Just came across a mention of this little baby which is a HD media player. For $130 it will play HD 1080p content to your TV (via HDMI) from a hard drive source ($120 for 320gig). So, for $250 today, I can have a full 1080p HD portable playback kit.

Thats brilliant. I won’t call this a torrent player .. piracy hurts my business and I know plenty of people working in the industry that also feel the hit. I’m not talking Clint Eastwood .. it’s average joe who doesn’t make the mega bucks but piracy devalues what they do.

But .. I’d love to visit my local video store, fill my drive with pre-paid 1080p content and watch when I’m ready. Packed with DRM to limit that watch to a couple of times and prevent me from copying it out? Fine by me. The convenience would be great.

Transporter 3 is due for release this time next month. At CDWOW you can get it for a snap at $41.95, EzyDVD does it for $32.97 and JB for $29.98. Thats a $12 variance from CDWOW to JB! If CDWOW can get away with it .. that’s a huge margin they’ll make. We’re online with price comparisons at our fingertips .. I gotta wonder how many they will sell. On that price check I wouldn’t go back to CDWOW next time. Add to the craziness, within 3 months after it’s release Transporter 3 will most likely drop to $15.