Pre-Orders for blu-ray are open now

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo
$20 for 25gb backups. That's nice.

easier to wait for one of those 300gb hd for 50 bucks sales.

 

[n7]

Hmm where i werk we just got in some Philips 2x single layer BD-R discs (25 GB).

$20 CND isn't even too bad for initial pricing.

But the burner...ahhh :Q

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: corkyg
Sounds like Betamax all over again. It brings nothing to my party.

Worse than BetaMax, because a vote for Blu-Ray is a vote for their draconian DRM process. I'm just saying, "No". :|

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: Auric
Then again, if Betamax brought nothing to your party... what the heck did you prefer at that time, open reel to reel?

You misread - I said BluRay is like Betamax. The "It" refers to the subject of the thread (BluRay) bringing nothing to my party. When Betamax came out, VHS followed - a technically inferior process, but cheaper and good enough for the mass market. Reel-to-reel? Never saw that in home video players - but I still have a reel-to-reel audio tape player.

 

[MrX8503]

i'll wait until i can get a bluray burner for $50 and a bluray player for $100.

 

[w00t]

Originally posted by: MrX8503
i'll wait until i can get a bluray burner for $50 and a bluray player for $100.

like people are saying there's going to be like a fight it's going to keep us from buying. it's either HD-DVD or Blu-Ray if you buy the wrong one your going to be fudged.

 

[F1shF4t]

Originally posted by: MrX8503
i'll wait until i can get a bluray burner for $50 and a bluray player for $100.

yep thats what i'm gonna do

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: Dark Cupcake

Originally posted by: MrX8503
i'll wait until i can get a bluray burner for $50 and a bluray player for $100.

yep thats what i'm gonna do

Same here...might even be able to do $200 for a reader/burner, but any more than that and I'll just wait... I'm also glad I didn't spend $500 on an early DVD burner only to be stuck with a dog-slow 2x speed when 16x drives are $40 these days.

I do love my HD, but format war (especially coupled with high prices) = I'm keeping my distance for now.

 

[Auric]

Originally posted by: corkyg

Originally posted by: Auric
Then again, if Betamax brought nothing to your party... what the heck did you prefer at that time, open reel to reel?

You misread - I said BluRay is like Betamax. The "It" refers to the subject of the thread (BluRay) bringing nothing to my party. When Betamax came out, VHS followed - a technically inferior process, but cheaper and good enough for the mass market. Reel-to-reel? Never saw that in home video players - but I still have a reel-to-reel audio tape player.

I understand "it" refers to "Blu-ray" but since you wrote:

Sounds like Betamax all over again. It brings nothing to my party.

the inference is that Blu-ray brings nothing to your party the same as Betamax brought nothing to your party. I'm still curious why Betamax was not welcome to your party if its place was not already taken?

You should tell all home electronics your parties are strictly BYOB

 

[GrammatonJP]

ill need to say sorry to sony as i spend my 1500 on 2 d70s nikons.. theres no fricken way im paying 1k for a player...

like everyone else, ill wait till the price drops to 50 bucks.. unless they stop production of all DVD movies today, i wont own one till the price drops.. heck i dont even have a tivo/dvr yet..