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June 21, 2010

Are HD Media players replacing DVD players?

If you go to Virramall these days, you’d see tons of these cheap HD media players being sold in stores (some of which, selling as low as DVD player prices). There must be demand for these as I’ve seen over a dozen models already.

There’s the original Popcorn Hour, the HDX Media, and the ones from Asus and Western Digital (perhaps even the earlier Apple TV).

Even the branded ones are becoming more affordable too. Check out the prices below:

KWorld Media Player M101 – Php2,250
TVIX M-3100U (160GB) – Php4,400
Buffalo Link Theater LT-V100 – Php5,400
Western Digital Media Player – Php5,500
Western Digital Media Player Live – Php6,900
Asus Media Player HD O! Play – Php5,800
Brite-View Cinema Tube – Php6,350
Seagate FreeAgent Theater Plus – Php7,400

Even Western Digital has a couple of different models in this category. I reckon hardware companies such as them would benefit a lot from people letting go of optical disks in favor of hard disk drives.

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30 Responses to “Are HD Media players replacing DVD players?”

  1. joseglads says:

    @dulfo
    that’s great…ganyan din sna plan ko kaso kulang pa ko s budget.

    any suggestion guys yung mura lang brand pro ok din quality…thanks!

  2. allandex says:

    If you are interested i have a 1TB of HD 1080P movies (>8Gb files/movie), excellent quality even on a bigger screen. txt me @ 09178849626. Selling it a cheap price.

  3. Barry says:

    Hi Guys! do you have any idea where can i buy, HD 1080p movies, medyo matagal kasi mag download ng movies.

  4. allandex says:

    hi barry, im selling my copies of 1tb of 1080p movies, popular titles, aroung 8-12gb per movie. txt me @ 09178849626 if interested.

  5. Adam R says:

    I noticed a few people here don’t have a clue about HD Media Players! I have the WD TV HD Live Media Player which has composite video and audio, HDMI, HD composite and USB and a LAN connection, so I can connect to my server and other pc’s on my local area network. I have full DVD and Blu-Ray quality movies ripped onto hard drives! I don’t even have a DVD or a Blu-Ray player! I have no need for a standalone optical player any more! There is no moving parts inside of these players unless comes with an internal hard drive. The more people using these players the closer it is to the death of movies being released on shiny pieces of optical discs! These players will not kill recordable DVDs as too many computers users including myself will still use the optical disc for backing up files.

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