As to blu-ray vs. HD-DVD: the biggest factor for me is not VC-1/MPEG2 or 30GB/50GB; it's the price of the player. The Toshiba is still half the price of a Samsung blu-ray player. That's HUGE. If blu-ray's hardware cost was closer to HD-DVD's price and they continue to ramp up high quality BD discs and lower cost players, HD-DVD is in trouble.
PS-3 will not be the saviour for blu-ray. Sony will not have enough players at initial launch which means price speculation will take place and the PS-3 that would be $600 is going to double on ebay. Maybe a few lucky HD Beat listeners will get a PS-3 for $600, maybe. I think profiteers will gobble up the supply and greedily ebay them for big returns on investment.
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MikeS @ Sep 8th 2006 12:40PM
As to blu-ray vs. HD-DVD: the biggest factor for me is not VC-1/MPEG2 or 30GB/50GB; it's the price of the player. The Toshiba is still half the price of a Samsung blu-ray player. That's HUGE. If blu-ray's hardware cost was closer to HD-DVD's price and they continue to ramp up high quality BD discs and lower cost players, HD-DVD is in trouble.
PS-3 will not be the saviour for blu-ray. Sony will not have enough players at initial launch which means price speculation will take place and the PS-3 that would be $600 is going to double on ebay. Maybe a few lucky HD Beat listeners will get a PS-3 for $600, maybe. I think profiteers will gobble up the supply and greedily ebay them for big returns on investment.