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In Reply to: Sony Playstation 2 as DVD/CD player!!! posted by Sonyguy on March 10, 2000 at 02:04:06:
there are reasons that $2700+ DVD players cost that much; good parts and thoughtful implementation cost money. My assumtion is as good as yours, unknown. My prediction on the other hand is that it will not be as good as a $X CD player or a $X DVD player. (with PSX2 being $X)
I've been reading a lot about ps2 ....Just one small thing will make ps2 better than dvd players in the same price range ... it can do progressive.
In demos ps2 has done better than most dvd players costing a lot more. Thats because ps2 has a much more powerful engine than most dvd payers.
PS accounts for over 1/2 the money sony makes. mega buck dvd players are made in small numbers. So the economy of scale kicks in.
All for 250$.
My understanding is that the PS2 is going to run closer to $350 and is not going to be progressive. I also do not think that the PS/PS2 is 1/2 of Sony's market, they are one of the largest TV makers in the world and they are in many markets (home audio, music recording, car audio, home video, computer, movie, communications and so on). The economy of scale applies to everything they make, including their own DVD players. I do belive that the PS2 will make a great DVD player, however I do not believe it will be any better than Sony's or anyone else's players at the $200-$400 price points.
PS2 would be about 350$ list. So may be 300$ retail, after a while.From what I read, it will do progressive ... probably with a memory option.
But yes, they make loads more PS than progressive dvd players (if they make any at all).
Seriously, HTPC is the best progressive dvd player available today ... with custom configurable aspect ratios and number of lines. In fact you can use it as a scalar rivaling mega buck video processors / scalars. See the link below. All for under a grand.
yeah, PS2 is not half of sony's market, but it is cited as the force behind half the company's earnings last year fwiw. my take is that PS2 is going to be closer to $400 and it will be a middle of the road DVD player--good enough to tide you over until HD-DVD is introduced in 2-4 yrs (why anyone would want to spend a lot on a DVD player until then i've no clue). also, i agree with the thrust of this thread which has been implied but never stated: if you don't want to play any PS2 games, there's no sense in buying it. after a tough day in the office, tekken is just the thing for me, so i'm looking forward to the US introduction.
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