You guy's thought the PS3 was expensive.

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#1 Animal-Mother
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The first portable blu-ray player is surfacing and boy is it not cheap. And people said the PS3 as a whole was expensive.



Panasonic DMP-B15K

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* CNET editors' rating: 3.0 stars Good
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Design: 6.0
Features: 7.0
Performance: 6.0
Overall score: 6.4 (3.0 stars)
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The good: Lets you watch your Blu-ray collection on-the-go; HDMI output for use as a standalone player; full access to YouTube and Picasa if connected via Ethernet; comes with cigarette lighter adapter and headrest mount for car use.

The bad: Very expensive, with Blu-ray-equipped laptops available at similar prices; bulky design; short 2.5 hour battery life; small screen limits the capability to see the full detail of Blu-ray; can't output a standard 1080p signal; less reliable playback than standalone players.

The bottom line: The Panasonic DMP-B15 is the world's first portable Blu-ray player and can function as a standalone player too, but ultimately it has too many caveats and costs too much.

Specifications: DVD type: Blu-Ray disc player ; Form factor: Portable ; Remote control type: Remote control ; See full specs

Price range: $799.00 check prices


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#2 ps3wizard45
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Holy Crap! :shock:

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#3 funked_up
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I didn't know the PS3 was portable.
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#4 sikanderahmed
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you can get a laptop with bluray fr that price

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#5 PoppaGamer
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I didn't know the PS3 was portable.funked_up
Kind of what i was thinking....
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#6 -GeordiLaForge-
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Only 1024 x 600 resolution. Still nice though, especially since it's portable and has an HDMI output....
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#7 -GeordiLaForge-
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you can get a laptop with bluray fr that price

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True, and the resolution would be much better. But the HDMI output is nice, especially for a date.
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#8 -TheDragon-
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Why not just buy a laptop with a Blu-ray player built in?
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#9 Wii_Gamer_277
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I dont think I would find much use for a portable Blu-ray player :?
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#10 Squall18
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With this economy I wonder why people build stuff :(

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#11 Rob-Belmont
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I can totally see myself taking one of them everywhere I go.

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#12 killerfist
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Meh, why would you want a portable BR player? I can only speak for myself but I want to take advatage of it with a big screen. Way too overpriced too.
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#13 Danm_999
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The PS3 IS expensive. Whether or not it's worth the money is a seperate issue, but it IS expensive.
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#14 BoloTheGreat
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Meh, why would you want a portable BR player? I can only speak for myself but I want to take advatage of it with a big screen. Way too overpriced too. killerfist
You could get a laptop with BR, hell even a small chassis PC looks about as portable. :?. I guess this is just the first expensive step, remember when portable DVD players were like £1000?

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#15 drj077
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Panasonic should not be surprised when they sell exactly zero of that particular product.

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#16 killerfist
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[QUOTE="killerfist"]Meh, why would you want a portable BR player? I can only speak for myself but I want to take advatage of it with a big screen. Way too overpriced too. BoloTheGreat

You could get a laptop with BR, hell even a small chassis PC looks about as portable. :?. I guess this is just the first expensive step, remember when portable DVD players were like £1000?

Yeah, probably. Everything has insane prices at first. There's hardly any competition (if any) in the "portable Bluray players market" so they can pretty much price it how they want. And true, I would take a laptop with 10 times as many functions and options for the same price over this.
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#17 Ontain
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The bad parts make it pointless to even have this product.
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#18 z4twenny
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pfffft, neo geo, neo geo cd, jaguar, 3d0, these consoles were expensive for their time (mid early 90's and $400-$600 for just the system)

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#19 eo_the_shaman
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the ps3 was the cheapest bluray player when it first launched

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#20 WiiMan21
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Thats why I bought a Ps3,