Vizio to Ship $199 Blu-ray Player

[admin]

VIZIO's new $199 VBR100 Blu-ray player is outfitted with a 108MHz/11-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and provides 720p/1080i/1080p video upconversion for standard definition DVD discs via HDMI. A 24-bit/192kHz audio Digital to Analog Converter delivers audio playback from all of the latest surround sound formats and the VBR100 decodes uncompressed audio formats such as Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio. We don't know which video processing is included, but this marks a lower-than-typical price point for Blu-ray and that's got to be good news for consumers.

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[Bluesmoke]

The player looks pretty good as well. Blu-ray really needs to cut the loading. I appreciate the fact that the players are getting slimmer but we don't need credit cards, we need ones that load as quick as DVDs.

 

[corey]

Which version of blu Ray is it?

 

[mnnc]

Any idea if this will do multi-ch audio...sacd and/or dvda...? The new Oppo is double price however it does it all.

 

[j_garcia]

Any idea if this will do multi-ch audio...sacd and/or dvda...? The new Oppo is double price however it does it all.

Apparently you didn't read the 1 paragraph article, as it lists 7.1 ch analog outs.

 

[Adam]

Apparently you didn't read the 1 paragraph article, as it lists 7.1 ch analog outs.

Apparently, you didn't read the one sentence question, as it asks if it will do SACD or DVD-A.

J/K with you, John!

To the original question, the article doesn't mention any ability to do SACD or DVD-A, two-channel or other. I can't say if it does or not.

 

[GlocksRock]

Nice... new lower priced blu ray players are great as long as they quality isn't too bad. I would hate to see many people get a low priced player and thing blu ray isn't that great just becuase they have a sub par player.

 

[darien87]

I saw a Samsung player at Blockbuster last night that was $199. But it was ugly and didn't have HDMI.

 

[j_garcia]

I believe the new Sherwood BD was just $169 on sale now. I agree about the sub-par players though. If they flood the market with average players, the masses aren't going to see the real benefit.

 

[swestbom]

I have two of their TVs, both are great for the price and the time they were made. I suspect their blu-ray player will be great for the price as well. SACD would be nice though, EZGear and Oppo, or if you have had a frontal lobotomy the Denon.

 

[Shock]

I believe the new Sherwood BD was just $169 on sale now. I agree about the sub-par players though. If they flood the market with average players, the masses aren't going to see the real benefit.

The masses aren't going to spend 400 dollars on a blue ray player to begin with.

Inexpensive and quality players is what is needed to boost mediocre blue ray sales.

 

[GlocksRock]

I think blu ray players need to get down to at least the $100 range for the mainstream to start buying them, and also B&M rental stores really need to start stocking more blu ray movies, especially the new releases.

 

[popotoys]

The masses aren't going to spend 400 dollars on a blue ray player to begin with.

Inexpensive and quality players is what is needed to boost mediocre blue ray sales.

Agree

We need to get the cost of blu-ray disks down to an affordable level.

 

[just-some-guy]

looks like i am going to be in the market for a B/R player soon. and $400 is just crazy. i don't think they are going to be popular until there are more HDTV's in homes, and the player prices are less than $200 for a nice basic model. = what i am looking for. and i don't care about disc cost = NETFLIX all the way.

 

[vizionut]

That would go good with my vizio plasma tv. Thanks for posting that info.

 

[GlocksRock]

If you end up getting it, let us know your impressions.

 

[vizionut]

If you end up getting it, let us know your impressions.

no problem

 

[BMXTRIX]

Specs seem to be...

DTS-MA and True HD decoding.
BD-Live (profile 2.0) capable.
7.1 analog outputs
Blu-ray, DVD, CD

No mention of SACD/DVD-A, so I wouldn't expect it at this time.

Now, if we can get the same thing with Oppo on the label, at a similar price, and we are really talking!

 

[just-some-guy]

i was at walmart today. they had magnavox B-R's for $199. i got the last one, though i don't know if i will keep it. it was an impulse buy. i don't have any B-R disc's(next netflix delivery). but the up conversion wasn't too bad.

 

[majorloser]

Vizio VBR100 Blu-ray Player

I've been reading that this new Vizio bluray player has been released at Walmarts this month for sale at around $180. Has anybody found one in the store?

Just curious to get some feedback on this player.

http://www.vizio.com/product.aspx?id=3535&pid=2624