Re: New report: 30 million households will own a Blu-ray device in 2008
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MrCzech
December 2007
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View profile »plus, despite the loss, at least the hardware and technology worked first... and STILL works. what have you to say beyond "protective layer" and "high cap" discs?
i at least smile because blu-ray owners are still talking about what is yet to come, and hd-dvd got to enjoy first fully functioning hardware (too bad that advantage was short-lived)
Skyhawk
October 2007
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View profile »This could very well be possible. For example we were only able to watch transformers HD DVD after dinner on its day & date release - around 7pm EST. So you might have indeed beat me to it.
MrCzech
December 2007
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View profile »$400 for a player does not scream "great price."
If the mainstream of players is the PS3, then that's not fully effective to the blu-ray market. Blu-ray is only a side effect of owning a PS3. We are used to having a standalone player to do movies. I am not one to buy a gaming system to watch movies - that should come second.
Skyhawk
October 2007
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View profile »To you perhaps. But my HD DVD player (HD-A2) was the cheapest model of 2nd generation players, and I paid considerably more for it than $400. I thought it was a good deal when I bought it and have no regrets. Between the 83 HD DVD movies I own and my zip.ca mail rental account, I've certainly put it to good use in the time I've owned it.
Everyone has different priorities and hobbies - mine is HT and movies, and $400 is pretty inconsequential for me when it allows me to experience my favorite films in the best quality possible. Some people are into golfing. I have a friend who recenty paid over $500 for a golf club. And he thinks I'm nuts!
tony1569
November 2007
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View profile »MrCzech
December 2007
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View profile »You must really want your opinion to matter. Well, it doesn't hold anything against the hurtful truth. (see post above again sky... you know, the one with the crowd)
Falcon01
July 2006
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I'm also one of the few that thought HD DVD is/was superior but we no longer have that option so on to bluray it is. While it may not be perfect in it's current form, bluray is getting better and hopefully in time we will all be enjoying movies on the same systems and arguing about which movies we thought was better or which audio tracks we liked.
Just keep things in perspective.
Skyhawk
October 2007
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View profile »Yes.
I'm on welfare just like everyone else in the glorious socialist republic of Canada!
But seriously now, I really find it hard to believe that the average middle income American would think $400 is too much to spend on their favorite hobby on a very occasional basis for something that should provide years of enjoyment. Heck, it costs a guy $100+ here just to take their wife to a nice resturant! (Which we don't do very often). I mean, how do Americans like yourself get their HDTVs, break into store front windows and run down the street with them?
And anyone who thinks a player has to be $150 or whatever before they'll bite isn't likely the type who will buy software either. Can you guess how much those 83 HD DVD titles I own cost in comparison to me paying almost $500 for the Toshiba player? Believe me, the player was a very, very small chunk in the total home theater expenditure scheme of things.
You don't even wanna know how much I paid for my first CD player!
Falcon01
July 2006
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Like I said there are people that can purchase a $400 player without a problem but for the mass consumer market to do so those prices have to come down. You have to remember these same people that cannot afford $400 are actually quite happy with DVD. Not everyone has a 100" screen with a receiver that can decode Dolby TrueHD, DTS HD etc, hidef players or expensive speakers. Heck a lot of people don't even use HDMI, they're still using composite or component cables.
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