CES 2020 (Lack of) Blu Ray players

LeftCoast
LeftCoast Posts: 406
edited March 2020 in Electronics
No new blu ray players at CES. Are they on the way out? Should I go ahead and buy a really nice one, knowing that they are obsolete? I still would rather play blu ray discs. I imagine they will be around for some time, even if the blu ray players aren't made anymore.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,395
    edited March 2020
    My Oppo will be here for a while
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

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  • krazypolk
    krazypolk Posts: 745
    I still use my beta tape player, though is gettin a lil long in the tooth.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,007
    8 tracks in a 64 Vega rocks. Why bother?

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 2,481
    I’ve been stockpiling Oppos - I have three 105s and a 103 (in my son’s system)...

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,395
    You need to let some of that gear out to play.
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 2,481
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    You need to let some of that gear out to play.

    I plan to be a full-time Audio hermit when I get home. At least for a month or so:-)
    "Conservative Libertarians love the country, progressive leftists love the government." - Andrew Wilkow


    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
    ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    it's 2020 -- everybody streams, right?

    Still -- I have it on good authority that the hip, happenin' types in Brooklyn and both Portlands are alll-in for videos on CED players. Analog, baby! All the cool kids are firin' up their Trinitrons and gettin down with RCA Selectavision. B)

    ... and, for the poseurs, of course, there's always...

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    http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/html/1982/h002.html
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    LeftCoast wrote: »
    No new blu ray players at CES. Are they on the way out? Should I go ahead and buy a really nice one, knowing that they are obsolete? I still would rather play blu ray discs. I imagine they will be around for some time, even if the blu ray players aren't made anymore.

    I wouldn’t use CES as a guide, but Blue-Ray is decreasing in use. However, it is still a large market, especially for videophiles. I still buy and rent Blue-Rays, and have two Oppo 203s.
    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
    Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
    Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

    Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
    Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

    Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
    Three 20 amp circuits.
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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,648
    I would take more stock in CEDIA as a reference for home theater than CES. CES is sort of the Walmart of electronics shows...a little bit of everything. While CEDIA is much more of a focused show.
    "Some people find it easier to be conceited rather than correct."

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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,192
    We live in a world where good enough is becoming the standard.
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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