Royalties could be as much as 5% of the recorder's price plus five cents on every blank disc sold.

ECONOMIST: Digital video discs

Prices on next-gen optical HD players continue to plummet today with Sony's announced price drop on their new BDP-S300 Blu-ray Disc player.

ENGADGET: Sony's BDP-S300 Blu-ray player now less than a PS3 HD

And the best part of Best Buy's Rewards Zone, she says, is the feature that notifies members of price specials available only to them, along with little extras, like a free holiday-sounds compact disc in December.

FORBES

Sure, it's no surprise to see bleeding-edge tech plummet in price soon after the initial craze is over, but Sony NEC Optiarc is estimating that Blu-ray disc drive prices will "drop 50 percent from current levels amid aggressive development" by other manufacturers.

ENGADGET: Blu-ray disc drive prices to be halved by 2008? HD