The First sub $200 HD Player

[your mother]

Entroper said:

your mother said:

Entroper said:
A $199 price point puts it easily in the range of a Christmas present. Good news for HD.

...while keeping in mind there's still four months before the holiday season, so there is no reason why the HD DVD entry price point cannot be lowered even more, perhaps with the introduction of other budget HD DVD players by Chinese manufacturers.

It might be lowered a bit more, but the holiday season is not 4 months away. 4 months from today is December 29. That's TOO LATE for Christmas, as it's already passed. The holiday season "officially" begins the day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday) and unofficially begins a few weeks sooner, so it's really more like 2 months away. I wouldn't be surprised, though, to see HD DVD players for $99 on Black Friday as doorbusters, but in very limited quantities.

...yeah, that.

But even in two months' time it is entirely plausible.

I live right next door to China, so these players should be on the market right now, and I bet there are more than one model for that price range here in Hong Kong already.