White fang part 11 So, in

White fang part 11

So, in response to the original question, it has always been the well informed hypothesis that Blu-Ray would eventually win the war since it was the only one that would support full 1080p transfer rates. We that held to that philosophy were only holding out for an affordabe player that wouldnt require a Masters Degree to operate. Now that the PS3 is available AND you can use it as a full fledged Web Browser and Photo whats holding YOU back? I will not be buying a Blue ray player and I will not purchase a PS Theyre both over priced and overrated. HD DVD is clearly the better choice and I will just stick with it until they discontinue the movies as well. Mean while I will keep stocking up on the HD DVDs as they get cheaper and use my HD player as an up convert player for regular dvds. Congrats Blu! This will now allow folks who have been sitting on the sidelines the incentive they need to buy a hi-def disc product to feed that new HDTV. To those who state downloads are the future, maybe, but a long time from now as the broadband capability in this country is a long way away from fast downloads. Another factor is that many movie buffs want a hardware copy to display on a shelf. To those who state that they must now pay high prices for a Blu-Ray are going to go down as with all electronics. I would venture that you will shortly see BD standalones at 200 by Summer. I purchased the PS3 last April and absolutely love it. It has been a pleasure to use and has played everything thrown at it. No issues. No problems, just hi-def nirvana. The PS3 killed hd-dvd. Executives looked out and saw 7 millio PS 3 blu ray players vs less than a 1mm hd-dvd. Sony gambled and won. Now the mom and pop wave will be on. Bought the HD-A3 on Black Friday for 177 and got a price correction to 133 from Amazon plus 10 free HD DVDs. With the great upconverting available, I have no complaints and will wait to buy a Blue-ray until it is around 150 or less and the firmware issues are set. Now if only Toshiba would release a dual player, I would pay a slightly higher premium for that since I have been so impressed with my current player. i have both a ps3 and a hddvd player, when hddvd was gaining ground bd players came all the way down to 300 bucks, but after warner did there anouncement they went back up to 400, hddvd was a good product i relly looked foward to watching jerasic and lor in high def, but like everyone i think bd will take there time on price and new reles To fcunmys: cheer up sunshine! Even if all content became downloadable tomorrow in HD format for dirt cheap, youd just find something new to complain about because going against the mainstream is how you self-validate. If you dont like blu-ray then dont buy it other options will come along sooner or later. If you do like it and want to buy it, then knock your socks off its your money, well spent or not. I have a PS3 and like the news, though there are few movies Id shell out 25 to own however, I like that I can rent blu-ray for the same price as regular movies for now anyway. Its true though, there arent many movies that the average eye will be able to distinguish as being better in blu-ray than an upconverted regular DVD. The movies where an HD format really does stand out are going to be newer, and have lots of special effects or scenery otherwise youre fooling yourself that the picture will be noticeably better, unless you have a gi-normous TV. I have only been able to enjoy my HD Dvd player since before xmas, and must say that I was very pleased with the product. to me personally from viewing a friends bluray player the HD player looked just as good if not better but that doesnt mean anything now does it folks. I agree with some others responses, that get me once shame on u get me twice shame on me and not going to happen. therefore i will continue 2 enjoy my hd player until there is a change in blurays technology, pricing, and bd movies. Then I will purchase a bluray player and give the hd one 2 the kids. I am not going to buy a video game and choose it as the foundation to play my movies, I want a good stand alone player, so Toshiba Corp if you are listening please make a bluray player we all can enjoy: The first weekend of January, I almost went out and bought an HD DVD drive for my Xbox 360, with the plan of renting, and not buying, movies until the format war was over. Fortunately, I put it off for a week, white fang part 11 the Warner Home Video announcement came out. Blu-ray players are more expensive than the Xbox add on, so Im still just looking at them. I am pretty sad that the arrogant Sony won the battle. I got HD-DVD because it was cheaper yet it offered same quality as BR and it was definitely a finished product. From what I have read BR players are less user friendly and are plauged by bugs. Anyway I wouldnt dismiss HD DVD players. As far as I know Netflix is getting ready to offer a streaming content to your tv using Xbox or PS3 with their internet connection. I suspect they will have the same service for HD-DVD players internet connection. Then we can use them as an interface to stream movies onto our TVs.