But see, I think there is where you're missing the point.
The idea behind a "transport" as apposed to a full-blown player is that you're going to use some other external device to do the decoding. What if something comes along that's better than HQV or whatever is "best" right now? If you buy the 2K Denon player, you're stuck. If you save $800 and get the transport, then you can upgrade later on.
I know this concept is not unfamilar to you, so I'm not sure why you're arguing so passionately against it, other than that it's a Blu-Ray player, rather than HD-DVD.
