Originally Posted by Joseph Bolus

I'm *ready* to "go Blu" ... In fact, I've already purchased two Blu-ray discs (including last week's Enchanted) even though I don't own a deck yet!

In an attempt to rectify that situation, last night I made the trek to my local Best Buy with the intent of coming home with a Blu-ray deck. They had several players from Samsung, Sharp, and Sony all advertised as being Profile 1.1 compatible; and all were advertised as selling for less than $400. My first DVD player cost $380, so I felt the time was right!

Wouldn't you know, they didn't have a single Blu-ray stand-alone player available for sell at any price!! Furthermore, they couldn't even tell me when they might get some more in. They told me that since the format war ended they've been flying off the shelves.

So this is graphic proof, from my perspective at least, that there was a huge pent-up demand for HD media that was being held back by the format war.

I firmly believe now that Blu-ray will be considered a mainstream medium before the end of the decade!