In Reply to: Another reason, among many, that I'll remain on the HD player sidelines for a while. posted by jsm on October 3, 2007 at 14:12:07:
but industry is trying to pretend to be ready for mass-market.
OTOH, if you've gotten used to watching Dishnetwork/DirectTV/Cable/OTA HD broadcasts on a fairly large screen, chances are pretty good you are going to get the itch to upgrade to real (not upsampled to) HD.
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Follow Ups
- Consumers are still in "early adopter guinea pig" mode - oscar 14:52:21 10/03/07 (22)
- I do have an excellent plasma HD set. - jsm 16:22:48 10/04/07 (0)
- I'm having a hard time understanding why everyone hasn't bought a PS3 NT - Jazz Inmate 11:42:25 10/04/07 (20)
- Not everyone wants a game console - Jack G 11:57:12 10/04/07 (19)
- That and... - Tom §. 19:23:25 10/10/07 (0)
- Glad I didn't get it now. I keep my gear in a closet and heat is not a good thing .nt - late 17:53:35 10/04/07 (2)
- Right after I got my PS3, my coworker said it would overheat and die - Jazz Inmate 18:39:00 10/04/07 (1)
- misunderstanding - Joe Murphy Jr 15:09:36 10/05/07 (0)
- It's the best hi def player out there for the $$$ - Jazz Inmate 12:23:15 10/04/07 (14)
- Best is subjective - Jack G 13:35:48 10/04/07 (2)
- You are absolutely right. - jsm 16:16:42 10/04/07 (1)
- RE: You are absolutely right. - Jazz Inmate 18:33:05 10/04/07 (0)
- When The Cost Drops - Robertc88 13:30:59 10/04/07 (2)
- But But... - Jack G 13:39:42 10/04/07 (1)
- Wow. You've really gotta stop reading threads on AVS! NT - Jazz Inmate 14:27:35 10/04/07 (0)
- The rumor mills churning though... significant blu-ray player price drops ? - oscar 13:02:27 10/04/07 (0)
- I'm not a big fan of slot loaders. - oscar 12:59:41 10/04/07 (6)
- No Analog Outs Is The Biggest Drawback - Robertc88 13:12:27 10/04/07 (5)
- Naw, the lack of IR remote is bigger IMO [nt] - 4season 11:00:32 10/05/07 (0)
- at the moment, yeah. But when good HDMI preamps are released, that will be a nonissue - Jazz Inmate 14:43:41 10/04/07 (3)
- I don't know if ANY HDMI Pre/pro I'll be able to afford is going to be able to beat my current analog preamp - oscar 21:08:34 10/07/07 (0)
- Considering The Cost Of My First SACD Player - Robertc88 06:51:17 10/05/07 (1)
- Yes, it's a tremendous value and so are Blu-ray discs - Jazz Inmate 10:20:55 10/05/07 (0)