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A full week before Black Friday, we're seeing a Memorex Blu-ray player for a mere $139.99, plus a flat $5.00 shipping fee. Do you go shopping now?

Depends on what you're looking for in a Blu-ray player. This is a Profile 1.1 "picture in picture" Bonus View player. It doesn't support the latest and greatest audio decoders, although if you use your receiver for decoding, you'll be just fine. It supports Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, and DTS-HD.

Here's where you can get this amazing deal . . .

Today only, at www.woot.com.  It's worth clicking over there just to read their product info. Funny stuff.

Are prices this low enough to get people buying Blu-ray? As more and more movies come out on Blu-ray, it will be harder to ignore. What will you do? If your DVD player dies, will you be tempted by a $139.99 Blu-ray player? —Leslie Shapiro

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