Weekly Poll 2/19/08 - The death of HD-DVD

[Tan]

Personally I don't care, I'd rather have a standalone player if I did, even if I jumped on the blu-ray wagon and had a PS3, I'd still use that for a gaming machine and own another for movies.

Even comparing the HD addon versus standalone players for HD-DVD, the 360 add-on sold horribly. It makes me wonder if it's a matter of "if it's there I'll use it", especially since apparently only 40% of PS3 owners even know their machine can play Blu-Ray discs, which still says a lot about gamers wanting game machines.

[Tondog]

A Blu-ray drive won't happen since Microsoft would rather just stick to their download service.

Also, that data you quoted was from last August...

[OatBob]

A Blu-ray drive won't happen since Microsoft would rather just stick to their download service.

hey, it works better than Charter

[Tondog]

A Blu-ray drive won't happen since Microsoft would rather just stick to their download service.

hey, it works better than Charter

True that.

[Tan]

A Blu-ray drive won't happen since Microsoft would rather just stick to their download service.

Also, that data you quoted was from last August...

True, but now that the format war is over, it greatly reduces the media coverage of Blu-Ray. No more weekly, sometimes daily, stories about choosing one over the other, Buyer's guides for the format war, bragging about features etc. Now it's Blu-Ray versus DVD versus Downloadable, a more lonely and harder uphill battle.

Let's speculate for a moment and say that statistic has been halved, which is probably a gross exaggeration since it was only 7 months ago that figure came out, that's still 1 in 5 PS3 owners who have no idea about Blu-Ray for movies.

Now that there are more standalone models available, the film aficionados who bought a PS3 to have a less expensive player in the beginning, are buying other models leaving the bulk of Blu-Ray usage to gamers and those who wanted a "do it all machine".

[Arrrhalomynn]

I wouldn't use my xbox 360 in any way to watch movies, because it makes too much noise. Besides, I'd rather pay a little bit extra and get a ps3 along with it. Add-ons have never been a good idea and never will be.

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

Yes, I'd like one soon.

Oh wai-

[Barracuda]

Consoles are for gaming!

[NES_Rules]

I don't have a 360, but if I did, I wouldn't want a Blu-Ray player (or an HD-DVD player). I still believe game consoles are best suited for games, and movies should be played on players made for them specifically.

[Tondog]

I still believe game consoles are best suited for games, and movies should be played on players made for them specifically.

The thing is that the PS3 is considered by home theater enthusiasts to be one of (if not the best) Blu-ray players on the market.

[Tan]

I still believe game consoles are best suited for games, and movies should be played on players made for them specifically.

The thing is that the PS3 is considered by home theater enthusiasts to be one of (if not the best) Blu-ray players on the market.

That's like saying your the best tennis player in a two person tournament. The PS2 was once considered among the best DVD players until the market flooded with superior standalone players with more features.

With Sony being a consumer product company as well as a Blu-Ray pioneer, it'll be interesting to see if their own players will meet or exceed the PS3's standards, firmware can't do everything after all.

Don't you pine for the days when your game system, fridge and movie player didn't need their own permanent homes in your router? Remember when the joke was setting the clock on a VCR? Now it's PPOE settings and DMZing lol.

[Fuyukaze]

If I had a 360, this question would probly have more importance to me.  As such, my most pressing moment right now is should I drink 1 or 2 cups of coffie when I wake up and will I remember to grab my large glass of ice water before I head out.

[phoenix1967]

Consoles are for gaming.

[Tondog]

Consoles are for gaming.

I'd like to think so, but I use my PS3 for so much more than just gaming. I watch YouTube clips on it, check websites, watch DVDs, watch downloaded/converted movies, play music, etc on it too...Maybe that can be chalked up to us PS3 owners having jackshit for games

[cyberfluxor]

I wouldn't use my xbox 360 in any way to watch movies, because it makes too much noise. Besides, I'd rather pay a little bit extra and get a ps3 along with it. Add-ons have never been a good idea and never will be.

What about add-ons to computers? As consoles seem to establish more features a computer and other communication devices have I expect some hardware devices interacting somehow if they aren't built-in already. Could you imagine what you could do with a dot-matrix printer hooked to your PS3?