Posted by Mark Jones on 01/08/08 03:39

Do I really need to say? wrote:
> 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.

If it costs more than the $700 price tag of the BDP-S500,
I am simply not interested. I have already spent way too
much on audio and video equipment to want to buy
another receiver/amplifier that costs a fortune.

You didn't have to be an asshole with your response.

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