. No analog outs either. I am done with the whole lossless/true HD sound crap. Every independent test I have read shows minimal improvements. When they have a BD player at $200 with analog outs so I do not have to upgrade the pre/pro again, sign me up.
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This is what the speculation is about with the design of these players. No analog for HD audio/no on board decoders=consumers needing to buy newer, capable receivers to take advantage of the full HD audio.

[mantis]

Seems no one can yet beat out the performance / price of the PS3.

Companies like this make me laugh, $1,100 for a half-assed Blu-ray player. That's like Pioneer touting it's "PS3 Killer", their Elite BDP-09FD at $2,200. HA HA HA!!! Build that same machine and sell it for $400 then maybe it'll be a PS3 killer, until then, stop wasting time and money building incomplete machines.

AAAAAmmmeeeennnnn!!!!!!