Posted by Do I really need to say? on 01/08/08 02:17

On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 18:33:56 -0600, "Mark Jones" <noemail@mindspring.com>
wrote:

>Lloyd Parsons wrote:
>> That price was before the big announcement. We'll see what happens.
>> But if HDDVD disappears, BD will not drop in price much if any this
>> year.
>
>What is your opinion of the Sony BDP-S300 at $399.99 versus
>the BDP-S500 at $699.99. These are the MSRP numbers from
>a Sony insert in the newspaper.
>
>The BDP-S500 is shown as supporting TrueHD and DTS-HD sound.
>What about the availabilty of an amplifier that can actually handle
>these two sound formats without costing more than the Blu-Ray
>player.
>
You're not an engineer if you cannot understand how a high end 7
channel receiver/amplifier might cost more than an optical disc playback
device.

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