StarStruck Anyway, totally

StarStruck

Anyway, totally agree, if Blu is gonna be here to stay, they need to get software and hardware prices down and start getting the consumer to adopt. They also need to get these profile 0 players out there and quick. And sony saying at CES that early adopters knew what they were getting into in regards to compatibility is the kind of mindset that can kill a format. Which sony is all to good at doing sighting Beta, Digital 8, Minidisc, SACD, should i continue?. The truth is, do i trust sony with mainstream formats, NO! And to StarStruck the fan boys who will reply saying that Blu is not just sony, let me remind you that theyve been at the helm since the beginning of this thing. The other guys have been along for the ride. So in my eyes, Blu is sonys baby, end of story. DRM is also a dangerous weapon to be playing with and sony is all too good at screwing that up too sighting the DRM fiasco a couple years ago with sonyBMG CDs having malware on them, sony was sued, lots of CDs were recalled. This is another thing that can kill a format. Overall, 2008 is gonna be will Blu finally go mainstream? will all these profiles issues turn around and bite them in the butt? can Blu start to overtake DVD? will HD DVD die or will something as drastic as the warner announcement happen to keep this war going? will sales turn around on the red front as consumers forget about the warner announcement and start to look for movies for their players that they got for christmas? Stay Bat time, Same Bat Channel! Two days after the Warner announcement I ordered Plaent Earth on Blu-Ray even though I dont have a player. Picking up a PS3, probably. All I can say is, Why? Seriously, why buy software if you dont have the hardware? Did you get it at some superfantubulous sale price? Its kind of like back around 1995 I had a friend I visited who had sort of a low paying job at a University. I asked him if he had the movie Pulp Fiction. He told me, No, I dont have a VCR. So I said, Well it would look cool if you put it on top of your TV. So, I hope that Blu copy of Planet Earth looks good sitting on top of your TV. By the way, do you even own a HDTV or do you just want to go Blu for the better sound? Do you own a HDMI receiver and surround sound speakers or do you listen to everything out of your TVs speakers? Some good points here, basically the reasons I was rooting for HD-DVD. Indeed if I lived in USA I would probably already own one thanks to those awesome deals on Amazon. But I believe the market has spoken. Well, the media companies have spoken, and the market listened. I may just pick up the LG hybrid drive since theyre down below CAD 250 which is dirt cheap, in my opinion. I have a spare dual-core Opteron that Im sure can handle the decoding side but would need a new HDCP-compliant video card, I think. Dealing with all that BS is whats pushing me towards just getting a PS Wish we got the free movies deal that you folks get in the USA. : oh yah, sorry. BTW, I was replying to the first reply by Ryan who i totally agree with. To Jeff original poster, i dont agree with what you did. Right now the studios are looking at lots of data and closely monitoring whats going on in the high-def market. Dont screw up data by buying blu when you dont have a player. I just easily sold my Toshiba A2 on eBay for 89 plus shipping StarStruck snagging it for 98 plus tax at Wal Mart. So, for just a few extra bucks I was able to buy the A3 at Amazon and get seven free movies to add to the five that are already en route. So, Ill be enjoying an awesome upconverter and eventually twelve HD movies for around a 150 investment. Might even delve into some HD Star Trek at some point, probably discounted as well. That will tide me over quite well while you guys figure out this whole format war thingy. this statistic simply shows new blu ray customers have more confidence in this format at this point. potential new hd dvd owners are either holding off on making a new purchase or waiting for a finalized blu-ray spec player to be released. unfortunately, the act of not buying hd dvd players and hd dvd media as last weeks results show wil continue to add to Blu-rays advantage. a drop in player sales will dictate a drop in confidence in the format, and typically is seen earlier than a drop in media sales will dictate an end to the format. Jeff you are so right, I was the fence for a long time with this one. I was tempted to get an A2 when it was on sale for But not knowing how things would come about, I held off. I just bought the 80GB PS3 for gaming and the blu-ray. And so people know how popular the PS3 was, Bestbuy was sold out of the 80GB version in Orange County, CA except for 1 store. I talked to the sales rep and he said the 80GB and regular blu-ray players were selling like crazy.