See that? That's a $3,200 CD player, which will be impossible to justify for pretty much anyone not featured on Joan Rivers' newest TV show. Designed and produced by Grant Fidelity, the CD-1000 Impression II packs a high-end Sanyo CD drive, tube analog output, tube headphone amplifier and a rather basic display screen, while the "anti-vibration aluminum chassis" tries as hard as it can to look both unorthodox and absurdly expensive. It's hard to say if your burnt MP3 discs will actually sound better on this thing (okay, so they won't), but at least you can rest easy knowing that

LG's WiFi-enabled, DivX-friendly BD390 Blu-ray player has been shipping here in the States since May, but not until now have you really had a reason to pick one up. Here at CEDIA, VUDU is taking one step further away from its standalone movie set-top-box by announcing that the aforementioned deck will become the first of its kind to tap into VUDU's growing library of on-demand film rentals. Of course, adding VUDU to this player was a natural move given the built-in Ethernet port, though users will have to wait until the end of this month to suck down the free update. In case

What you're looking at here is the latest addition to the Sony Blu-ray family. The BDP-N460 seemingly fits right in between the BDP-S360 and the BDP-S560 with an MSRP of $249. What sets it apart from its little brother is the fact that it can use its included network jack for more than just BD-Live and it features a USB port on the front, in addition to the one on the back for optional BD-Live storage. There's no built in WiFi or MKV support like other brands though, but it is shipping with access to YouTube and to Bravia Internet Video, and in addition Sony promises Netflix Watch

If you thought Toshiba's IFA Blu-ray showing was weak, consider its CEDIA display: simply a BDX2000 player connected to nothing at all. We understand, the format war was long and bitter, but c'mon Tosh, you could at least act excited about offering customers 1080p disc players again.Toshiba BDX2000 Blu-ray player

Why wait 'til October to get a peek at Sony's BRAVIA Internet features come to Blu-ray on the BDP-N460? Check them out right now in the following gallery, we got a good look at the future on the CEDIA show floor, though whether Sony delivering all new hardware or everyone else's strategy of upgrading existing players for Netflix, Amazon and other forms of streaming is the path to follow remains to be seen. The BDP-N460 should hit for about $250 starting next month.Sony BDP-N460 Network Blu-ray player

Poor Toshiba, once proud member of the HD-DVD team, now relegated to sitting on the Blu-ray bench, waiting for an opportunity to play.And at last, it got that chance, with the announcement of a new, Toshiba-branded Blu-ray player, the BDX2000. The $250 player is as ordinary as could be: BD-Live, 1080p (at 24fps if you like), an SD card slot and AVCHD playback. It’s almost as if someone told Toshiba that it had to make a Blu-ray player but, hungover and spent from months of drowning its sorrows in a motel room, it could barely summon the energy to do more than put some

Philips has unleashed its cheapest Blu-ray player the BDP3000 – offering a decent player for a bargain bucket £169, Philips aren't looking to be the cheapest manufacturer in the Blu-ray player arean – but the BDP3000 is aiming to be affordable without compromising too far on specification. Dolby 7.1Featuring full 1080p playback – as you may expect – the BDP3000 also offers Dolby TrueHD 7.1, DVD upscaling and BD Live profile 2.0. Philips also boasts about the player's dimensions (435 x 58 x 308mm), Div X playback, the design and its eco-friendly

If you are still looking for a decent bit of kit to view high-def video with in your living room, then you might want to invest in Asus' new O!play HDP-R1 HD player.Asus O!play features eSATA, USB 2.0 and LAN connectivity, so you can hook it up to everything from your PC or laptop or even your new 256GB USB thumb drive.Asus' device has the standard HDMI connectivity to allow you to view any HD files on your living room telly, which you can control via the included remote.No wireless T3 notes that the main downsides with Asus' latest HD media player are that,

Legendary American high-end AV brand Lexicon has announced the first Blu-ray player to be THX-certified. The Lexicon BD-30, which is currently undergoing certification, will also be compatible with Super Audio CD and DVD-A discs, and claims to load Blu-ray movies in less than 5 seconds. Image processing comes via Anchor Bay's VRS technology.The premiere league Region A machine, which is expected to retail for $3,499 when it goes on sale Stateside later this year, will make its debut at the upcoming CEDIA Expo in Atlanta. It's the latest in a growing number of no-compromise

As the global recession continues to bite just about everyone but the bankers who caused it, the US Consumer Electronics Association has warned that overall revenues within the consumer electronics industry are likely to fall by 7.7% to $165 billion by the end of 2009. However, it isn't all doom and gloom as the CEA expects a small bounce of 0.7% growth in 2010. It also forecasts some isolated sectors of the industry to show growth during 2009. Most notably, sales of Blu-ray players are expected to grow by 112% to six million total sales by the end of the year.