Posts by Patrick Bennett

I just wish Sony would come out with an infrared attachment and remote with full BD support so programmable remotes could be used with it. For anyone who volunteers it, the current Infrared 'hack' available for the PS3 doesn't count -...

Don't forget that new PS3 buyers can get 5 free BD's as well. $500 for a great blu-ray player and 5 BD's (that will at some point in time also be able to play some games worth purchasing?) - pretty darn good deal. It'll be interesting...

What information are they sharing with those posts? What does Brent's comment "I try, but it's hard when you have to deal with someone like Peter who is so biased and short-sided that he won't see any other point of view than his own."...

From my perspective, it would seem *both* of you are clearly biased and you both just need to let it drop without the need to get the last word in.

Speaking of which - and this is format agnostic: Now that I'm able to buy HD versions of movies, I'm finding myself in a bit of a quandry as of late with my purchasing decisions. I used to buy tons of DVDs, without too much thought....

I'll have to check Fry's out more often on release dates.

Quote: Originally Posted by Jason Roer So Patrick, you don't like the reasons of cheaper players A cheaper player is a valid reason for me. When Blu-Ray playes were $1000 and HD-DVD players started at $500,...

2 of the 3 movies (Batman and The Matrix) you listed aren't even HD-DVD exclusives. Warner is releasing those on Blu-Ray. Cheaper players? Yup, definitely -although BD players are already down to $500 list (meaning street price will...

Why do you think it's the better of the two?

Well, the way *I* see it, BD has the most studio support, so it's easy to conclude it should have the largest library. Blockbuster also doesn't want to have to stock 3 different formats of the same movie. 2 is bad enough, but 3, no...