ybs1...thanks for the correction...this is a hot deal!
www.onecall.com has that model for 299-10%=269 -50 rebate=219 -$20 free movies, with free S+H and not tax....$200 total
what are the main differences between the two...or rather why would i want the 560 instead of the 360. is it just the Vdeo enhansment features and the remote control? something else???
the '20 in dvd movies' should have read '
$20 in DVD movies'
here is some info on a review i read with sear price matching suggestion to get it today:
What ultimately convinced me to purchase the S560D despite the fact that it was $50 more than the S360 boiled down to the Video Enhancement feature and the remote control. Having heard several grumblings that Sony's picture is "soft", I wanted to have the ability to sharpen things through the VE feature. The difference between remotes was that the volume buttons could only operate both a TV's volume and a receiver's volume on the S560 (thanks to the mode switch. On the S360 it looked like you could only do one or the other (TV volume or receiver volume). It didn't hurt that the S560D also sported more ways to tweak the audio output of the player.
So, decision on model in hand, I took some printed price quotes from the Internet with me to my local Sears store. I expected some haggling over S&H, so I had a copy of what S&H was on the lowest-priced model I could find ($228 + 28.95), and what Sears.com would have charged ($299 + 6.50). I suggested that the sales rep split the shipping difference with me, and he agreed ($228.00 + 15.00 = 243.00). Not too shabby!
Of course I had to pay sales tax on top of this (@$13.00), and I had decided to get a 2-year service contract through Sears ($37.00), based on how things had gone bad with my Panny. Everthing ended up totalling under $300, and that is still before the $50 rebate that Sony is offering on purchasers of the S360 and the S560D until 3/31/01. Thats why my price above is listed as $193 (includes the rebate I am sending for, does not include sales tax or maintenance agreement).