"Chesney Christ" wrote in message

A certain Kurt Hamster, of uk.rec.audio "fame", writes :

(1) dual lasers are fitted.

Thereby doubling the price.

Perhaps someone informed could contribute a view here, but I doubt
that. Look at the price that DVD players (all with dual lasers) have
fallen to. In fact they are more readily and cheaply available than
standalone CD players. The cost of producing a transport with dual
lasers seems negligible.

The laser(s) are a tiny part of the cost of making an optical disc player.
With volume production and economies of scale, its easy to understand how
high volume dual-laser DVD transports could cost less than lower-volume
single-laser CD transports.