QUOTE(Andronicus @ Jan 4 2008, 06:38 PM)
I just checked out BestBuy.ca.
The cheepest Blue-ray stand-alone player: $450
The cheepest HD-DVD stand-alone player: $350
I had always thougth that the HD-DVD players were WAY cheeper, but turns out they are only slightly cheeper.
If, like the recent artical posted on XBS suggested, sony drops the price of their players to below $200, even at a loss, then the war will be officialy over.
The HD-A2 was selling for $99 before christmas in the US
The HD-A3 was selling for $199 before christmas in the US
each came with 10 HD-DVDs for free with purchase
300, the Bourne Supremacy, 5 more from a select list and 3 more from pretty much anything in the store (save box sets).
HD-DVDs are cheaper... if the cheapest you could find is $350 then they either jack up the price in Canada or they're simply out of stock of the cheap ones.
The cheapest Stand Alone Blu-Ray player I've seen is also $450 though.