HDTV News Poster
12-11-2007, 07:05 AM
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Although coy with any detail, Panasonic just put the industry on notice with its Blu-ray plans for the US. In a move to double its Stateside market share, Panny will begin bundling Blu-ray players with their plasma TVs next week. The move specifically targets Circuit City and Best Buy among other big-box retailers and "may" result in a discount. This according to Masayuki Kozuka, a general manager in charge of the company's storage device strategy. We'll take that as a <em>confirmed</em> discount. After all, without a price drop, why bother -- it's not like <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/panasonics-dmp-bd30-blu-ray-player-already-reviewed/">profile 1.1 support</a> will be the cause for that huge upsurge in sales. A Panasonic spokesman also said that they would release two new "higher-end" (read: more expensive) Blu-ray players in January. We'll likely hear more on that little nugget at CES.<br /><br /><strong>Update</strong>: Well, here you have it: Best Buy's offering a <a href="http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?type=category&id=pcmcat138200050160">$500 discount</a> off their 50- or 42-inch plasmas when purchasing the DMP-BD30K.<br /><br />[Thanks, Travis]<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">*</p><p><a href=http://www.beurs.nl/nieuws/artikel.php?id=242839&taal=US>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/10/panasonic-to-bundle-discounted-blu-ray-players-with-plasmas-t/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1058839/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/10/panasonic-to-bundle-discounted-blu-ray-players-with-plasmas-t/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p><p><a title="Sponsored By" href="http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=432220&cm_ven=360i&cm_cat=Media&cm_pla=engadget&cm_ite=rsslink" target="_blank">Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System</a> Packs the power to bring games to life!</p>
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Although coy with any detail, Panasonic just put the industry on notice with its Blu-ray plans for the US. In a move to double its Stateside market share, Panny will begin bundling Blu-ray players with their plasma TVs next week. The move specifically targets Circuit City and Best Buy among other big-box retailers and "may" result in a discount. This according to Masayuki Kozuka, a general manager in charge of the company's storage device strategy. We'll take that as a <em>confirmed</em> discount. After all, without a price drop, why bother -- it's not like <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/panasonics-dmp-bd30-blu-ray-player-already-reviewed/">profile 1.1 support</a> will be the cause for that huge upsurge in sales. A Panasonic spokesman also said that they would release two new "higher-end" (read: more expensive) Blu-ray players in January. We'll likely hear more on that little nugget at CES.<br /><br /><strong>Update</strong>: Well, here you have it: Best Buy's offering a <a href="http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?type=category&id=pcmcat138200050160">$500 discount</a> off their 50- or 42-inch plasmas when purchasing the DMP-BD30K.<br /><br />[Thanks, Travis]<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">*</p><p><a href=http://www.beurs.nl/nieuws/artikel.php?id=242839&taal=US>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/10/panasonic-to-bundle-discounted-blu-ray-players-with-plasmas-t/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1058839/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/10/panasonic-to-bundle-discounted-blu-ray-players-with-plasmas-t/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p><p><a title="Sponsored By" href="http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=432220&cm_ven=360i&cm_cat=Media&cm_pla=engadget&cm_ite=rsslink" target="_blank">Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System</a> Packs the power to bring games to life!</p>
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