"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Chesney Christ" wrote in message


A certain Arny Krueger, of uk.rec.audio "fame", writes :

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.

I agree, and this is my point. In the UK supermarkets are selling DVD
players for £49 (equiv. $70-$75 or so?).

I think the current low water mark for conventional DVD players in the US
is $39.95. Pioneer are trying to sell a $179 optical disc player that does
it all - CD, DVD, SACD, DVD-A.

Portable CD players are down to about $15.

Walking around with a $300 (as configured) portable hard drive player must
make me *truly* high end!

;-)


$36 in Walmart buys a lovely radio/ mp3 CD boombox player
not massively loud but great for normal listening, indoors or outside.