http://www.gizmocafe.com/blogs/gizmo_cafe_blog/archive/2007/02/27/108645.aspxSony is clearly hoping its new BDP-S300 player, priced at $599, will compound HD DVD’s pain.enCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)http://www.gizmocafe.com/blogs/gizmo_cafe_blog/archive/2007/02/27/108645.aspx#126185Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:56:49 GMT173b0a64-840a-4ba0-afe6-d77867afd09b:126185MATT.<p>Why would anyone spend the same amount of money to buy just the Blue-ray player portion of a PS3 and not just get a PS3?</p> <p>I could understand this if the stand-alone player was like a hundred bucks cheaper than the PS3 or something... but this is just silly.</p>