Posted by elrous0 on 09/26/05 12:57

Jay G. wrote:
> Apparentlythey thawed Walt's head long enough to get a thumbs-up
> from the big man himself.

Actually, he just blinked twice, which means "Yes."

> With it incorporated into PS3, what's going to happen is that a lot of
> consumers are going to have a Blu-Ray player in the house almost
> by default, while getting a HD-DVD player would be a seperate
> decision. The PS2 was for a lot of people their first DVD player as well.

Yep, this gives blu-ray a major advantage, particularly if the PS3
really takes off in sales and will play blu-ray movies right out of the
box (I'm not sure if they've confirmed that yet).

MS, on the other hand, is taking a considerable risk by rushing the
Xbox 360 to market with just a standard DVD drive (and multiple
configurations, one without even a hard drive).

-Eric

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