My MovieBeam Player review posted on PCMag.com a few weeks ago and the only thing I really knocked it for was the price. The MovieBeam Player is an innovative, easy-to-use set-top box that offers a collection of 100 recent movies for rent. Initially, the player launched a $250 (with a $50 rebate), but the company quickly dropped the price to a flat $199. That is a great start, but I still think it is a little high for a movie-on-demand service that will go head-to-head with the similar services offered directly by cable operators. I was surfing the Web, err, working hard at the office and I came across this "special offer" to get the MovieBeam Player box for just $69.99.

I don't know how long it will last, but that seems pretty reasonable. After all, the company is going to make it money on the $3 and $4 rentals anyway. At $70, the player is almost an impulse buy. And once you get it home, the rentals will be the same.