I ALMOST bought the 46" aquos this year for $1200, but my wife woulda killed me . In the last year Ive bought the 46" RPLCD, the ps3, the A2, a new home stereo, a new digi camera and a garmin gps.
I did buy her her own laptop for Christmas so she's happy.
I must say the BD50 and this Sharp player are very nice looking (externally) players.
Sharp already outed the BD-HP50U Blu-ray Disc player during the Sharp press event. Now the details. BD-ROM profile 1.1 support for all that crazy (and often useless) PIP you can stomach, HDMI 1.3 digital output at 24fps, x.c.Color, Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD 7.1 channel audio with Lip Sync tech to automatically adjust audio and video processing times. Yours in May for $700. Really Sharp, $700?