HD DVD to Blu-ray: "Oh yeah, well we've sold a lot of discs too!"

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Bonebag @ Apr 26th 2007 1:37PM

@CryCyy

Hey buddy, keep using your PS3 for both, and see how fast the drive burns out. You will be lucky to get 1 year out of the Blu-Ray drive on the PS3, if you use it for heavy gaming and heavy movie watching. It just puts too much stress on the drive.

Meanwhile, Microsoft was genius in making HD-DVD an add on. This means 1 drive for movies and 1 drive for games. This translates into the 360 drives lasting twice as long.

Anyway, Blu-Ray is just about over now that Walmart is backing HD-DVD. During the Christmas season this year, they will stop carrying Blu-Ray players (not counting the PS3) and Blu-Ray movies. They will only sell HD-DVD players and HD-DVD movies.
The HD-DVD player at Walmart will sell for less than $200. This means it will be at least $400 less than the closest Blu-Ray player (the PS3) at $600.

This, coupled with the fact that Walmart sell 40% of all the DVD players in the country signifies the end of Blu-Ray. It will only exist in the failing, dust collecting, PS3's.

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crycry @ Apr 26th 2007 1:51PM

@ bonebag

huh? That's based on what sort of actual/factual evidence? Are you the kinda guy who doesn't use his blinkers because they'll wear out? I'm pretty sure watching 3 movies a week won't kill the drive, and I'm betting I could replace it in several years if it does. By then what will new players cost anyway?

@ simon. Well that's news to me. Any proof of that?

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jakep_82 @ Apr 26th 2007 2:37PM

@Bonebag

"Hey buddy, keep using your PS3 for both, and see how fast the drive burns out. You will be lucky to get 1 year out of the Blu-Ray drive on the PS3, if you use it for heavy gaming and heavy movie watching. It just puts too much stress on the drive."

It always amuses me when people make stuff up to support their own point of view. Can I ask where this came from? Do you really think Sony would sell a $600 console knowing that the drive would burn out in a year? That would be committing corporate suicide. They would lose every one of their most loyal customers, the early adopters.

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Ayle @ Apr 26th 2007 2:10PM

"Anyway, Blu-Ray is just about over now that Walmart is backing HD-DVD. During the Christmas season this year, they will stop carrying Blu-Ray players (not counting the PS3) and Blu-Ray movies" Did you know that the world doesnt revolve around the US and there is no walmart out of the US?

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