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Originally posted by Meridialien:
" The E1 is �269 at Play.com at the moment, and they even sent me an e-mail offering it to me for �249 "

Im surprised more people arent getting involved at that price point . I mean ,at the very least you gt an upscaling DVD player and CD player. You can always put it in the kids' room or something when the Meridian comes out or the format goes belly up wink
I think if there was a region hack for its DVD playback I'd jump on one as 99% of my DVDs are region 1, and my only R2 discs are various UK TV shows (and I've some R3 discs too). I'm still without an HDTV. Getting a player might actually force me to make a decision and finally buy a new television however. I'm just not interested in investing in two formats. I`m quite fed up with the situation really as I miss buying films, and I`m so eager to finally enjoy my favourites in high definition.

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Darren Aronofski's The Fountain has just been announced on BD. I really enjoyed Pi and Requiem for a Dream so that clinched it for me.
Although Fox's European rights dictate a Bluray only release over here, The Fountain is in fact going to be out on both formats in the US via Warner in May (15th to be exact). Good film. Flawed but I admire its ambition.

The European disc of it won't work on your Japanese PS3 incidentally, since Fox show such a strict love for region coding. I'm amazed after how they treated it in cinemas that Fox is bringing it to Bluray at all. Traditionally they've ignored bringing out new titles for a broader audience (Last King of Scotland, Little Miss Sunshine...etc never got released) because they're genuinely too preoccupied in marketing titles for their interpretation of the gaming demographic that the PS3 brings with it.