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RE: Playstation 3 is the de facto Blu-Ray standard-bearer

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In Reply to: RE: Playstation 3 is the de facto Blu-Ray standard-bearer posted by 4season on October 18, 2007 at 06:16:44

As I have said before, if Blu-Ray is little more than the PS3 format, it is guaranteed to be a niche product. Things have to work well on the stand alone players too. There also needs to be alot more stand alone players out there. This reliance on the PS3 is OK for the short term, but isn't healthy in the long run.
As for video 1.1, the BDA seems to be putting that off for as long as possible. What upcoming players are going to be 1.1 compliant? The 2 new Denons, one going for $2K, one slightly less. The 2 combo players by LG and Samsung. What else? Maybe the new Panny coming out? The two new Sonys are coming out Oct. 31. That's not an accident. They won't be compliant. I'm not sure any 1.1 discs are coming out until next year. I'm guessing that the BDA is putting off video 1.1 until next year either because they can't do it yet, after all, it was postponed once already, or they don't want the messiness until after the holidays. At some point, customers with 1.0 players bought this holiday time are going to be in for a rude awakening.
Jack

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