Australia Panasonic Blue-ray release

[MACCA350]

http://panasonic.com.au/products/details.cfm?productid=5293&contextID=3511

These guys must be on drugs, Panasonic Blue-ray player first posted for release in October at AU$3,299 but maybe because the backlash at AVS, almost overnight they changed release to November at AU$2,749

There's no way in hell I'm paying that for a 1'st gen player when I can get a HD-DVD player sent from US for around AU$650 shipped and have access to all the HD-DVD movies. Makes me wonder what the official HD-DVD player release dates and pricing will be, should be at least half that of the Blue-ray.

 

[mtrycrafts]

http://panasonic.com.au/products/details.cfm?productid=5293&contextID=3511

These guys must be on drugs, Panasonic Blue-ray player first posted for release in October at AU$3,299 but maybe because the backlash at AVS, almost overnight they changed release to November at AU$2,749

There's no way in hell I'm paying that for a 1'st gen player when I can get a HD-DVD player sent from US for around AU$650 shipped and have access to all the HD-DVD movies. Makes me wonder what the official HD-DVD player release dates and pricing will be, should be at least half that of the Blue-ray.

With today's global marketplace and Internet access, at times I think these companies just don't get it.

Just think what the price would be with no competing formats although I'd rather see one or a universal player which is bound to happen.