March 30, 2006

Panasonic Announces First Blu-Ray Player to Debut in September

Woo Hoo! High Definition DVDs are are almost here. According to PCPro:

Japanese consumer electronics giant Panasonic has announced that it expects to introduce its first Blu-Ray DVD player, the DMP-BD10, in September. Although pricing has not been finalised, the company says it expects to start selling the new machines at under $1,500 in the US.
The company says that it will also be introducing a high definition television set at the same time to accompany the DMP-BD10.

The Blu-Ray format will be able to hold over 50GB of data on a dual layer disc - far more than the current generation of DVD discs. However the new high definition plasma televisions which are currently being sold in anticipation of the launch of high definition broadcasts this summer will require higher capacity discs to show movies with the same crystal clear display.

Still, I think I'll wait till the price comes down quite a bit. What about you?

At PCPro

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