Goldmund Debuts $16,900 Blu-ray Disc Player
It's a fact that Blu-ray provides higher definition, more clarity and greater color representation than DVD. But is there then a hierarchy among Blu-ray Disc players?
Leave it to Swiss firm Goldmund to stake a claim to the highest of the high-end in HD machines. With the introduction of the Eidos 20 BD, a Blu-ray Disc player originally slated for a debut later this year but moved up on the calender in the wake of HD-DVD's death knell, Goldmund has produced a device that they claim will out-pace all competitors.
And it had better. With a price tag of $16,900, expectations will be high.
The Eidos 20 BD has several of Goldmund's "signature" features, such as an AC-Curator power supply circuit to improve picture and sound stability and dynamics, plus Mechanical Grounding construction to remove "spurious vibrations," which would blur the video signal and increase jitter. Add to that a Magnetic Damper, which lowers reading errors, a feature that before now was found on only Goldmund's highest end devices.
Yes, you read that right. Higher end. This is the company that brought you the $300,000 turntable and the million dollar media room, which Switched had the privilege of visiting during January's Consumer Electronics Show.
So, comparatively speaking, maybe $16,900 is a bargain?
From Goldmund.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
idiot consumer @ Feb 27th 2008 3:52PM
Fools and their money are soon to be departed.
What fool would spend that kind of money on a pricey pile of junk, unless of course he has a printing press and can print his own money. All the parts are mass produced to begin with.