This is still for sale at $700. The same exact unit just sold on this site for $750 (as you can see in this link:
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...hreadid=234926). Perhaps he did a better job of describing why many consider it to be better than the current 8x00 models. I think my remote is probably in better shape too, since I almost never used it (due to having another remote that we already had programmed).
Chris