this isnt the real MSRP but it's prolly close http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/09/1331253&from=rss
It's just like all other technology. The price will go down eventually. DVDs were once that expensive.
!!! "Hi, remember me? I'm the first DVD you ever bought. Back in 1997, I cost you $25 and had no extra features. I eventually went down in price. Would you like to meet my friend, VHS? He cost $25 a pop back in 1980, had no features, and was a linear format that degraded over each use. Maybe being from the past makes me naive (sorry no dots for you), but, it seems that the point of this article -- although factual -- is totally irrelavent."