Lexicon Charges $3,500 For $500 Blu-ray Player By Phillip Swann TVPredictions.com
http://www.tvpredictions.com/lexicon011910.htm Washington, D.C. (January 19, 2010) -- When is a $500 Blu-ray player worth $3,500? When Lexicon says it is, according to the web site Audioholics, as reported by ZDNet. Lexicon recently introduced the BD-30 Blu-ray player with a whopping price tag of $3,500. Many high-def observers wondered what made the player so special that the company could ask consumers to pay such a premium price. Well, Audioholics.com says there is nothing at all special about the device. In fact, the web site opened up the box and found that its insides are identical to the $500 Oppo BDP-83 Blu-ray player. The web site added that both players perform almost the same -- except the Oppo player might offer better sound. For some time, companies have paid to use the inside circuitry of other devices and repackage it as their own. However, Lexicon's apparent decision to charge seven times the amount of the original would appear to be one for the books. There was no word from Lexicon on its future plans for the BD-30. -- ================================ George Antunes, Political Science Dept University of Houston; Houston, TX 77204 Voice: 713-743-3923 Fax: 713-743-3927 Mail: antunes at uh dot edu *********************************** * POST TO [email protected] * *********************************** Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
