Toshiba BDX2000 Blu-Ray Player Reviewed by the USBlu-ray discs were first introduced in 2006 as the new optical disc format that would replace the DVD. But consumers were slow to respond. One of the reasons for this is that the DVDs had been around for more than a decade now and prices have never been lower. For example, a no frills DVD player can be purchased for about twenty pounds, while an affordable Blu-ray player is about six to ten times as expensive. That's right! Blu-ray discs are not compatible with regular DVD players, so you will have to fork over at least an extra hundred pounds for a new device. Perhaps that is why it took more than three years for consumers to send a clear signal that it might be time for a change. In 2009, people invested in Blu-ray technology at a record pace. Sales of the discs themselves increased by 167 percent, while sales of DVD discs declined for the first time in history. In the next two paragraphs we will take a closer look at the Toshiba BDX2000 Blu-Ray Player Reviewed . As is to be expected with any new technology, there are scores of new products, some of which will survive, most of which will not. The BDX2000 player competes as an economy model and has a price tag of just one hundred and twenty pounds. That's about forty pounds cheaper than the standard Blu-ray player. The device also offers a few unexpected high-tech features. For example, the BD-live feature gives users the ability to save content like digital videos and pictures on a convenient SD card slot. The BDX is also energy star certified and it is quite compact and lightweight at only 5.07 pounds. |