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Playstation 3 is the de facto Blu-Ray standard-bearer

While I agree with some of your points ;-), including the one about HD DVD being a more mature standard, I think if you buy a Sony Playstation 3, you are pretty much assured current and future Blu-Ray movies will play on it, because PS/3 is the 800-lb gorilla in the Blu-Ray marketplace, and any B-D movie that doesn't play on it has instantly lost a big % of viewers.

Most folks will probably want a B-D player which is either fully compliant with the B-D Profile 1.1 spec, or upgradeable to it, and all new models released after the end of October should be, and it's speculated that PS/3 will be so after a firmware upgrade, as it appears to meet all hardware requirements for 1.1. Although there's also a 2.0 spec which adds internet connectvity, I think 1.1 is really the one folks will really want.

Why choose one format exclusively? It's nice to be able to watch ANY high-def movie!

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