Insignia Blu-Ray players are now selling at $99 along with Streaming Netflix. The Insignia NS-BRDVD3, which is a budget Blu-ray deck with that does 1080p upconversion for standard DVDs, on-board decoding of lossless Dolby TrueHD soundtracks (no native DTS-HD Master Audio support, unfortunately), and an Ethernet port for access to Net-connected BD-Live extras. It was only a few weeks ago that the same player was priced at $129 with a $50 Netflix coupon. But now Best Buy has dropped the price to $99 with no coupon needed. This turns out to be a pretty good deal considering the fact that the deck also streams about 17,000 movies and TV shows from Netflix (provided you’re a subscriber). Best Buy is also selling a Wi-Fi-enabled version of the player for $199.
The Blu-Ray player is not the first player to break the $100 barrier. Sears has been selling a refurbished Magnavox BD player for $99, and until recently, Newegg had the same player for just $79, although it’s out of stock. Blu-Ray prices will surely fall as we approach the holiday season. Rumors are that BD decks could sell as low as $49 but unfortunately it would not be a Sony or Samsung player.
