Blu-ray Player.. That'll be $1500 please

[Duke]

Panasonic slates ~$1500 Blu-ray player for September

New York (NY) - Confirming suspicions that Panasonic would not have Blu-ray players available prior to summer, the company announced today that it plans to ship its DMP-BD10 player in September, promising to keep its shelf price at "less than $1,500."
Panasonic is timing its release in sync with that of its 58-inch plasma screen HDTV, whose price is not yet revealed.

They will be under £100 in a years time

http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/03/29/panasonic_slates_blu-ray_for_september/

 

[Duke]

I've still got a 20MB (yup, megabytes) hard disk. Worked last time I turned it off (circa 1994). What are the odds it'd spin up now if I tried to power it on? I'd love to give it a whirl (along with the PC it's in), but I'm somewhat scared of it doing something very nasty to my house.

Probably give you a headache from the noise, compared to a modern HD