I just bought a new DVD player. Not a portable, but the one for in the living room by the big TV. 29.95 I paid. I paid a couple of hundred dollars for my first DVD player. I paid a couple of hundred dollars for my first CD player in fact.
It boggles the mind how the prices drop on electronics.
I remember paying $279 for a 52mb hard drive... Sheesh... I guess that makes me old...