ha ha. try $550 for an original a1.
I wouldnt consider hd totally dead, their new strategy is to sell hd players as 100-150 upconverting dvd players, with hd play back thrown in for free.
So yeah 80 bucks for this is still no good, when you can get standalones for ~100.
and blu ray hasnt exactly won anything, they can still die as a format. Its just hddvd has a much higher percentage of dying earlier.