Blu-ray players delayed once again - Sony and Pioneer push back release dates

Gamesindustry.biz reports that Pioneer and Sony are delaying their Blu-ray
players. To many this will probably come at no suprise as CD Freaks
visitor are almost used to this kind of news. If you could hibernate you
would probably have to set your biological clock to 2009 before you can
finally purchase a blue laser product at an affordable price, that
works. 


According to the Sony Style website, the BDP-S1 will now ship "on or about
August 15, 2006." The USD 1000 player was originally given a June 30th
launch date, which was later changed to July.


Pioneer has also abandoned the proposed June release date for its
BDP-HD1 player, apparently due to interoperability issues. It will now
launch in September at a price point of USD 1500 - a drop of USD 300 from
the MRP originally suggested.

While the battle over the follow up of the DVD is
ongoing the delays of equipment seems to be endless. Announcements are made
every week but nearly no blue laser products have hit the shelves, do you
already have any blue laser product or do you know someone who does?

Source: GamesIndustry

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