CES News: Sharp Aquos HDTV with built-in Blu-Ray coming soon
December 19, 2008 by Derek
CES will be the platform where Sharp shows off their brand new Aquos HDTVs with integrated Blu-ray player. This isn’t anything groundbreaking as a similar Aquos range has already arrived in Japan a couple of months ago, but it should be arriving on other shores very soon.
You will be able to bring one home in many parts of the world soon after CES 2009 is over, choosing from 32″ and 42″ models (that’s all? Curious).
Do you think there is a sizeable market for HDTVs that come with integrated Blu-ray players? If they’re sold at a reasonable price, sure, but if they come out at a large premium (Sharp Aquos TVs already aren’t the cheapest models in price to begin with), they’ll more than likely sell poorly, given the rather dire economic situation in most parts of the US and Europe.
It’s only a matter of time before other companies follow suit, assuming this does reasonably well.
