Best Buy Insignia Blu-ray Player Just $229.99

Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 by MegaZone

Launched just over three months ago with a $349.99 price, Best Buy is now selling the Insignia NS-BRDVD Profile 1.1 Blu-ray player for only $229.99. The NS-BRDVD, like seemingly all of the low-cost Blu-ray decks, is a variant of the Funai NB500.

It had been rumored that Funai was going to cut the MSRP of the NB500 from $299 to $249 to remain ahead of expected price cuts coming from Sony. Perhaps this is a manifestation of those cuts. The unit had already been selling for less than the previous MSRP, so this would be in keeping with the pattern.

Picked up from EngadgetHD.

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  • http://www.eyrie-productions.com/ Gryphon

    Hey, cool. That’s almost down to my Acceptable Price Point. (… Unfortunately, the same can’t be said of 1080p TV sets, but hey. :)