Panasonic S97 - Where to get in UK?

[rushers]

Where oh where can one get the Panasonic S97 in the UK? It is not listed on the Panasonic UK home page. Is it discontinued, not available or what?

 

[bcopping]

i think its been discontinued

 

[kourosh]

if your lucky the only place you may get 1 now is second hand and thats only if any1 wants to part with it,ive had mine 6 months now and i paid £200 for it i wouldnt part with it even if i was paid my money back

 

[Fluffy-Bunny]

I've just taken delivery of what is probably the last S97 in London after a forum member helped me out with finding one.
In fact I posted more or less the exact same thread about 5 days ago, do a search.

It is a great player, great image quality, good support from Panasonic (firmware updates), all round top machine.
Not sure why Panasonic UK stopped stocking the unit, they must be crazy, the rest of Europe and the US still stock it, why not the UK?

Ive heard its because Panasonic UK concentrate on the DVD recorder market more, though what that has to do with it in this situation I have no idea.

 

[kourosh]

i saw 1 on ebay go for £181 second hand (yesterday)