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As prices come down on the PS3 & more blu-ray games and movies come out, that hope will come to fruition

Posted by Jazz Inmate on September 18, 2007 at 17:29:39:
I don't know what you mean about "accidently get a blu-ray player", since that's what the PS3 is, and in less than a year it already has a greater installed base than HD DVD...it's interesting how some people interpret solid first-year growth as "losing". Sony is looking a few yrs down the road and can afford to lose a year or two to X-box and Wii to come to market with the right product.

As far as source material and whether you really need 1080p...for the past 60 yrs we have been stuck with NTSC, an interlaced, low-res technology that is ready for the junk yard of the industrial age. Now we have an opportunity to choose the next technology. Carpe diem, friend. 720p may look fine, but are you sure you want to limit yourself to that when you can have 1080p? I myself watch blu-ray on a 720p plasma, but my next plasma will be 1080p and it will have a significantly better picture. No, resolution will not be the only reason, but it will be a reason.

I just can't understand people who would argue against better technology, better capacity, better resolution simply by arguing that it may not be visible or audible. Using your gear or my gear it may not, but that's the thing about new technology. Sometimes when you're on the bleeding edge, you are afraid of cutting yourself. Don't let that stop you from adopting the best format you can when you're ready to upgrade.
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