[Rancho5]

Last week I bought a Panasonic DMP-BD605 (Costco version of the BD60) for 159.00 and I love it. The main reason was that I could plug in my SD HC card to watch my home video, but I cannot get it to work. It only reads the JPEG's on the card. And then we recently subscribed to NetFlix blu-ray and I'm going to probably end up just returning this Panasonic and get the Samsung 2500 or LG 390, so I stream Net Flix.

With Costco's 90 day return policy I have plent of time to watch the prices fall this hoiday season.

Two questions:

1) In your opinion, how much will either of these two models come down in price?

2) Which would you purchase, if they were within $30 of each other?

The best DVD upscaling is what I am most concerned about. Wi-Fi reliability not so much since I can run a cable to the back.

 

[Rancho5]

Is there anyplace to go to find this kind of stuff out, other than going to hundreds of websites?

 

[Rancho5]

Dropped buy Best Buy and they didn't have any decent high end BR players. Just regularly priced, mainstream units.

 

[Rancho5]

I have not been fortunate enough to find a Pioneer player that low. I will keep looking, though I think the reality is that I will not find one that cheap and need to wait for Black Friday for an LG, Samsung or Pioneer. Usually, I try to avoid the stores that particular day but I guess this year will have to be different.

Any suggestions on what stores and websites to haunt on Black Friday, especially for Pioneer, etc. Not much use on finding a smoking deal on a piece of .

 

[Rancho5]

I called Best Buy and they had nothing. The only Pioneer they carried was the BDP-120 for $199.99.

Unfortunately Cnet.com has no reviews for any Pioneer players.

The BDP-51 is at Amazon for $279. Anyone else see it for less?

 

[Rancho5]

I am leaning toward the Samsung 2500 just for the reasons stated above: Netflix, and the upscaling is better than the 3600, which is more expensive.