Remember Panasonic's
DMP-B15? You know, that "world's first portable Blu-ray player" that was introduced at CES and just
started shipping last month? With an $800 price tag, there's a good chance you never even let the thing enter your stream of consciousness, but we can only wish you the best of luck as you try to ignore this one.
RCA has quietly started to ship its BRC3108 10-inch portable Blu-ray player, which is equipped with a rechargeable battery, integrated stereo speakers, a headphone jack, 1080p HDMI output and bundled car / AC adapters alongside a carrying bag with headrest attachment for in-car use. The mini player lists for $349.99 on Amazon, and it's already starting to appear in select Target locations. You'll notice that Amazon still shows the device as being available for pre-order, and even the Target model didn't have a shelf tag yet. That said, we're sure someone in the back can pull some strings if you wave your credit card around long enough.
[Thanks,
Scott]
RCA BRC3108 portable Blu-ray ships to Target, seriously undercuts Panny's DMP-B15 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It's really no surprise that
Redbox is
going nationwide with its
$1.50 Blu-ray rentals, at every step along the way of its Hollwood dealmaking, the company has pointed out its aim towards procuring a supply of high definition movies, and now the day is finally here. The high definition disc packing kiosks currently number 13,300, and the plan is to have Blu-ray in all 26,000 locations by the fall. While we spotted plenty of Blu-ray enabled locations with a San Francisco zip code, other areas in the Midwest and East Coast weren't so lucky. The site points out a few of the movies on offer, including Green Zone, Book of Eli and Bounty Hunter, but there's
no way to check which movies are in stock at each box. Of course, at this price, we might be willing to take our chances until Redbox gets things straightened out, or starts offering an
online competitor to Netflix.
Continue reading Redbox rolling out $1.50 Blu-ray rentals at 13,000-plus kiosks, nationwide by fall
Redbox rolling out $1.50 Blu-ray rentals at 13,000-plus kiosks, nationwide by fall originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The two way cable standard once referred to as CableCARD 2.0 is officially dead as far as consumers are concerned.
Tru2way was originally touted as a way to integrate 3rd party HDTVs and set-tops boxes with all the services cable providers have to offer, is now just yet another proprietary cable technology. At one point
Sony and
most of the big TV manufacturers had promised to released TVs that integrated the feature, but only
Panasonic was actually selling them in a few select trial markets. We knew something was up when
cable providers missed their July '09 deadline to support 3rd party devices across the country, and then when
tru2way integrated TVs were missing in action at CES 2010, we had already declared the idea dead. Now even Panasonic is pulling its Panasonic tru2way sets and is instead
focusing on a set-back box (pictured above) that will be, wait for it, supplied and supported by the service provider. We were as optimistic as anyone about tru2way, but honestly thought it was far from the ideal solution. It is hard to say what is going to happen at this point, but the next tech to step up and try to free people from big cable's set-top tyranny is
AllVid, and sadly it probably has just as much of a chance as any to be successful.
Retail tru2way devices are officially DOA, even Panasonic stops trial originally appeared on Engadget HD on Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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