It was only four days ago that Tech Digest’s Andy Merrett was discussing Sony’s uphill struggle with Blu-Ray…and whoops, today’s news has brought with it a disturbing piece about their new BDP-S300 Blu-Ray player.

According to the BBC, the player now costs $499, $100 less than when it was first announced in February. The 1080p compatible player supports various video formats including MPEG2, MPEG4-AVC, and VC1, and as well as HDMI…