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#1
boxingfan - Posted 5:21 pm PST 11/22/08 (454 Posts)
If prices drop another $90, I'll jump in. Until then, I have no reason to stop buying DVD's.
#2
Rys4k - Posted 5:23 pm PST 11/22/08 (59 Posts)
Whats the virtue of an "Internet-Ready" Blu-ray Disc Player?
Honestly, whats the point?
"BD Live™ - BD Live™ allows you to access content via your internet-connected Blu-ray player. Download a variety of up-to-date content, like refreshed previews and exclusive special features, and take a step towards the future of interactivity."
Another avenue for manufacturers to market to you, track your behavior, and use that information to more effectively market to you?
Honestly, whats the point?
"BD Live™ - BD Live™ allows you to access content via your internet-connected Blu-ray player. Download a variety of up-to-date content, like refreshed previews and exclusive special features, and take a step towards the future of interactivity."
Another avenue for manufacturers to market to you, track your behavior, and use that information to more effectively market to you?
#3
techsupport - Posted 5:28 pm PST 11/22/08 (2785 Posts)
There are people that love that stuff. I rarely look at all the extra crap they put on DVDs now. Who gives a flying fuck about the directors commentary?
#4
popyu - Posted 5:37 pm PST 11/22/08 (500 Posts)
amen, brother
#5
ksnyder - Posted 5:38 pm PST 11/22/08 (50 Posts)
Wow. Things are getting so cheap you'd think they were made in China.
#6
goldenboyfx - Posted 6:31 pm PST 11/22/08 (1128 Posts)
Marketing gimmicks..
When dvd's were released they promised a whole boatload of features - multiple angles, multiple endings, etc..seriously, how many dvd's have you seen with those fancy features?
#7
hurl3.0 - Posted 6:43 pm PST 11/22/08 (1904 Posts)
bluray... dead
#8
doomed - Posted 6:58 pm PST 11/22/08 (874 Posts)
will this play my betamax porn?
#9
jjankechu - Posted 6:59 pm PST 11/22/08 (82 Posts)
@ #6: i dunno, the porn industry certainly took advantage of those features.
panasonic for $150 certainly beats the pants off of that memorex deal.
panasonic for $150 certainly beats the pants off of that memorex deal.
#10
noneyet99 - Posted 7:11 pm PST 11/22/08 (157 Posts)
I swear, I read this as:
Panasonic Blurry Disc Player
Panasonic Blurry Disc Player
#11
megabyte10240 - Posted 7:28 pm PST 11/22/08 (592 Posts)
whoa, could the price of blu ray be dropping?
#12
ChuckG - Posted 7:49 pm PST 11/22/08 (24 Posts)
Website now says $249
#13
gatzj - Posted 7:57 pm PST 11/22/08 (312 Posts)
get a ps3
#14
digh - Posted 8:02 pm PST 11/22/08 (309 Posts)
#12 It's still the 22nd
#15
RKLE - Posted 8:04 pm PST 11/22/08 (7705 Posts)
blueray is going to go away, just like hd dvd. Wait about another year and there will be something to replace it.
#16
RavinDJ - Posted 8:19 pm PST 11/22/08 (300 Posts)
If I wanted to go BluRay, should I get a player-only or a PS3 for $150 more?
#17
jhkilroy - Posted 8:20 pm PST 11/22/08 (203 Posts)
#8 - Yes it will - its fully betamax compatible.
#18
calebb - Posted 8:48 pm PST 11/22/08 (215 Posts)
Even if Blu-Ray goes away, this is a great upconverting DVD player =)
#19
australopithecus - Posted 8:52 pm PST 11/22/08 (1781 Posts)
#18 You can say that about HD-DVD player. The only problem is, pedoph!le nuisance_sucks do not own a large screen tv to fully enjoy his favorite HD-DVD, Brokeback Mountain.
#20
da5id1 - Posted 8:55 pm PST 11/22/08 (482 Posts)
HD-DVD is going to make a comeback. And my so-called friends said I wasted $50 onj my Toshiba back in Feb.
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