Toast rocked! I bought my first burner when the Philips OMNIwriter CD-RW finally hit the $400 mark in 1997. That's pretty much the magic number. Got my first flat bed scanner when a MicroTek hit that price point. More recently, got a 32" 720p HDTV when I first saw one on sale for $399 a little over six years ago. Up until then I was watching VHS movies on a 21" CRT off a 6xxx Road Apple/Tuner setup.