Here is the appetizer. As you may hav noticed I've been researching on a possible Blu-ray player purchase, I have pretty much made up my mind to go with a Panasonic dmp-bd10ak, but there are NONE to be found anywhere. Panasonic Direct has taken the "add to cart" link off because they are taking no orders. I called them this morning and a sales rep told me that he couldn't even take my order, they are filling back orders and then maybe. He suggested calling back around first of August. He also said that Panasonic is coming out with a new model BDP. He didn't know price range or if Panasonic would still offer free movies.

Here's the Main course. I was talking to a Denon dealer today and he had a pre-CEDIA meeting with his Denon sales rep. Tah dah! Denon is coming out with 2 new Blu-ray disc players. One around $1k and the other around $2k. They will have 7.1 processing and analog outs. He said they probably won't be on the floor until around November. He didn't give a full run down of features but seemed to be pretty excited about them. He did say they would have some type of internet connection.

So you guys check your sources too and see what we can put together. What does this say about Blu-ray, I think it says they have gained some more significant ground on the battle field.