Samsung BDP1400 Only $279.99 At Costco

Costco is selling the Samsung BDP1400 with 8 Blu-ray discs for $279.99 according to a rumor floating around the blogosphere. Buyer's receive a $100 instant rebate and then head over to the Samsung website to receive their 5 free discs from the Blu-ray Disc Association, 2 Warner titles from Samsung, as well as a bonus copy of the first disc in the Planet Earth series.

Blu-ray definitely seems to be firing back at the HD DVD camp just in time for Christmas after massive price cuts on the Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD player pre-Black Friday. In the past week, we've seen the BDP1400 on both Amazon and Target.com for under $300.

Engadget HD has also reported that Panasonic plans to begin bundling Blu-ray players and plasma TV's starting next week in an attempt to double their American market share. So far they've been sparse with details, but the bundling "may" result in a discount and will be focused on Best Buy and Circuit City stores. Panasonic also has stated a planned release of two "higher-end" Blu-ray players in January. Hopefully with a few higher priced releases we'll see lower-end Blu-ray prices continue to drop!

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Posted by Justin Davey at December 10, 2007 5:04 AM