QUOTE(BoNg420 @ Jan 24 2008, 10:26 AM)
Hmm sounds like a dumb comment to me. Maybe you dont keep up with times. You can get a Bluray player now for $300-400 sometimes less if you can use coupons or sales, etc. Also if you pay $150 for a HD DVD player, you are only gettting 1080i. I believe all bluray players on the market now are 1080p. So you are paying $150 for the cheapy HDDVD player when you can get a better one for about $250-$350. So it would make them still about the same price.
The cheapest HD-DVD player that outputs 1080p is the A30 @ $199 which is still cheaper than the cheapest blu-ray player. Also for those $250-350 blu-ray players, how many do PiP AND Internet Enabled features? None cause they don't have a single Internet Enabled SA player in the market today. And the cheapest player that does PiP will be the Funai @
only an estimated $300. When 2.0 (PiP AND internet enabled) players actually do hit the market it's estimated you won't be getting one for under $500 for a while.
The ONLY blu-ray player on the market ATM that can do it all (and can't until they release the 2.0 update for it) is the PS3 @ $400. And anybody that wants a 2.0 player can either go out and buy the PS3 or sit around and wait till Spring/Summer when they hit the market. Pretty much leaves people that don't want a game system to be their movie player screwed (unless they don't care about 1.1 or 2.0 features).