Sony Blu-Ray Drive at Best Buy
I was browsing at my local Best Buy this evening, and lo and behold, what did I find? One Sony BWU-100A Blu-Ray Internal 8x burner! And for the low low price of $749. Actually, while I say that in jest, I find it to be not a terrible price considering: A) The Samsung BDP-1000 player in the next section over costs $1000 and can only play Blu-Ray discs, and B) That as a computer storage device capable of 50GB backups, that price compares quite favorably with tape drives that can cost thousands of dollars. I was very tempted to pick one up, but I remember picking up my first DVD burner for $349. A year later they cost $80, so I feel like I should learn my lesson. Still, it was tempting, and also very nice to see on the shelf.
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September 21st, 2006 at 2:10 pm
That doesn’t play Blu-ray movies though, check the software package.
September 21st, 2006 at 2:13 pm
Right, I understand that it won’t as it comes in this box. However, I thought with the new versions of PowerDVD and WinDVD you will be able to play Blu-Ray Movies?