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Early adoption isn't usually driven by cost

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Jazz Inmate

In Reply to: RE: The PS3 caveat is interesting. In other words, in order to obtain a Blu-ray engine that works consistently well, ... posted by Audiophilander on October 20, 2007 at 12:39:47

Auph, those who are looking for cheapo players and software are looking at mature technology: DVD. They can spend under $100 on a player and get thousands of titles for about $10 a pop.
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PS/3 simply wasn't a great choice of reference platforms for B-D - 4season 08:52:42 10/21/07 (0)
Playstation 3 has far more computing horsepower than any "average" B-D player, and any Blu-Ray features designed to use this power are likely to run sluggishly or not at all on non-PS/3 systems.
Costs are a factor to adopting any format anytime. - Audiophilander 00:59:36 10/21/07 (1)
Folks who buy either Blu-ray or HD-DVD products (hardware & software) do have a right to expect levels of performance in most areas that exceed standard definition DVD; that has nothing to do with early adoption.

Basically, early adopters are paying more for newer higher resolution technology; with that comes certain reasonable expectations that coincide with the marketing of those products.

> > > "Auph, those who are looking for cheapo players and software are looking at mature technology: DVD. They can spend under $100 on a player and get thousands of titles for about $10 a pop." < < <

True, but those who want performance can also obtain it with high-end players that scale to 1080P. While not true HD, some of these come pretty darn close, meaning that the expectations for performance of Blu-ray and HD-DVD are raised even higher.

AuPh
- So is value - Jazz Inmate 01:32:49 10/21/07 (0)
  With the PS3 you don't just get a Blu-ray/DVD player. You get a 60 GB blu-ray hard drive, compatibility with PS games, four USB ports, Blue tooth, a cell processor that is so powerful Stanford scientists are using it for protein folding renderings, and a built-in media center.
  That's a tremendous value. Even for the 40 gig model at $399.
  And I would say that early adopters are not just paying more for the technology, but for the companies to recoup their R&D expenses in getting these products to market.
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  Edits: 10/21/07

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