mfm: A lot of people bought DVD based upon the 5.1 demos in stores even though well over 90% of people don't have a properly functioning 5.1 system even 10 years later.
And it's not a "people can be conned" argument. By and large these people convince themselves they want something better. "Keeping up with the joneses".
Who said anything about 1080p? You don't need 1080p to appreciate BluRay. More importantly, you don't need 1080p to buy BluRay.
You're just letting your anti-BluRay stance get in the way. Every HDTV sold makes it easier to sell BluRay players. No, it's not a slam dunk, most of these HDTVs will never have a BluRay player attached to them. But it still make it a lot easier to convince someone to buy a BluRay player (esp. with them available for $100-$200 now) if they don't also have to make a $500+ investment in a TV at the same time.
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why not the LS2LS7? @ Oct 25th 2008 1:24PM
mfm:
A lot of people bought DVD based upon the 5.1 demos in stores even though well over 90% of people don't have a properly functioning 5.1 system even 10 years later.
And it's not a "people can be conned" argument. By and large these people convince themselves they want something better. "Keeping up with the joneses".
Who said anything about 1080p? You don't need 1080p to appreciate BluRay. More importantly, you don't need 1080p to buy BluRay.
You're just letting your anti-BluRay stance get in the way. Every HDTV sold makes it easier to sell BluRay players. No, it's not a slam dunk, most of these HDTVs will never have a BluRay player attached to them. But it still make it a lot easier to convince someone to buy a BluRay player (esp. with them available for $100-$200 now) if they don't also have to make a $500+ investment in a TV at the same time.