Ok so i just wanted to ask something concerning hd dvd

Who went out and bought a blu ray now due to the latest announcment?

I'll tell you what I did...I ordered a 360 hd dvd player with planet earth lol! I just thought that it will eventually be rare to find a 360 hd dvd so I wanted to make sure I took full advantage of amazons half price offer (I live in uk).

did i just make a crazy purchase or a good one?

I'll buy a PS3 with the dual shock controller when it's released - what's really sad is that the newest crop of Blu-ray standalone players Sony announced are no better than the PS3, and start at the same price (hell, the bottom one is $400 and only supports profile 1.1).

Planet Earth is great, though, and now that it's ridiculously cheap to buy an HD-DVD player and the series on HD-DVD, there's little reason to avoid it. So long as you don't mind having a potential paperweight if your player dies. We'll see how long my own lasts.

I'll buy a PS3 with the dual shock controller when it's released - what's really sad is that the newest crop of Blu-ray standalone players Sony announced are no better than the PS3, and start at the same price (hell, the bottom one is $400 and only supports profile 1.1).

Planet Earth is great, though, and now that it's ridiculously cheap to buy an HD-DVD player and the series on HD-DVD, there's little reason to avoid it. So long as you don't mind having a potential paperweight if your player dies. We'll see how long my own lasts.

DJ_Lae

i agree 100% with you. The ps3 is the best blu-ray player and is not much more than the cheapest stand alones. Also hd-dvd players are like 60 bucks with way cheap movies and can also be used as a dvd upscaler.

Who went out and bought a blu ray now due to the latest announcment?

I'll tell you what I did...I ordered a 360 hd dvd player with planet earth lol! I just thought that it will eventually be rare to find a 360 hd dvd so I wanted to make sure I took full advantage of amazons half price offer (I live in uk).

did i just make a crazy purchase or a good one?

nsoufiani

I don't keep up with blu ray, what was the latest announcement you referred to?

Profile 2.0 is an optional standard. Sony Pictures is the only studio likely to put 2.0 compliant features on a BR disc.

I giot a standalone HD DVD player in Nov and am looking forward to amassaing a good sized library for it at cheap prices.

I will get a BR player when the price is right and start that library.

I'll buy a PS3 with the dual shock controller when it's released - what's really sad is that the newest crop of Blu-ray standalone players Sony announced are no better than the PS3, and start at the same price (hell, the bottom one is $400 and only supports profile 1.1).

Planet Earth is great, though, and now that it's ridiculously cheap to buy an HD-DVD player and the series on HD-DVD, there's little reason to avoid it. So long as you don't mind having a potential paperweight if your player dies. We'll see how long my own lasts.

DJ_Lae

It's the internet age, bro. We live in a time when Betamax and Laserdisc players are readily available for purchase still.