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Should I just get a PS3 to avoid the Blu-Ray Profile 2.0 problem some will face soon?

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I don't play games, but the Blu-Ray Profile 2.0 Spec seems to be gaing development momentum. The players which cost the same as the PS3 40 gig are all below that 2.0 spec. As I am aware the current $399 PS3 will be software upgradeable to that 2.0 spec, and the PS3 hardware can certainly handle whatever they throw at it for at least the next 10 years. I don't play games and it seems that the PS3 might just be the best "future proof" Blu-Ray player out there? Any thoughts? I am putting the HD-DVD player I have in the closet soon.

I might buy this PS3 just for the Blu-Ray capabilities? Is there any logic to this, what have your experiences been with a PS3 as a blu-ray player?

Thanks, I am a newbie to all this blu-ray stuff, I am mourning the loss of my now extinct HD-DVD!!!

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RE: Should I just get a PS3 to avoid the Blu-Ray Profile 2.0 problem some will face soon? - 4season 13:57:27 02/18/08 (0)
Certainly a reasonable choice - Jazz Inmate 23:24:42 02/17/08 (0)
just bought it - bullethead 20:22:16 02/17/08 (0)
wait a bit longer - Joe Murphy Jr 16:20:39 02/17/08 (0)
How much of a hurry are you in? - Jack G 15:55:14 02/17/08 (8)
- catch the wave - Joe Murphy Jr 20:51:55 02/17/08 (7)
  - So, people should buy more gear because of a design flaw? - Jack G 06:29:16 02/18/08 (6)
    - the future is not a design flaw - Joe Murphy Jr 23:55:36 02/18/08 (5)
      - Incompitability with (almost) all Universal remotes is a design flaw - Jack G 06:14:34 02/19/08 (4)
        
        here are 2 reasons it exists - Joe Murphy Jr 22:40:13 02/19/08 (3)
        
        RE: here are 2 reasons it exists - Jack G 11:30:28 02/20/08 (2)
        
        you really misunderstood that one - Joe Murphy Jr 05:20:53 02/21/08 (1)
        
        Miscommunication, sorry-let me try again - Jack G 06:28:37 02/21/08 (0)
Because you have a HD DVD player, I suggest you buy some more HD DVD movies at the clearance sale - Ole Lund Christensen 14:23:30 02/17/08 (3)
- Throwing good money into an arguably bad investment ? - oscar 18:36:40 02/17/08 (2)
  - Where is your tipping point? If HD DVD movies go below USD 5, I will be very tempted to buy - Ole Lund Christensen 13:33:22 02/18/08 (1)
    - At $5, I'd buy them up... but I'd probably have to be one of the first to show up at the store. - oscar 16:09:05 02/18/08 (0)

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