Wal-Mart offers $128 Blu-ray player for Fathers Day

19 Jun 09 07:55 by AdamT in category Blu-ray writers & players

Blu-ray pricing continues to fall as Wal-Mart revives Black Friday pricing as a part of its Father’s Day sale.

Running from June 14 to June 20, the retail giant is offering the Magnavox NB500MGX Blu-ray players for $128. The promotion also includes two-for-$20 Blu-ray movie bundles.

The Magnavox NB500MGX Blu-ray player offers 24fps 1080p playback but is only Profile 1.1 and doesn’t feature an Ethernet port. The $128 price tag is only available in store, not online.

9 Comments on Wal-Mart offers $128 Blu-ray player for Fathers Day

Dr. Who
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Posted on: 20 Jun 09 02:21
Duke Jump On This!
Hemispasm
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Posted on: 20 Jun 09 02:27
"..but is only Profile 1.1..."

Meaning?
Dr. Who
Posts: 4994
Posted on: 20 Jun 09 02:47
Just trying the peer preasure method on him. He'll get the joke I think?
RJL65
Posts: 916
Posted on: 20 Jun 09 02:48
That means that it is Bonus View capable but lacks BD-Live support. In addition, since that Magnavox player has no Ethernet port at all, it can never support BD-Live even if the firmware could be updated to a newer version.
DukeNukem
Posts: 1606
Posted on: 20 Jun 09 20:29
If all I care about is watching the movie then this would be okay for me, right? I almost never watch extras.
Hemispasm
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Posted on: 20 Jun 09 22:26
I was also wondering the same thing; I am not really into BD hardware wise, I have read that continuous firmware updates would be necessary for being able to watch content and bypass the DRM etc, but that was before the war ended.

Is this the case still? If yes, is this BD live support associated with that?
DukeNukem
Posts: 1606
Posted on: 20 Jun 09 23:38
Yeah, what Hemi said.
SamuriHL
Posts: 2900
Posted on: 21 Jun 09 19:05
BD Live has nothing to do with the firmware updates. Players that are bd live compatible can get their updates online with the ethernet port. Otherwise you burn the update to a cd and do it that way. My dad has a profile 1.0 player and doesn't have any problems. As long as you don't care about BD Live, this would be a good player.
Hemispasm
Posts: 5493
Posted on: 22 Jun 09 00:27
Cool thanx
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Wal-Mart offers $128 Blu-ray player for Fathers Day

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