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10/30/2007 10:47:02 AM

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"Why do about 5 companies make blu-ray players and none of them cost less than 400$ (ps3)???/??///?"

10/30/2007 5:22:19 PM

^when has anything related to Sony been affordable by the masses?

10/30/2007 8:56:14 PM

walkman

10/30/2007 9:52:33 PM

yeah now...but not back in the day.

10/30/2007 10:00:40 PM

currently the best deal

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/102-1261673-6692162?ie=UTF8&plgroup=1&docId=1000125031&plpage=1

10/30/2007 10:24:49 PM

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"Why do about 5 companies make blu-ray players and none of them cost less than 400$ (ps3)???/??///?""

10/31/2007 7:36:26 AM

^isn't it obvious? the PS3 isn't going to sell as a gaming console with shitty games and no rumble controllers. So they have to push it down your throat as an inexpensive ($400-$500???) blu ray player.

[Edited on October 31, 2007 at 8:02 AM. Reason : n]

10/31/2007 8:02:28 AM

I remember about 12 months ago, when people were all like "$600! OMG that's way too much! I'm just going to get a $450 microsoft xbox."

10/31/2007 8:35:39 AM

I remember about 12 months ago, when people were all like "$600! OMG that's way too much! I'm just going to get a $450 microsoft xbox. $250 Nintendo Wii"

10/31/2007 8:52:32 AM

im a Wii owner, and i stand firm on how awesome the system is.

but you cannot compare the Wii to Xbox/PS3.

10/31/2007 9:01:54 AM

^^^Well $450 is a lot for a gameless console since well thats its primary function. But $450 for a console with a huge array of hit games (aka xbox360) is well worth it.

10/31/2007 9:06:11 AM

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"huge array of hit games"

lawl

halo(123) is not exactly huge, or an array

10/31/2007 9:46:31 AM

lol? Halo 3 is the only xbox360 version of the trilogy. Which wasn't exactly what I was referring to either.

thats like saying "OMG the PS3 is soo cool because it has GT and GT2!!!!"

[Edited on October 31, 2007 at 9:49 AM. Reason : fucktard]

10/31/2007 9:47:47 AM

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"huge array of hit games"

10/31/2007 9:57:14 AM

huge array of dumbass sony fanbois.

10/31/2007 10:02:35 AM

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"huge array of dumbass"

10/31/2007 10:43:17 AM

You could call sony fanbois dumbasses i guess....that works too.

10/31/2007 10:50:17 AM

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"I remember about 12 months ago, when people were all like "$600! OMG that's way too much! I'm just going to get a $450 microsoft xbox.""

Same holds true now, just with prices adjusted, of course.

$400 as Sony's best option to watch high definition DVDs? Seriously?

[Edited on October 31, 2007 at 11:30 AM. Reason : .]

10/31/2007 11:29:49 AM

i wouldn't be surprised to see both types drop in price for the upcoming holidays...

10/31/2007 12:39:45 PM

A hundred dollar price drop on both would make HD DVD $100 for an entry level player and Blu-ray $350-$400 for the closest thing to an entry level player (this is assuming they won't price cut the $400 PS3).

I mean, at a hundred dollar price point, how could you even argue against HD DVD?

10/31/2007 12:57:30 PM

^because its not blu ray and blu ray discs hold more capacity and the ps3 is by far the best hi-def player out there!

who would want to buy transformers with shitty sound???

[Edited on October 31, 2007 at 1:25 PM. Reason : ...]

10/31/2007 1:25:38 PM

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"huge array of dumbass sony fanbois"

do you just revert to name calling when you run out of things to say?

10/31/2007 2:35:53 PM

fucktard...oh wait...fanboi?








retarded comments get responded to with retarded comments. Yours included.

10/31/2007 2:37:45 PM

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"The Xbox 360 HD DVD Player, for the most part, is an entirely software based implementation. Other players on the market have specialized chips (called DSPs) that decode things like H.264, MPEG, VC1, DTS, Dolby Digital, and other codecs. All 6 of Xbox 360's hardware threads are hard at work while playing back an HD DVD. At the moment, the player software pushes Xbox 360 harder than any other (save, perhaps, Gears of War during some particularly busy parts of the game). http://blogs.msdn.com/xboxteam/archive/2006/11/03/emergence-day.aspx"

Rather than buying the 360 add-on, this could either be taken as a reason to get a stand-alone HD DVD player, for people (like myself) who are afraid of their 360 overheating.

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"Now lets move on to the Xbox 360 with HD DVD add-on. The Elite's HDMI port cannot handle 5.1 channels due to hardware limitations, so multi-channel audio can only be sent via S/PDIF. At least you get a choice of which encoder is used to re-encode the audio: WMA Pro, DTS or Dolby Digital. Opinions vary on which is the best choice, but in theory at least the preference is the order I described, assuming your receiver can handle it. http://blogs.msdn.com/andypennell/archive/2007/06/14/hd-dvd-audio.aspx"

Interesting... I was a bit disappointed to see that the 360 degraded TrueHD signals to 5.1 in the first place. Yes, I understand that most people don't care, however anyone who considers themself an audiophile will want to know this.

10/31/2007 3:27:21 PM

audiophile is going in my words thread

10/31/2007 3:33:25 PM

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"oh we have a wiiiiide range."

10/31/2007 4:11:51 PM

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"Why do about 5 companies make blu-ray players and none of them cost less than 400$ (ps3)???/??///?""

10/31/2007 4:50:56 PM

Guess there is no answer

10/31/2007 8:23:17 PM

HD-DVD will win out, just by the name of it alone. People know what HD is and therefore make the simple connection to HD-DVD without much thought.

10/31/2007 8:42:55 PM

^^ cause the hardware is too damn expensive to sell them for less than that?

10/31/2007 9:23:54 PM

BUT WHY?

THERE ARE 5 OF THEM

[Edited on October 31, 2007 at 9:46 PM. Reason : !!!!!!!!!11111111]

10/31/2007 9:46:23 PM

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/dealzmodo/toshiba-hd+a2-hd-dvd-player-will-sell-for-99-at-wal+mart-this-weekend-317604.php

h4x

11/1/2007 7:06:09 AM

ok this is getting retarded, i feel obligated to ask again

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"Why do about 5 companies make blu-ray players and none of them cost less than 400$ (ps3)???/??///"

11/1/2007 7:20:09 AM

restricted technology licensing and expensive components and compensating for expensive disc fabrication and etc. and because they can and it's apparently working out well so far.

[Edited on November 1, 2007 at 7:34 AM. Reason : for them anyways]

11/1/2007 7:34:41 AM

Blue Light Special for HD DVD

http://www.betanews.com/article/Kmart_Dumps_Bluray_Due_to_Price/1193854397

The most interesting part of the article though is this:

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"Surprisingly, Sears may have the best deal of the season, although it only lasts for part of the day after Thanksgiving. Shoppers can pick up the new Toshiba A3 for just $169. The offer includes 7 free HD DVD movies, with 2 in the box and 5 available through a mail-in offer."

11/1/2007 8:06:19 AM

I'm pretty sure K-mart isn't going to stop selling PS3s anytime soon, so it's pretty dumb to say they are "dumping" Blu-ray.

11/1/2007 8:20:43 AM

k-mart is still around?

11/1/2007 8:46:56 AM

k-mart? They're still around? haha.

11/1/2007 8:47:47 AM

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"I'm pretty sure K-mart isn't going to stop selling PS3s anytime soon, so it's pretty dumb to say they are "dumping" Blu-ray."

Granted. It's about on par with how Target "dropped" HD DVD.

11/1/2007 10:08:21 AM

target is just a snotty store

11/1/2007 10:17:05 AM

hahah i just bought transformers from target on hd-dvd

11/1/2007 10:22:47 AM

http://holiday.ri-walmart.com/?section=secret

$98.87 Toshiba HD A2 HD DVD player
$14.96 HD DVD's

11/1/2007 10:34:11 AM

.

[Edited on November 1, 2007 at 10:36 AM. Reason : n/m]

11/1/2007 10:35:50 AM

wow

i have to be at work godammit

but i don't know if i can settle for 1080i

[Edited on November 1, 2007 at 10:41 AM. Reason : fdsg]

11/1/2007 10:36:38 AM

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"but i don't know if i can settle for 1080i"

Isn't 1080i at 60 frames per second going to give you the same quality at 1080p at 30 frames per?



and at $100 for the player and $14 for the Discs I could "suffer"

11/1/2007 11:23:49 AM

^no, not the same at all

11/1/2007 11:54:35 AM

^^ yeah 100 bwns for this player is very hard to resist. in fact i already have 20 off on this because i have a movies that i got from walmart that i have never opened that i can take back and exchange. i might have to go with this player and call it a wrap.

11/1/2007 12:08:10 PM

I have a ps3 and I am considering buying this for 100 bucks. No brainer.

11/1/2007 12:30:25 PM

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"^no, not the same at all"

Care to explain then?

11/1/2007 12:48:46 PM