@LondonConsultant: LOL, I wonder how many people are actually going to get that joke.

Trinitrons were nice, but those two wires...

This is nothing new in the console world, though. In Japan, the original NES had this sort of supply issue for nearly five years. Nintendo's partners who manufacture the Wii also do PS3 as well as a jillion other things. Considering the Wii has been breaking records continuously there's really only so many resources that can be practical to tap into.

I guess Toyota's Prius availability is also a "ploy" too even if that thing has been around a heck of a lot longer than the Wii. We all know these things just come out of thin air and all and meeting demand is just as simple as turning up the AC...

Dude, it's a sound card...

Speaking of awkward relationships, doesn't Toshiba manufacture Cell procs for the most popular blu-ray player in the market? Doesn't that make them a major contributor?

It would seriously surprise me if Plextor of all drive makers just went and rebadged some other drive.

I totally agree. The only purpose my local Dell kiosks have is to give Dell an excuse to charge me tax for ordering their 24" LCD from across the country.

Okay, so I was able to get the kiosk guy to knock $25 bucks off an order of $500 or more, but it's still basically just ordering online in a public place.

Screw LED backlit LCDs, Dell should use these in their 2409wfp-hc! >:O

The PS3 is ridiculously huge. They could probably just stick a giant slot in it to slide in a PS2 to use as an Emotion Engine Upgrade Pak. :P

Churma, how long have you been a Comcast customer? Something tells me you'll be in for a big surprise in a few months...

That's kind of like saying Microsoft eats AMD for lunch.