¶ D.Vader // 12/11/2005 11:29:00 PM // PermaLink

 Anonymous
Interesting...but I still think they mean "In Japan only."
It'll be interesting to see if Blu-Ray really helps it at all. People are acting like it's a deal breaker, but I guess they just need a machine to play their multitudes of Blu-Ray DVD's. It's not like normal DVD's aren't already intentionally left half-full so they can brag about a mutidisk collection...
As for the PS3, hopefully it'll rock. I personally don't care who comes out ahead in this so long as we get a lot of good games.  

 ac
I agree about Blu-Ray. It's a total non-issue for me. I don't care if the thing can play 8-tracks. I'm only interested in the games.

Also, when was the last time a console launched in the U.S. in the spring? I think Christmas '06 is more likely.  

 Anonymous
The thing about Blu-Ray is people are acting like it's this magical new format that'll do amazing things that we've never imagined. In reality it's just a big-ass DVD. Nothing really new from it at all...it's just big enough to handle HD content. Same for HD-DVD. Blu-Ray is bigger and specs a little better, but Sony has been pretty hardcore with their protection methods on it. This is after all the company that sunk it's superior Beta VCR with licensing issues and of course who can forget their recent CD-trojan debacle.
Right now there are NO items on Blu-Ray or HD-DVD at all. None. By next spring there are all of NONE scheduled, too. Know how many "2-DVD" sets I own that could've been put on one disk? Almost all of them. We're not using the space we have right now.
It seems like the PS3 is just a gigantic way of pushing Blu-Ray before it's time. I'd much rather have a HD with 300GB and a normal DVD player. I think re-writable optical storage is the wave of the future, not bigger disks. It's the one area I agree with MS about...too bad they only give us 13GB to work with when HD games and video clearly will need 100+ to be worthwhile :P

People are acting like we're in the same situation as the PS2 again...but it's far from it.
DVD's had been around for at least 4 years prior the PS2. It was adding something we NEEDED and something considered to be a solid standard. This time the PS3 is essentially giving us something we don't really need and it's Sony pre-emptively attempting to win a standards war with it. I think the whole thing smells a little fishy to me.

Yes, by the time the PS3 is ending it's lifetime, we likely will see large optical disks ruling the roost. The thing is, right now it would be like the PS1 coming with a DVD or Divx (the format...not the codec, remember that?) player.

This isn't to say the Blu-Ray isn't a cool thing...but it's just Sony's way of forcing a standard on us. One that's looking more and more like it isn't quite as cool as promised either.  

 D.Vader
HDTVs are available for less then $500. It's not a plasma or LCD, just plain ole CRT.

Phillips has a 30" available...
http://www.electronicsnation.com/en/products/flypage/prod_id/30PW8420
$499 Widescreen, nice!

Samsung has a 27" available...
http://www.etronics.com/product.asp?icatid=6148&stk_code=samtxr2765&svbname=403
$399

The fact of the matter is this next generation of game systems HAS to support HiDef. The technology is much cheaper now, and the new systems coming out will have corral the standards.

The games will be there on PS3. We have already seen that. The early footage we saw back at E3 confirmed that.

AC: I think both the PS1 and PS2 were released in May.  

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