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I'm calling you confused and maybe a bit dim

Posted by Jazz Inmate on December 2, 2007 at 09:25:08:
It's not like your favorite films are only available on HD DVD, compelling you to adopt or miss them. You were enticed by the cost--simple as that. I've seen your posts on the film forum about Pirates, Spiderman and other titles that are BD exclusive, and you love those. Face the facts: the decision to adopt was mainly about cost for you.
Audio is as important for HT as it is for music (you may even have noticed that most movies have music in the soundtrack). If you consider tubes essential for quality audio, figure out a way to use tube components to drive your HT channels. I do--for the L/R speakers and I use a YBA-designed multichannel amp that has tube-like, complementary sound for the other channels. For some content like the news where audio really isn't an issue, I simply turn off the tube amp and the center channel suffices. The fact is that sound is more important than video in eliciting an emotional response, so to argue that audio isn't as important for HT applications is silly. If you don't care about audio, that's one thing. But you do. Or at least you're supposed to.
OF COURSE blu-ray players will come down in price and of course you will eventually adopt the format. That further proves you are making these decisions based solely on cost. Do you not understand the nature of new technologies and format introduction in which prices are initially high, but then are gradually reduced? Many titles you love are BD exclusive, but again, it's not titles that entice you--it's cost. That's fine. Most other customers (albeit not most early adopters) have the same priority. You've admitted it to everyone but yourself.
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