Yeah, I'm okay with refurbs.

uBid and Overstock have had refurbished XA2's on and off for the past 2 weeks for around $230-$280 shipped, depending what site has them in stock at the time. My uBid one is scheduled for delivery on Tuesday. So far from those that got them, they are complete with the XA2, Remote, AC, RCA cables and varying firmware versions. Some have a small scratch etc. most are coming in perfect. I'd get an XA2 over the A35 any day.

I never kept close track, but did the XA2 receive a firmware upgrade to bitstream Dolby True HD and DTS-HD MA? That was one of the big reasons I wanted the A35.

I don't check AVS too much, but I did go there this morning. I saw a thread where the dude from Value Electronics stated he was working on a deal to get a bunch of XA2's from Toshiba pretty soon. I don't know what the price will be, but it may be worth checking out...

AVS FORUM

Thats would be Robert. Bought many players from him...great guy! However, I don't see him carrying these for under $500 so I went with a refurbished one for $260 from uBid.

I'd gladly buy from Robert, but not with those refurb prices floating around.

You guys want to let me pick out my Blu-ray now, or make me wait til January?

:D

I'd say that they should wait until January, considering Best Buy is still stocking the LG Dual Format Player...

Not the 3 BB in my town. And I saw 2 in Circuit City a month ago - on clearance.

I have no problem waiting, though. More blu-ray's to choose from. :lol:

Just noticed this in a Circuit City email sent to me:
http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/sitew...Ntt=BRHC6316U2
It's an external HD DVD/BD/DVD/CD drive for PCs for $249.99

I still see Samsung 5000 and LG 200s at every Best Buy and Circuit City I visit. Just waiting for the Sammy to get $199 or less and I'm going to bite!

Have they finally issued firmware to fix all the Sammy's problems? What's the BR profile at?