Free Blue Ray Player? I was looking on here before and they had a promotion when you bought select sharp tv's you could get a free blu-ray player. I don't see that on here now, it said before it went till jan 31st. Anyone know where that promotion went? Free Blue Ray Player? I was looking on here before and they had a promotion when you bought select sharp tv's you could get a free blu-ray player. I don't see that on here now, it said... » Read More Free Blue Ray Player? I was looking on here before and they had a promotion when you bought select sharp tv's you could get a free blu-ray player. I don't see that on here now, it said before it went till jan 31st. Anyone know where that promotion went? « Show Less
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Dell has the same tv with free blu-ray for 1699.00 right now until January 8th.
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I saw that promotion last week but can't find it today either. I'm going to contact customer service and will post if I find out anything.
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Promotion is here:http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000319681But all the blu-ray players are out of stock :-o.
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Cool. Thanks for the info. I'm still waiting to hear from Amazon customer service . . .
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Did you receive any feedback on this yet? I want to buy the Sharp however am waiting for the free blu ray player...thx
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I think it was until supply lasts...but I noticed some other web sites still offering it, such as Vanns.com
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I bought that Sharp TV 3 days ago and at the time of check out I was surprized by the offer for a free Blu Ray player. Put it in your cart and see what happens. I did not know about the promotion, so it was a complete freebie to me
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I just sent the same request to Amazon customer service. Maybe if they get enough requests something will happen. our BD 570 is only 2 years old - so were not ready to go shopping for a new Blu-ray player yet.here are the links for customer service @ both sites - if we barrage them with requests - maybe something will happen?https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/contact-us?ie=UTF8&nodeId;=508510&https://wws.lg.com/us/support/message-customer-support
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Those are valid reasons indeed but just recently I read an article over just the fact that they're not selling as well as expected after beating out HD-DVD. Yes economic slow down is a big reason stated why but here are other reasons contributing to this. As you well know Blu-Ray was pushed through Sony with its PS3 and HD-DVD through the Xbox 360. With the death of HD-DVD, Microsoft wanted to find an alternative to deliver HD content. Xbox Live will be streaming HD content (movie) for free for those who have a subscription with Netflix. This partnership was a good move by Microsoft seeing as how Netflix has chipped away a large number of customers from video rental places such as Block Buster. For me personally that is HUGE. I've already own a Samsung BD-P1500 1080p Blu-ray Player but having the ease of Xbox live stream my movies in HD whenever I want without having to change discs is a plus. This comes to the articles point that Blu-Ray is facing competition VHS, CD and DVD never faced before. Finally having to constantly update firmware to be able to have playable movies may be a turn off to the casual movie watcher. My parents, grandparents love the idea of popping in a DVD and watching right away without having the hassle of "download the latest firmware to be able to watch this movie." Overall they might just be making room for the latest models. I also heard on my local news that manufacturers are trying to bring the regular holiday specials earlier knowing that everyone is tightening their budgets for the Christmas shopping. There are too many contributing reasons to the sudden drop in price but it's still a "wait and see" game consumers are playing with Blu-Ray.
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Peter, can you share names / websites of these independent sellers of blu-ray disc players? I'd like a blu-ray disc player that plays PAL and NTSC blu-ray and DVD discs from all regions (if such players are available). Thank you.
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Nothing from amazon on this after 8 months. I am surprised and annoyed that they have an app for the tv's but not for the blu-ray players which drive surround sound systems. It seems that amazon supports the lowest common denomintor of consumer devices samsung tv sets, but not the next notch up. Time to move on to a more robust solution, imho.
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Did they just forget these features when they made Blue ray players? I doubt it, they just left room for improvement so we would have a reason to buy newer models. The proof in this is to ask yourself how many DVD players you have boughtt over the years, and how many of them were bought because the old one stopped working, versus you just wanted some of the cool upgraded features they offered?
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I just got mine delivered this afternoon ... of course I paid a premium at Vizio.com ... It looks great and all that I have played so far are the Vudu clips...will keep you posted...and by the way unpacking is easy & light work
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This is supply and demand but who in the right mind will pay $600? I waited too long and also cannot find one in the entire Atlanta market. At one point the 35 was on sale for something like $140 at Sears... but now it is $359! By the way, the 55 is not available direct from Panasonic and I understand that this player has been discontinued. Good Luck All
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You get a new TV. This isn't the stone age anymore.But if you must, there are adapters if your tv does not have an HDMI port. You may have to find another option then this Blu-Ray player.
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I have firmware 1.52 and I still saw the adds. Could not believe Panasonic did that. But obviously some people are immune to it and do not notice them, so for some people, watching adds on the blue-ray player you just bought may be ok. (this does require a network connection, so perhaps some people are not using the online content)
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Amazon ran this same promotion again December 15-22 and part of the reason we bought the TV on the 22nd before midnight EST. I just got off the phone with Amazon and they hit me with the dish network thing. I explained that this was NOT what the promotion said and that we were offered a credit, not a gift card. I was then told I would receive an email from there promotions dept. We shall see.
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Am I crazy, or is it more than a bit offputting that, after buying a machine, you then have to start getting upgrades for it just to be able to play newer discs? My machine's about two years old, and the last disc I bought wouldn't load. Seems like a rip-off to me. And it's not like blu-ray sales have been strong enough to justify this sort of customer fleecing.
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I guess my question is: will this blue-ray player, play regular dvds, as well as others? I'm not that big into the movie scene, but it would be nice to watch my reuglar dvds, in HD quality. I do have an 1080p HDTV with all the works if that helps...please...I don't need a top of the line, just a decent blue-ray player..thanks! Note: I don't do streaming & special downlaods for movies, I just need something simple to use, yet that is good quality. I'm not a techno-person!
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This was posted a couple days ago: http://www.dealerscope.com/story/story.bsp?sid=83287&var;=story. The gist it that Samsung has stated that they are still on schedule of releasing this player in time for Christmas. Also, they have reduced the MSRP to 799 which means that at some point Amazon should lower its price to somewhere in the 600 range--(Just a guess about what Amazon will do). So this is good news indeed!
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I have been watching the price of this HDTV as well and I think that the practice of offering a coupon (which implies a discount) but then increasing the price by more than the value of the coupon is very misleading. It would seem from the comments above/below that other consumers feel the same way.
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Yes, correct. Man, the price has dropped significantly since I bought it.If you're looking for more inputs, you might want to try the other ones. I've been looking to upgrade since there's only two inputs, but then again I really don't need any more. I have a Blueray player and my PS3, but that's pretty much it.
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Sharp tells me that they have problems with Warner Bros discs and are working on new firmware to fix the problem. A Warner Bros marketing person in LA sent me a Harry Potter Blu-Ray to test, and it too was rejected as incompatible. The player handles old DVDs and those I make myself. But then we have you and others who've posted and tell me that Planet Earth is fine on their Aquos player. So maybe the problem is the unit. I'll eventually find out and let everyone know.