Poll: What's tops on your wish list?
by Darren Murph 
posted Dec 13th 2007 at 2:52PM
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Sean @ Dec 13th 2007 3:03PM
Martin Season 3 DVD
Gr00v3r @ Dec 13th 2007 3:05PM
None because I have the HDTV the game consoles the Blu-ray and HD-DVd players. I would like a new sound system but I'm not asking for it so I am asking for movies and games.
Terpy @ Dec 13th 2007 3:10PM
Guitar Hero 3
Augustus @ Dec 13th 2007 4:42PM
I second that!
WallyB @ Dec 13th 2007 3:23PM
Already got mine - a new 50" Samsung plasma for the den. Bought it on Cyber Monday, along with my BD-P1400. Now I just need a few HD DVDs and BR's to enjoy (already have 2 HD DVD players)!
Leonardo DiCrapio @ Dec 13th 2007 3:38PM
bourne ultimatum and harry potter and the order of the phoenix on hd dvd. i wouldn't mind getting a 50" pioneer kuro but don't have a sugar momma. i'll have to suffer it out with my "ghetto" 720p (1024 x 768) th-42px60u panasonic plasma hdtv that i nabbed at best buy on black friday 2006 for $999 for the time being. the 42" panny will look good in the bedroom when i upgrade -- hopefully the mrs. will agree with me on that point, though.
John B @ Dec 13th 2007 3:25PM
Wait... Where's the "For high-def media extremists to shrivel up and blow away" option?
Ian @ Dec 13th 2007 3:27PM
GH III for Wii (asking for the moon, I know)
MrSatyre @ Dec 13th 2007 3:28PM
I'm all set with my new 60" Elite PRO-150FD, VSX-94TXH receiver and BDP-94HD Blu-ray Disc player (not having dts-Master Audio ain't exactly gonna kill me). Woohoo! Now I just need 'Blade Runner: The Ultimate Cut' on BD next week!
Carney @ Dec 13th 2007 3:30PM
I'm shocked that there's such little interest in a dual-format player, and overwhelming interest (by comparison) in either a Blu-ray only player or an HD-DVD only player.
Why limit yourself to only some hi-def movies, instead of being able to play all of them?
John B @ Dec 13th 2007 3:39PM
I think that the main reason is that right now there is no benefit to a dual-format player. A separate HD DVD player an 40GB PS3 will give you both formats *plus* a game console for hundreds less than any dual-format player out there. Given the choice, I'd much rather have the two-device option and have the extra funds applied to media.
Jim @ Dec 13th 2007 4:20PM
Fanboy syndrome
ryan @ Dec 13th 2007 3:33PM
Voted HD DVD just to be the opposite of the nuts at blu-ray.com
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=27010
Whatup @ Dec 13th 2007 3:53PM
voted blu-ray just to be opposite to those people who are opposite to blu-ray.com
Music Pirate @ Dec 14th 2007 5:16AM
Its amazing the lengths blu-ray people will go just to get attention for their dying format. Sad isn't it?
CDN Crockett @ Dec 29th 2007 10:51PM
Blew-Ray sucks ppl.
Jim Allman @ Dec 13th 2007 3:35PM
I NEED an HDTV. I've gone WAY too long without one. I have the perfect spot for a nice flat panel in the 42" - 52" range.
2 reasons why I don't have one yet: 1. Prices keep coming down, so I keep stepping back and saying, "maybe I should wait a bit longer", and 2. Technology keeps improving. Every time I think I'm ready to buy, a new-fangled feature comes along, so I end up pausing once again.
John B @ Dec 13th 2007 3:43PM
If you keep up with that attitude, you'll NEVER buy an HD TV because there are always new features and lower prices coming soon. So, by the time you get to a point where you see something you'll want to get, you'll just delay AGAIN because the price will probably drop again and newer TVs will always have more functions.
This is tech. There's always newer and cheaper around the corner, and delaying means you'll always end up going without. Just find something at a good price/performance ratio and get it.
Find a place that offers 0% financing for 12+ months then MAKE SURE that you have the discipline to pay it off before the end of the term. You'll get it same-as-cash and you can always consider selling that to do another 0% financing "upgrade" later on. But if you keep waiting for more functions at lower prices, you'll **always** be waiting.
Wryker @ Dec 13th 2007 3:38PM
too late - within the past 3 weeks got my Mitsubishi 73" HDTV 73833, Denon 2808 (w/ HDMI 1.3a), new 1.3aHDMI cables, HD-A2 (already have a PS3), and new Aperion speaker system (533-T's fronts, 534-SS surrounds, s-10 sub, & 634-VAC center)...ahh life is grand...just need to get it paid off!!
David Varney @ Dec 13th 2007 3:43PM
Nothing, I spent my electronics budget for the year....Sony 46" XBR3, 60GB PS3, PSP and new surround speakers....my living room is a sight and sound spectacular....I gave up the HTPC idea when I got the PS3, I can stream all media from my PC to the PS3....ain't life grand...LOL
Jake @ Dec 13th 2007 3:43PM
New HDMI and Dolby-TruHD/DTS-HD capable receiver!
pixel41 @ Dec 13th 2007 3:48PM
Dear Sprint, I want a 5 MP camera phone darnit! Hurry up!
teunis @ Jan 20th 2008 12:51AM
Blu-ray player. Just got a nice new 37" Sharp early... SWEET.
WallyB @ Dec 13th 2007 4:06PM
Oh great, we're being bombarded by blu-ray.com trolls again. :rolleyes:
ryan @ Dec 13th 2007 4:12PM
Yep, they are attacking. They're even calling me names in their safe haven.
"I'd rather be a retarded bastard than those intelligent blu-ray.com people."
I would reply to them there but was banned for not being a blu-blooded zealot.
My honest vote would have been an HDTV though.
rg23 @ Dec 13th 2007 4:11PM
Denon AVR-4308ci
fitprod @ Dec 13th 2007 4:47PM
Samsung DPU5000
phedias @ Dec 13th 2007 4:15PM
A ps3 for games and bluray movies
bs6268d @ Dec 13th 2007 4:21PM
MacBook can't wait to stream to my ps3
Tom Strong @ Dec 13th 2007 4:23PM
iPhone.
ben @ Dec 16th 2007 12:46AM
media, and maybe a straight up win for HD DVD camp... i'll stick to media for a couple years....
TrentD @ Dec 13th 2007 4:40PM
Sonos Whole House Audio System!
Galley @ Dec 13th 2007 5:49PM
That truly would be the best Christmas ever! I may have to sell my spleen one of these days and get one.
Sablax14 @ Dec 13th 2007 4:48PM
PMP anyone? ...been perving on the Cowon Q5W!
181 @ Dec 13th 2007 4:56PM
@ryan
Thank you for your antagonism. Maybe next time you will refrain from calling us "nuts" and you will vote because you want to vote.
Mike @ Dec 14th 2007 7:02AM
181 even uses same name at bluray .com board... and look what one of them posted
Voted blu-ray. Don't go to engadgethd anymore because their writers are annoying, but I voted blu-ray ...that was ahaxton
and yea reading the thread that says to come here reads like a pep rally...where they play as their own cheerleaders.
shawnmos @ Dec 13th 2007 4:57PM
I already have a HD DVD player so I voted for a Blu-ray player. They are still too expensive though.
pipe @ Dec 13th 2007 5:09PM
Verizon FIOS in my area before my current lease is up so that i don't have to move further north. I hate my brother for have it already , lucky bastard!
BBG @ Dec 13th 2007 5:13PM
another poll ... another stat ... in favor of Blu-ray :)
bdawg @ Dec 13th 2007 5:25PM
Oh, two things are at the top of my list...A guitar (im gonna start taking guitar; yes!) and an Xbox360, so I voted for other...Plus a boatload of games.
Galley @ Dec 13th 2007 5:48PM
160GB Apple TV for my 19" HDTV
vltor @ Dec 15th 2007 4:20AM
Recently got a blu ray player, so I want more BD movies!
HDpurist @ Dec 13th 2007 7:06PM
Wow, just like how the dominated BD:HD-DVD sales is 4:1 , the player-want ratio is nearly the same at 3:1 as shown in the chart. Actually, BD:HDDVD sales is more like 10:1 considering BD BOGO is considered only 1 unit sale.
The war is definitely over. 2006-2007 R.I.P HD-DUD
Truth Teller @ Dec 13th 2007 8:25PM
Oh dear.
I 1st of all thought the Blu-ray.com thing was a joke, then I looked (cos I kind of suspected they really were that lame).
They are.
They really do talk in terms of hijacking this kind of thing as if they are "winning everything".
What a bunch of pathetic infants.
Truth Teller @ Dec 13th 2007 8:29PM
Of course the usual fanboy liars pretend that various sales and ratios are way out in their favour on everything.
They actually can't bear the truth.
Blu-ray sales (by the BDAs recent own admission) are in 2007; 4 million Blu-ray discs to HD DVD's 2.7 million.
Not 2:1, not 3:1, not 4:1 or any other laughable number.
It's just 2 : 1.35.
Jay @ Dec 13th 2007 9:04PM
2 Door BMW 335i Vert
h4ldol @ Dec 13th 2007 8:45PM
I already own all of these items, so none will be on my list.
george @ Dec 13th 2007 9:35PM
blu ray player
jake18oly @ Dec 13th 2007 9:35PM
I chose none of the above because I am getting a new laptop. I already have an HDTV, an Xbox 360 and surround sound system. I have been thinking about a HD DVD or Blu-Ray but don't want to jump until the format war is over.
181 @ Dec 13th 2007 10:03PM
For those of you who can't vote/see the results anymore, Blu-ray player was in the lead by a reasonable margin.