Shipping was $40, and the box is probably the same size and weight as P5 will be. I effectively paid $70 on top of the $135 that the item cost. I simply couldn't buy it elsewhere. A hardware card for doing accelerated realtime playback and enhancement of DivX:-) movies. Plays back full screen, in PAL/NTSC, even does S-VHS and HDTV, comes with a remote and an EU "Scart/Peritel" cable to connect direct to the TV/Video :) Saw it on Tom's hardware and was consumed with "Techno lust" :P So, if P5 costs $179 as an upgrade that's what I'm paying for it, (plus shipping and taxes :) Otherwise I have these sage words from Curious labs to fall back on: "INTERNATIONAL PRICING MAY VARY" later jb