No they're not priced to high...its just that the stuff thats included in the package is NOT enough and not complete yet.
Personally I wouldn't mind dropping $400 to $500 on a Bluray player as long as I knew it was fully complete and future proof as best as possible.
The only people who are going to say its too expensive are HD DVD fanboys bitter over their loss or cheap ass losers who don't understand the fact that this is new technology that isn't supposed to be low priced and won't be for a couple of years.
I am not an HDDVD fanboy, nor am I a cheap ass loser. I understand that this is a brand new technology, of course it is going to be expensive. To say that all people who feel BD Players are too expensive to buy at this point is simply ridicuolous. Grow up.
By definition those who participate on forums like this are enthusiasts. If they are saying that prices are too high for them, then they're certainly too high for "average Joes" as well.
Fortunately, it doesn't really matter at the moment. The general public won't be really starting to look at Blu-ray seriously until the coming holiday season, at the earliest. I predict there will be great standalone players at $200 (sale price) by then.
If anyone feels the prices are too high, then by all means hold off on buying. Like me, though, many enthusiasts feel we are getting more than our money's worth at today's price (for the PS3, at least). More than that, I'm excited to finally be able to buy media in a format that looks incredible on the best HDTVs and is at least a 20-year solution. No more thinking that something better is "just around the corner" and my collection will become obsolete.
A simple incorrect spelling is one thing, but let's work on the grammar, folks. @ Travis.Taylor: Please reread your second to last sentence, and correct. I really don't understand what you're saying. I get caught up in long thoughts too, but we need to go through after we type to make sure that thoughts are complete and understandable.
I'm not trying to be mean, but just want to understand what you think.
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CassilineKnight @ Feb 25th 2008 11:57AM
No they're not priced to high...its just that the stuff thats included in the package is NOT enough and not complete yet.
Personally I wouldn't mind dropping $400 to $500 on a Bluray player as long as I knew it was fully complete and future proof as best as possible.
The only people who are going to say its too expensive are HD DVD fanboys bitter over their loss or cheap ass losers who don't understand the fact that this is new technology that isn't supposed to be low priced and won't be for a couple of years.
travis.Taylor @ Feb 25th 2008 12:08PM
I am not an HDDVD fanboy, nor am I a cheap ass loser. I understand that this is a brand new technology, of course it is going to be expensive. To say that all people who feel BD Players are too expensive to buy at this point is simply ridicuolous. Grow up.
Mr. E @ Feb 25th 2008 1:07PM
By definition those who participate on forums like this are enthusiasts. If they are saying that prices are too high for them, then they're certainly too high for "average Joes" as well.
Fortunately, it doesn't really matter at the moment. The general public won't be really starting to look at Blu-ray seriously until the coming holiday season, at the earliest. I predict there will be great standalone players at $200 (sale price) by then.
If anyone feels the prices are too high, then by all means hold off on buying. Like me, though, many enthusiasts feel we are getting more than our money's worth at today's price (for the PS3, at least). More than that, I'm excited to finally be able to buy media in a format that looks incredible on the best HDTVs and is at least a 20-year solution. No more thinking that something better is "just around the corner" and my collection will become obsolete.
newgalactic @ Feb 25th 2008 1:32PM
I'm not a fan-boy, but very well may be a "cheap-ass loser" ...but your an asshole whatever way you slice it.
BEN! @ Feb 25th 2008 1:40PM
Then buy a PS3. It's future proof as far as I know. Plus you can use it to stream media and play games (go figure!).
Patrick @ Feb 25th 2008 2:41PM
A simple incorrect spelling is one thing, but let's work on the grammar, folks.
@ Travis.Taylor: Please reread your second to last sentence, and correct. I really don't understand what you're saying. I get caught up in long thoughts too, but we need to go through after we type to make sure that thoughts are complete and understandable.
I'm not trying to be mean, but just want to understand what you think.
Raptor007 @ Feb 25th 2008 2:29PM
Aside from your "HD-DVD fanboy" jab, what you're saying is basically right.
It's not worth buying a Blu-ray player until a profile 2.0 player is available and affordable.
The PS3 is a fine solution if you don't mind a noisy player without DTS-HD. I have no doubt the PS3 will eventually be profile 2.0.
Mr. E @ Feb 25th 2008 8:15PM
The PS3 is virtually dead silent. It's the XBox 360 that's noisy, mostly because of the internal DVD drive. Believe me, I have both.