[seadzz]

When the ifp-5XX first was released in my part of asia it was north of $500 USD. The 7xx and 8xx will be even higher. Since the average factory worker here earns less than $300 USD per month here I expect those new players to fly off shelves...not.

I tend to agree with everyone with respect to iRubineRiver and where they are headed. IMHO they will not be happy until the retail price of both flash and HD based units is in excessn of $1000 USD.....will not be too long if they keep adding non-requested features like cameras and can openers to their products.

I's cough up the $1000 for a flash player if it came with a solar panel battery backup.....don't even think I'm serious.

What they need to do is get a more battery friendly codec in the works be it ogg2, AAC or MPC because the current ogg offering just does not pass the "smell test".

sdz