You completely misread my post. Read again.
All I was doing was refuting the post. He stated Blu-Ray players were $600. That's factually no longer true. No where did I, or the post I was referring to, mention relative player capabilities. Only price.
I'm well aware of the difference (and often lack thereof) between 1080p and 1080i. The original post I was replying to (and I guess you didn't read) touted 1080p on cheap HD-DVD players ... which are incapable of 1080p. It's a simple, clear distinction. You just wasted your time trying to educate the educated when all you had to do was read the damn post. I don't care if it's marketing. The original post claimed something that was not true. That's all. Very simple.
Sony CRT? Scaler? How is that any of my concern? I don't care. The original post was spreading FUD like Blu-Ray discs costing too much and HD-DVD discs costing the same as SD-DVDs ... clear, simple FUD, which I corrected, and you simply misread and started going off on a tangent over.
I'm sorry your old TV doesn't work with a PS3. I'm also sorry you wasted your time writing a lot of exclamation points.
What is this? Some kind of trump card?
Do me a favor. Look up how old Universal and Paramount are. It's okay I'll wait.
You mean to tell me they're two of the oldest studios around? Even as old as the defunct RKO?
Well they must have a TON of really old, Black and White, 4:3, Silent, and otherwise useless titles in their catalogues.
I wonder if many of those thousands of ancient catalogue titles are worth converting to HD and releasing. Hell, I wonder if many of those thousands of ancient Paramount and Universal catalogue titles have even been released on DVD. Oh, wait, I know the answer. They haven't. Because they're old.
A far more apt comparison would be the number of catalogue titles released after, say 1970, that are in a condition to be encoded and released in HD. Or maybe how many of those catalogue titles, post 1970, drew decent enough box office to attract an audience in HD.
Well, we kind of already know. Almost across the board, day-and-date releases like Ghost Rider somehow manage to outsell vastly superior catalogue titles. That's because most people prefer to buy HD discs for NEW movies, not old ones, and especially (at this early stage) beautiful-looking new movies with great camerawork and effects.
And on that score, Blu-Ray wins hands down.
But then again, it already did. Jeez guys let it go. HD-DVD had some good points but all this whining and complaining and sour grapes makes it seem you're far more interested in hating Sony, and loving a format, than loving movies.