$135,000 Blu-ray Player Is Expensive
If you thought Blu-ray players were expensive before, take a look at this one.
Goldmund Eidos Reference Blue [http://www.goldmund.com/], for $135,000.
The Goldmund Eidos Reference Blue should probably cost $135,000 just due to name alone, but backs up the cost with its construction too, I guess. From Goldmund's website, the product features:
Improved Mechanical Grounding construction with sturdier table support.
Built-in stabilized power supply using the Goldmund AC-Curator circuitry, totally separated from the mechanism by the top of the table support.
Goldmund "Magnetic Damping" technology, considerably improving the image stability and sound transparency.
External aluminum transport rigidifying structure for spurious vibration cancellation.
Heavily damped brass and aluminum heavy-duty mechanism enclosure (30kg) suspended on 4 spring loaded suspension pods.
Audio outputs:
* RCA Spdif coaxial digital.
* Toslink Optical Spdif digital.
* 2-channel analogue RCA unbalanced.
* 6-channel analogue RCA unbalanced.
Video outputs:
* 3 RCA analogue components output.
* S-Video analogue video output.
* HDMI 1.3 Video and Audio digital output.
Size: Height 75 cm (30"), Width 59 cm (23"), Depth 55 cm (21").
Weight: suspended: 30 kg, total including table: 82 kg.
Does the work put into the construction of this player actually warrant the price somehow? Or the audio and video output? I can't see even the richest of the rich actually feeling the need to purchase this product, though maybe I just don't get it. It definitely looks like a spaceship, so maybe it has a secret dual function.
If you'd like to purchase a Goldmund Eidos Reference Blue, you'd better book it to the nearest Goldmund retailer. It's a very limited edition product, as only 50 units will be made. Heck, it also plays DVDs and CDs if that makes it float your boat, and is multi-zone and multi-region.
So what doesn't it do? Connect to the internet or support BD-Live. Yup, this Blu-ray player is apparently stuck as a Profile 1.1 and cannot be updated. Both the $299 PlayStation 3 and other retail Blu-ray players have the capability to connect to the internet, so why doesn't Goldmund's "ultimate" version of one?
Via: Gizmodo [http://gizmodo.com/5357526/meet-the-135000-blu+ray-player-thats-missing-features-200-players-have]
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If you thought Blu-ray players were expensive before, take a look at this one.
Goldmund Eidos Reference Blue [http://www.goldmund.com/], for $135,000.
The Goldmund Eidos Reference Blue should probably cost $135,000 just due to name alone, but backs up the cost with its construction too, I guess. From Goldmund's website, the product features:
Improved Mechanical Grounding construction with sturdier table support.
Built-in stabilized power supply using the Goldmund AC-Curator circuitry, totally separated from the mechanism by the top of the table support.
Goldmund "Magnetic Damping" technology, considerably improving the image stability and sound transparency.
External aluminum transport rigidifying structure for spurious vibration cancellation.
Heavily damped brass and aluminum heavy-duty mechanism enclosure (30kg) suspended on 4 spring loaded suspension pods.
Audio outputs:
* RCA Spdif coaxial digital.
* Toslink Optical Spdif digital.
* 2-channel analogue RCA unbalanced.
* 6-channel analogue RCA unbalanced.
Video outputs:
* 3 RCA analogue components output.
* S-Video analogue video output.
* HDMI 1.3 Video and Audio digital output.
Size: Height 75 cm (30"), Width 59 cm (23"), Depth 55 cm (21").
Weight: suspended: 30 kg, total including table: 82 kg.
Does the work put into the construction of this player actually warrant the price somehow? Or the audio and video output? I can't see even the richest of the rich actually feeling the need to purchase this product, though maybe I just don't get it. It definitely looks like a spaceship, so maybe it has a secret dual function.
If you'd like to purchase a Goldmund Eidos Reference Blue, you'd better book it to the nearest Goldmund retailer. It's a very limited edition product, as only 50 units will be made. Heck, it also plays DVDs and CDs if that makes it float your boat, and is multi-zone and multi-region.
So what doesn't it do? Connect to the internet or support BD-Live. Yup, this Blu-ray player is apparently stuck as a Profile 1.1 and cannot be updated. Both the $299 PlayStation 3 and other retail Blu-ray players have the capability to connect to the internet, so why doesn't Goldmund's "ultimate" version of one?
Via: Gizmodo [http://gizmodo.com/5357526/meet-the-135000-blu+ray-player-thats-missing-features-200-players-have]
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