i have no idea. the very first standalone blu-ray players that you hook up to your tv were in the best buy ads this week for about $999 so i guess you can extrapolate from that.

i found blank blu-ray media at supermediastore for $20 per disc...i guess i was lowballing on the $15 estimate. these discs are 1x-2x rated.

rushing to get all the equipment now would be a waste since i'm not aware of any software that exists yet to deal with blu-ray (someone pelase correct me if I'm wrong about this)

also, it's been announced that blu-ray discs themselves will be priced within 10% of current dvd prices so for the time being it would certainly cheaper to just BUY doubles of titles rather than back them up yourself.

the pricing tructures are bound to change quickly though especially since this is such a new media.