Costco - HP Stand Alone BluRay Player (HP-BD2000) $149.99-->$129.99 Now

[alwaysbuylow]

This is good price point for a stand alone BluRay player manufactured by a brand name company, this one is from HP, for $149.99 at Costco store.

Costco Store is selling for $149.99, includes HDMI cable. It is not available online now.

Edit: 10 Dec, 2009, Costco has lowered the price to $129.99.

Features:

Full 1080p Blu-ray player
Compatible media: BD, DVD, CD-R/RW, JPEG
BD profile: BD 2.0 (BD-Live, Bonusview)
DVD playback with 1080p upconversion
Video codec: MPEG-2, MPEG-4, AVC (H.264), VCD (1.1, 2.0), SVCD, SMPTE VC-1
USB 2.0 inputs enable playback of multimedia files, as well as downloading firmware updates
BD-Live ready: Enables direct downloads for movie special features found on BD-Live discs
Ethernet networking
JPEG photo playback

Audio:
CD digital audio decoder
Dolby® Digital
DTS 2.0 + digital out
LPCM
Dolby® Digital Plus decoder
Dolby® TrueHD decoder

Inputs:
1 x USB 2.0
1 x Ethernet

Outputs:
1 x HDMI™
1 x composite video
1 x component video (Y/Pb/Pr)
1 x coaxial audio
1 x optical digital audio
1 x analog audio (2 channels)

[yhap2003]

I've been seeing these players on sale a lot now. Looks like i'll be going down in price for the holiday season and onwards. That's a good thing It's now affordable.

[Wizard1]

Awesome price, but yeah waiting for sub $100 before getting one of these, esp considering my screen isnt 1080p.

Anyone know if there are increased system requirements when compared to say a regular DVD +-R Drive?

[Tornado F2]

Wonder who actually makes these? I assume they are like HP's line of digital cameras - manufactured by somebody else, but with the HP label on them.

I think this is the first HP product I've heard of that isn't designed to connect in some way to a PC, or a PC itself.

[EastCoastMetro]

Nice price, might hold off on this one a bit until reviews come out (didn't turn up anything reliable through search). Not the prettiest player by any means, kinda cheap looking lol.

[Jon Lai]

HP BluRay? Eh... HDTV had the Sony S360 for the same price last weekend.

[strangelove9]

Anyone know if there are increased system requirements when compared to say a regular DVD +-R Drive?

For a computer drive? definitely. The very first requirement is enough processing power to decode 720p and 1080i/p without frame loss, stuttering etc... Then you have a lot of unpleasantness with DRM, HDCP and so on...

[mlc2000]

For an extra $20 (in-store) you can get an LG with DIVx support
Reg $199, - manufacturers coupon $30, = $169

Here's a review

For an inexpensive player, you get a lot ! The BD360 plays Blu-ray, DVD, AVCHD files (a popular HD camcorder format) burned to DVD-R or on a USB key.

It even plays Divx and .mkv files from the internet !

You can even look at Youtube videos when the player is hooked up to your home network, but the quality won't be much better than what you get from a home computer.

Overall, you get lots of features and incredible picture and sound quality in an inexpensive, and good looking, player.

Highly recommended !"

http://www.costco.ca/Browse/Product....1*125*&topnav=

Features:

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Full 1080p Blu-ray Disc™ player
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BD profile: 2.0
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HDMI™ output with 1080p DVD upconversion
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Compatible media: BD, DVD, CD, VC-1, MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, HD JPEG, MP3, PNG, GIF
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BD Live ready: Enables you to download additional content and interactive features directly to your Blu-ray player
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via Internet connection with BD Live supported discs
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BonusView for a picture-in-picture experience
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Direct YouTube™ access
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Progressive scan output
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Ethernet networking
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Up to 7.1 channels of surround sound with Dolby® Digital Plus™, Dolby TrueHD™ and dts-HD Advanced Digital Out technologies

Video out:

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1 x HDMI™ v1.3
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1 x composite v2.0
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1 x component

Audio out:

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1 x HDMI™ v1.3
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1 x audio L/R
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1 x coaxial
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1 x optical

Included accessories:

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Remote control with batteries
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A/V cable
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User manual

Specifications:

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Dimensions (W x D x H):
42.9 cm x 24.4 cm x 5.3 cm
(16.9 in. x 9.6 in. x 2.1 in.)
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Weight: 4.3 kg (9.5 lb.)

Warranty:

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1 year

[opilion]

What is Costco's Return period? How about Pricematch period? I suspect there will be even better deals closer to Christmas, but need to replace my dying DVD player now.

[fitbrit]

For an extra $20 (in-store) you can get an LG with DIVx support
Reg $199, - manufacturers coupon $30, = $169

For $20 less than the LG, you can do some research on the OP's posted item and find out that it has most of the same features, including DivX and mkv support.

[ovexi]

MKV playback is useless on both players mentioned here due to the FAT32, 4Gb limitation for the attached storage. Most of the MKV files are bigger than 4Gb. A firmware could fix that.

[fitbrit]

MKV playback is useless on both players mentioned here due to the FAT32, 4Gb limitation for the attached storage. Most of the MKV files are bigger than 4Gb. A firmware could fix that.

That's terrible. Still, it can be used for TV episodes, I suppose. Guess, I will wait before committing to a stand alone BD player for a little while longer. Perhaps they'll get it right with a player that can read user shares on a local network eventually.

[opilion]

Anyone picked one of these up yet? Reviews?

My upscaling DVD player is on the fritz and I am considering picking one of these up.

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[LonesomeDove]

Should be able to get any brand for this price on Boxing Day.

[wranglery]

Found this link to the user manual and it shows it does support AVI, MK4, etc.
http://www.qvc.com/el/pdf/BD2000_User_Manual.pdf

We didn't see the unit at the Vancouver downtown Costco location and I told my friend to get the LG unit instead. If it does show up, he can easily bring it back to get the HP. But I think for such a small difference, it's not worth the hassle lining up for a long time for the customer service counter.

Some people did write a few notes about this unit:
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=2522544