So who is going to go buy a PS3 now that blu ray won?

[Judgement]

Originally posted by: conehead433
Blu-Ray won? I don't think so. HD DVD may have lost but BD players and titles are still too expensive for the average buyer. Both will be history within two years.

Prices will come down.. BD wont be dead in 2 years but it will take that long until the average consumer considers adopting it.

That is unless Sony can convince people that their old dvds will upscale so they wont have to replace their movies

 

[I4AT]

That sucks, we have an HD-DVD add on for the 360, and I don't think it will even upscale DVDs to 1080i/p since we lack a 360 with HDMI. Are Universal and Paramount the only studios left supporting HD-DVD?

 

[RESmonkey]

I already have a PS3...

 

[eflat]

From what I read the PS 3 is actually suppose the best Blu Ray movie player on the market since it gets the constant software upgrades.

edit: Also, for those that like to back up their movies, I'm pretty sure you can rig the PS 3 get then onto your computer. Although I think the burners are a way off.

 

[isekii]

can you play old DVD's in a PS3 ? or are there Blue Ray Players that play regular DVD's ?

 

[BurnItDwn]

I might eventually buy a blu ray player once they are under $50. Also, blu ray movies better cost no more than about $10, otherwise I'm not interested.

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
I might eventually buy a blu ray player once they are under $50. Also, blu ray movies better cost no more than about $10, otherwise I'm not interested.

I suppose DVD doesn't interest you at all, either? Most of the DVDs I see are more than $10, and the last DVD player I bought was more than $50.

Granted, everything is eventually made cheaply and inexpensively, but I'd rather stick with quality. I can't wait for prices to drop, as I agree that they're currently too high, but I certainly don't expect them to drop to the lows that many people are demanding that it hits before it becomes popular.

 

[conehead433]

"That is unless Sony can convince people that their old dvds will upscale so they wont have to replace their movies."

Why would Sony won't to convince anyone of this? Obviously you can upscale your old DVDs to near HD quality on any HD DVD or BD player as well as many other DVD players that upscale. That's probably why there will be no rush to embrace BD.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: isekii
can you play old DVD's in a PS3 ? or are there Blue Ray Players that play regular DVD's ?

Yep, its actually a very good upscaling DVD Player... Much better than my standalone upscaling dvd player.

 

[RandomFool]

I'll get a blu-ray player when I get an HDTV and they're ~150 buck.

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Not me. I can't stand Sony.

Btw, why does the crappier format always win? Beta vs. VHS for example.

 

[bonkers325]

people like paying premium prices for crap

i mean, look at starbucks

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: zoiks
Not me. I have no interest in buying a PS3.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Toshiba will be making a blu-ray player later this year, so HD-DVD orphans and Sony haters can give toshi some more of your money as a consolation prize.

Panasonic's BD50 player will have full profile 2.0 support - panny

If you want one now, the PS3 is the best choice since they have working profile 2.0 support, Sony is just waiting to release it until others (like Panasonic) release their 2.0 players.

 

[Duddy]

I'll buy a PS3 when I get bored with my Eee PC.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
If you want one now, the PS3 is the best choice since they have working profile 2.0 support, Sony is just waiting to release it until others (like Panasonic) release their 2.0 players.

What does this mean? Early Blu-Ray players won't be compatible with later discs?

 

[aznbumbaclot]

Just ordered one.

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
If you want one now, the PS3 is the best choice since they have working profile 2.0 support, Sony is just waiting to release it until others (like Panasonic) release their 2.0 players.

What does this mean? Early Blu-Ray players won't be compatible with later discs?

Read here

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
If you want one now, the PS3 is the best choice since they have working profile 2.0 support, Sony is just waiting to release it until others (like Panasonic) release their 2.0 players.

What does this mean? Early Blu-Ray players won't be compatible with later discs?

All players will play the movie part of all blu discs, except some bad older Samsung designs with no firmware updates.

The profiles are about hardware to support bonus content. Profile 1.1 added a requirement for dual-decoder picture-in-picture, profile 2.0 requires 1GB of flash storage and makes ethernet mandatory.

So, if you had an old profile 1.0 player, you couldn't use a 1.1/2.0 bonus feature that required hardware decoding for picture-in-picture, or some internet-based content if anyone ever comes up with anything worthwhile.

If you have a 1.1 player, you'd get the picture-in-picture but not the internet content.

With the PS3 and with mid-year models from Panasonic and others you get to use any of the bonus content.

 

[trung1977]

I don't think blu-ray is out to cater to the "$10 DVD/$50 player" buyers. It's for people who can afford it and frankly the people that can't thinks that their opinion is gonna prevent other from buying it or that it matters.

Not to bash people that can't afford it but it's like saying I'm not gonna buy a Porsche because I can get a Pinto for less.

 

[jpeyton]

Already have one.

3:10 To Yuma rocked on Blu-Ray. 1080p + 7.1 channel uncompressed PCM :thumbsup:

 

[NFS4]

Me. Already in the process of selling my old HD DVDs on Half.com and my Toshiba HD-A2. Gonna buy a 40GB PS3 either from Amazon or Target this week (Target is offering a $40 gift card with the purchase of a PS3 this week which should offset tax).

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: bonkers325
people like paying premium prices for crap

Agreed; just Google "xbox rrod".

Originally posted by: conehead433
Blu-Ray won? I don't think so. HD DVD may have lost but BD players and titles are still too expensive for the average buyer. Both will be history within two years.

Mercedes are also too expensive for the average American, and they're doing just fine. It's called market segmentation; look it up.

 

[Captante]

Already have a PS3.

 

[spacejamz]

bought a 60 GB on launch day and a 40 GB one last black friday... up to about BD 80 movies now...

i got a $99 HDA2 from Walmart and then a $65 open box A3 last month with about 35 HD DVD movies...will start selling them here pretty soon...