fluffstardx wrote:

Really? I wondered why they only stopped selling over here last year.

I actually do prefer it over conventional HDD MP3 players. After all, the 1GB disc goes funny you can replace it... try doing THAT with an iPod.

This is all going to come down to cost, as usual.

Well, they were selling, but by your own admission never in serious numbers. Some people needed on-the-move recording that lots of MP3 players don't offer - so I guess there'd still be a (small) market for them.It's not that difficult. And even the smallest HD iPOd was 5Gb - I really can't be bothered with removable media players. I mean, I've had them all Walkmen, Portable CD, MiniDisc - and they always annoyed the s**t out of me. The iPod is just soooo simple - both the loading of music and the lack of removable media, and the associated hassle of storing it when it's not in the player.I don't think that VHS/Beta DID come down to cost. It came down to software availability. The porn industry (and the hire shops) went with VHS, and Beta went down the plug. The idea that the PS3 is just a BluRay player is preposterous - thiugh it is what microsoft wants the public to think. It IS a BluRay player, and even at $600 it would be the cheapest one available (though that might not be the case by the time is comes out). But the BluRay aspect it purely peripheral. But the core of the PS3 will be its gaming capabilities. Either they will rock, or they won't... and then it will be down to the availability of software... Price, I think, will be a tertiary concern.