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Every store around here had it for $499 - $699, with no free discs, except one place that had it on for $400. This was the only model they had that came with a bunch of discs. I already have most of them on HD and the free Blu Rays will be dumped on ebay to help offset the cost of the player. The UP5000 is one of the only players that has an ethernet port in back for updates. Not even the Panasonic BD30 had an update port. I was really surprised by that.
Its gotten very good reviews in the video department and few reports of playback issues since the latest firmware came out in February.
I am having some LFE issues and other sound issues, but I think that I need to change some settings on the player itself to fix that.
I havent checked out any HD DVDs on it yet. I hear the playback and special features can be a bit twitchy with HD DVD on the 5000, but I am thinking about replacing my A1 and getting an A30 or A35 for my HD DVDs.
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