Quote Originally Posted by Tidus Andronicus
I don't have an HDTV... I don't need one yet, I can't afford one yet... and frankly, I don't even want one yet.
You haven't seen HD picture then.
Quote Originally Posted by Tidus Andronicus
Without the HD in the PS3, the price goes down... and also, BluRay becomes pointless, as the games could still fit on DVDs... which gets rid of a HUGE part of the price... BTW the 360 is currently doing HD fine on normal DVDs...
Xbox 360 can't play high definition DVDs, it can either upscale standard DVDs, or just display them in progressive scan, which isn't as good higher resolutions.
Quote Originally Posted by Tidus Andronicus
so even then, I can't see the point in having BluRay... except for the fact that Sony is trying their hardest to control the next media format, by pushing out BluRay, before its time, before the market can afford it or even need it... and when cheaper alternatives are available.
Everything is [img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img] expensive when it first comes out. Am I the only one who can remember that DVD player didn't always cost $50? When you release a new technology there's still going to be a big group of people, who buy everything that's new, the people who paid a grand for DVD players that didn't even have progressive scan. Also I'm pretty sure bluray players and movies will be released sometime before november.
Quote Originally Posted by Tidus Andronicus
Don't get me wrong, I like BluRay... but I wont need it for at least another 5 years... and I think the market wont need it either. Sadly, pushing it out like this, will only lead to the cheaper HD-DVD format coming out... which will kill BluRay before its time... just as Beta.
The market doesn't need anything, they're putting these new formats out because they need to make more sales on hardware since DVD players are so cheap now. But putting bluray into ps3s will throw it into a lot of homes, whether or not they even have HDTVs, which will put them to a great advantage, as well as being able to to display 1080p.