Wal-Mart takes blu-ray player down to $128

" Wal-Mart takes blu-ray player down to $128.

Blu-ray and DVD news

By Henning Molbaek
First published Nov 19, 2008

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Wal-mart is believed to take the Magnavox Blu-ray Disc Player, NB500MG9 down to a $128 price tag.

The price is expected to be announced around Black Friday. Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving (November 27) and marks the beginning of the traditional US Christmas shopping season.

The new price was disclosed on Bargainlist.com, one of several Web sites reporting Black Friday pricing from select big box retailers, and first reported by DVDTOWN last weekend.

The Magnavox Blu-ray player is one of the Funai-manufactured clones that can be found under various brands.

Read more about the player in this PDF document (Owners Manual - 10MB in size)

Source: Home Cinema Choice, Bargainlist.com

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KungFuTaco

Nov 19, 2008 - CST 6:55 AM

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See I told you all Wal-Mart was awsome

spoonard

Nov 19, 2008 - CST 9:16 AM

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How does selling junk make one awesome?

Tim Raynor

Nov 19, 2008 - CST 9:25 AM

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Than again, how does selling overpriced items make one awesome?

spoonard

Nov 19, 2008 - CST 9:56 AM

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I agree Tim, that particular Blu-Ray player is WAY overpriced.

TTdon

Nov 19, 2008 - CST 10:10 AM

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What about the Sony 350? Thats the player I want and I saw it is going down to 179$ on thanksgiving at K Mart and Sears. My Super Wal Mart also has it but its 298$ Wonder if they will match the k mart deal of 179?

KungFuTaco

Nov 19, 2008 - CST 10:38 AM

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If its a print add for another local store wal mart will match it. Which is yet another reason why it is awesome. Unless of course you are just too good for walmart

spoonard

Nov 19, 2008 - CST 12:10 PM

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You know what else they sell at Wal*Mart? PS3's. If you only use those for movies, doesn't that in effect make it a stand-alone player? And one that's future-proof?

rangoonth

Nov 19, 2008 - CST 12:27 PM

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The internal parts of the player are from Panasonic and Sony. Thats what Love Hendrix said right? So I don't see how this player could be classified as junk. This is pretty good news. Hopefully it gets down to $99.99. I want to see the Panasonic players become this cheap.

posters5

Nov 19, 2008 - CST 1:08 PM

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spoonard,

the funai clones are the only players other than the PS3 that have not choked on any discs. also, considering that the "famous" brands frequently outsource production of dvd players and other consumer electronics products to funai, there's no way that funai makes "junk". .!..

wolvinator

Nov 19, 2008 - CST 1:48 PM

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funai is no doubt good stuff but I'd rather have a Panasonic. When they get to $200 bucks that will be great news. This magnavox is missing profile 2.0 and an optical audio connection.