Blu-ray Retreads

Maybe it's a sign of the downward economics of the day, or maybe we're just all going a little more green, but today I encountered two situations of cheap Blu-ray by taking the preowned route.  Yeah, yeah, I know, there are certain things that I want brand spankin' new as well.  However, eBay should have taught all of us that there's nothing wrong with saving a few bucks by getting a product that was someone else's.

First up is a used Blu-ray player.  None other than internet retailer NewEgg is having a special on a Blu-ray player.  It's the Samsung BDP-1500, and while it does not do BD-Live, it's otherwise a solid player.  Personally I'd rather have a used name brand player, than some off brand, even if it is new.  Oh, and the price is right at just under $145, which is a great deal for a Blu-ray player, especially considering that you don't need to wake up at 3 AM and stand out in the cold for it.

The other retread is a used Blu-ray disc.  As we have more discs on the market, it was bound to happen that retailers would want to get rid of the returns.  Reportedly the image is from Best Buy, and the price is right.  For the price of the DVD, you can purchase the used Blu-ray.  Now that sounds like a reasonable trade off to me, and with Blu-ray discs less than $20 available, the price differential is melting away like the winter of 2009.

Comments

[Cironnu]

That's not Best Buy, it's Blockbuster. You can see the blue and yellow Blockbuster "movie ticket" logo on the white sticker on the bottom left corner of each of the cases.

I've been waiting for the video rental stores to start selling their old rental BluRays on the cheap for weeks now. It looks like that may be beginning.