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Because you have a HD DVD player, I suggest you buy some more HD DVD movies at the clearance sale

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Ole Lund Christensen

In Reply to: RE: Should I just get a PS3 to avoid the Blu-Ray Profile 2.0 problem some will face soon? posted by bullethead on February 17, 2008 at 09:45:31

in the comming months.
These movies can keep you happy until the you buy a Blu Ray player with 2.0

I have the PS3 40GB, and it is only a good long term solution, if you want the game or computer functions.

The power use is much to high for a player only, 280 Watt compared to a 28 W player. In the summer it not nice to have such a heater running, it becomes expensive in electricity, and the fan noise is a problem in a quiet home.

If you use a PS3 for 10 years, 2 hours pr day, you will have used 2000 kWh. What does that cost you compared to 200kWh for a normal player?

Follow Ups:

Throwing good money into an arguably bad investment ? - oscar 18:36:40 02/17/08 (2)
I thought I might be willing to invest a certain amount of money into a Toshiba HD DVD player with 5.1 analog outputs (so I can listen to 5.1 TrueHD on the handful of HD DVD discs I own, but now I'm not so sure. But maybe the money is better spent on the Blu-ray counterparts whenever they come out, which could be years if ever.

OTOH, HD DVD discs on clearance sales could be too much to resist. We shall see.
- 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)
  100 of them. That saving on movies would justify buying the player.
  - 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)
    I doubt they'd last very long at this price. The other possibility is the stores return the discs to the distributors and skip the fire/clearance sales.
    
    The other no-brainer is a sub $100 HD-XA2, HD-A35, or Onkyo DV-H805.

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