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Remember when Blu-ray players were insanely expensive? Neither do we. It’s hard to remember such things when TigerDirect is advertising such a good deal.
Right now, the online retailer has the Toshiba BDX2250 Blu-ray Player listed for just $79.99. However, there’s a $50 mail-in rebate on this item, which brings your cost all the way down to $29.99—for a Blu-ray player. That’s not a typo. Instead, it’s a total of $70 off the price, which also includes free shipping.
The BDX2250 does not support 3D, but it can play back 2D Blu-rays, as well as upconvert your old DVD collection. It also has built-in WiFi, which comes in handy to stream some of the included web-based services. At last peek, this player could tap into Netflix, VUDU, Pandora, and more.
This is a great opportunity to add a second (or first!) Blu-ray player in the bedroom or other area of the home. Just know that the rebate offer isn’t going to last for very long. It’s actually only good on purchases made through today (Thursday, May 3, 2012). From there, you can redeem the rebate within 30 days of the purchase. Also, don’t think about stocking up; this offer is limited to one per person, billing address, company or household.
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Why haven’t I heard of any company selling an HTPC with HDMI out and USB 3.0 for about $200-$300? I think people would buy it, as long as it had a user-friendly remote and Wi-fi built in. Users could add more storage with external USB 3.0 drives, which I believe have fast enough data transfer to run 1080p video, so its an expandable solution that isn’t outdated in 2 years. That way you have pandora, hulu, netflix, itunes, maybe skype, spotify, amazon direct and a host of others, in addition to any owned/downloaded videos and music. Seems like a no brainer and I don’t think my cost is too far off from what’s possible. It doesn’t need to run windows, just an OS similar to the one found on today’s blu-ray players, as long as it supports external storage. Could probably build that type of computer yourself with a decent motherboard, just leaving the remote and OS as the final touches. No one wants to use a full size keyboard on the couch.