Posted by Tarkus on 10/12/07 04:41

ChairmanOfTheBored wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:16:28 -0700, Tarkus <karnevil9@atlantabraves.net>
> wrote:
>
>> FWIW, I stopped by a local Target today, and it is indeed on sale for
>> ~$40. I didn't see any boxes on the shelves (where they had other
>> brands and model numbers), but didn't bother asking if they had any in
>> back, because I have no need for the player.
>
> They are tagged with a slapped on, in house bar code sticker, which is
> why they do not show up on the web maintained inventory databases.
> Likely, if your store didn't have any on their shelves, they were done
> ridding themselves of their units.

That would be my guess. In my experience, rarely do these stores have
extra stock for sale items like that "in the back." The one recent
exception was Fry's for a digital camera they had on sale, but they're
more of a warehouse type store anyway.

> There were indeed some at one store I visited, I, however, opted for
> the next model up, at $69.00, since it was HDMI out, and upscaled the
> video to 1080i. (DVP5960/37) The $30 difference is no big deal, and the
> region free hacks still are applicable. A much better player, IMHO.

They had several of that model in stock at the store I went to. If I
was in the market for a player, I may have grabbed that one too.

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