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Sub-$100 Blu-ray player available now at Meijer

The online retailer Meijer is now the first company to offer a standalone Blu-ray player for under $100 USD, selling the Curtis Mathes CMMBX130 for $99.99.

The standalone will playback Blu-ray at 1080p and upscale standard DVDs to 1080i, and includes HDMI 1.3 output, optical digital audio and an Ethernet port for Internet connectivity.



The CMMBX130 runs on a BroadCom 7440 processor "and there is an 11-bit, 108MHz video digital-to-analog converter as well as a 24-bit, 192kHz audio digital-to-audio converter. Rounding out the outputs is a composite video connections. Two-channel Dolby Digital AC-3 is supported."

The price of the player before the current discount was $299 USD.

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 19 Jun 2009 16:46

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• 7 comments

• supasonic

  Okay, I'm definitely buying this until I find a higher end player at a better price!

  19.6.2009 16:57 #1

• wabashman

  if this thing has divx playback on it, and a USB port on the front i will definitely buy it.

  19.6.2009 21:39 #2

• ronhondo

  I can't find it ?

  19.6.2009 22:29 #3

• EnigmaCM

  They are already sold out, did not surprise me since the price is good

  19.6.2009 22:57 #4

• atomicxl

  I'm buying this. So the day has finally come where you can buy a xbox 360 and a Blu-Ray player for less than the price of a PS3.

  20.6.2009 17:44 #5

• canuckerz

  Is this their standard price for them? Or are they on sale or clearance?

  24.6.2009 13:13 #6

• EnigmaCM

  Originally posted by canuckerz: Is this their standard price for them? Or are they on sale or clearance?
  Target normally sells them for like 158.00 US. Last time i checked, Meijer was sold out of these players

  24.6.2009 18:32 #7