I honestly never thought that those discount chinese DVD players had much effect. I payed $300 for my DVD player in 2001, and I'd pay that much again now; most of the discount players suck and are poorly made, and honestly what is $200 difference for a player when you will be spending hundreds and probably actually thousands of dollars on disks? Disk price is the real factor here. Players are a one-time investment, so having to pay $300 for a decent player instead of $99 for a lesser one is honestly the least of our worries. Disk prices have been falling steadily, lets hope that nothing stops this aspect, not the hardware one.