Quote Originally Posted by Sir Terrence the Terrible
Actually Feanor, don't mind being contradicted at all. What I don't like is a no brained idiot who doesn't even know how HDMI works telling me stuff that is direct contridiction to the professionals who actually program Toshiba's Cell chips. Since the gentleman programs the chips, and knows the part cost to the player, it would seem to me that he would know more than some peahead that has never even broken a player open.
Unlike Mr. Peabody, I'm not calling into question your buddyship with industry insiders, I'm questioning the choice of words in your rejoinder to him and various other people at various times.

But bearing on Toshiba's costs, unless your buddy actually knows the actual price negociated with Toshiba, you can't be entirely certain whether the latter is losing money on account of the chip. I dare say the chips have their MSRPs just like most stuff, but what the particular customer pays can be a different matter.