Seriously. Think of all the beefcakes you could buy with $100. BEEFCAKES!!!!! BEEFCAKES!!!!

I placed my order this AM (after this story went live) and it has already shipped out via FedEx 2 Day. I might even get it tomorrow!

You can already buy an HP desktop with a Blu-ray burner and HD-DVD rom combo drive online in the US. It is a pretty impressive upgrade $600 and I would consider it, if only the damn discs could play through Windows Media Center. But each type of disc requires a special player. Not too elegant for the living room. You can also add an external CableCard tuner to it.

Added the 160GB hard drive; now I've got all of my music, all of my photos, all of my tv shows and 60 random movies I've converted from DVD to MP4. Nothing crazy new, but works as advertised (once I upgraded the hard drive). I will use it more for music I think (in the end). The reason no mac mini for me is that my Sony 1080p requires I use VGA for computers and it doesn't use the full screen, so at least this I can hook up via component cables. No need for 1080p over 1080i considering my content.

I just went through the airport at Thanksgiving (Charlotte and LAX) with my Nike + Air Zoom Max 180s with the adapter in the shoe. Nobody stopped me, questioned me or gave me any hassle...

Help me understand this-people are being asked to pay the same price (or higher) than the cost to purchase the physical DVD? Why would anyone do that? You can buy the DVD and convert it into whatever format you like for watching on your computer or portable device.

To be honest, this kind of solution just infuriates me. The studios have no clue as to how to be innovative. They wonder why sales are down? They are business people and should realize that a download is much cheaper than a disc. Therefore, the cost should be much lower.

What's also terrible is that Amazon now introduces yet another required player to play protected files (again, why not just convert a physical DVD?). I will be surprized if this solution succeeds without a major price cut.

In the end, what the studios must realize, is that if you aren't trying to truly satisfy the customer (and their needs), you will eventually be surpased by somebody else.

I can't wait for the day when record labels and movie distributors are gone and it is a direct link between artist/actor/director and the customer.

This is not new news. BofA has been testing this for months in North Carolina and South Carolina. To be honest, this is does NOT reduce the time for customers to make a deposit, no matter what the banks say. What this really is, is all about increasing efficiencies and reducing unneccessary movement of paper. Banks can now electronically route checks to be cashed, thus cutting down on the time in transit. In addition, this will bring fraud to the attention of banks and customers much, much quicker. Not sure why they try to make this about the customer, as anyone who has used one of these new envelope-less machines knows it is a heck of a lot longer process (one check at a time, entering it's value one at a time and confirming, one at a time). Get the idea?

I've already read that this announcement above is a recurring event that has nothing to do with the product launch. Besides, would they really announce their new product at CompUSA? I actually think Endgadget should not put things like this on the site. Really should have been researched first to show that it is not what it seems...