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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
venk @ Dec 17th 2007 2:19AM
Spend $300 on a Player In December that wont work with movies coming out in January.
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEAL smart.
If you want to go Blu, then spend the extra $100 on the PS3.
DrXym @ Dec 17th 2007 8:41AM
Profile 1.1 is backwards compatible so what's your point? Besides which Sony may release a firmware update for it.
JimC @ Dec 17th 2007 1:34PM
You and HD4ME need to stop sniffing glue. The Profile "issue" is ALL SPIN. If someone doesn't want to watch PiP commentaries and other "features" than just watching the movie, then this player is fine. The only reason you are bringing this up is to somehow claim it is obsolete junk, as in the other thread, by this reasoning, all Toshiba Gen 1 & Gen 2's are obsolete because they don't natively support 1080p (I know the difference in quality is minimal but I'm just highlighting the stupid arguments you make about specs). The player plays the movie, beyond that, it is up to the consumer to decide if it does what they want. You can hype up HDDVD's "complete" specs all you want but "completeness" is subjective, to you HDDVD fans, that apparently is includes PiP view of someone talking over your movie and online Wizard chat and virtual online community theaters where someone else decides if you can go to the bathroom, hey if that is complete sepcs to you, so be it, go enjoy, but for me, playing 1080p on my 1080p TV and lossless picture and sound with a protective coating to prevent loss as well as title selection, those are my "complete" specs and are subjective just as those "features" that HDDVD enjoys as "complete" specs. As long as profile 1.1 and beyond are backward compatible with 1.0 players to view the content that those players are enabled to view, then there is ZERO risk for owning one of these *unless* you want those "features" then you need to purchase a player that supports it, just as if you wanted 1080p output from your player you would need to buy the 3rd Gen HDDVD player and anyone trying to say that PiP or web chatting is more important that true 1080p from the player is being intellectually dishonest and needs to sit down and be quiet....as their all equally important to those who want them...