Posted by GMAN on 06/10/06 07:15

In article <lcqk82pcsn6kntlgeejsoou61c7o1qn85g@4ax.com>, Roy L. Fuchs <roylfuchs@urfargingicehole.org> wrote:
>On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 06:19:12 GMT, Not@home.now (GMAN) Gave us:
>
>>In article <fM6dnZRN8ZVy_BTZnZ2dnUVZ_oadnZ2d@comcast.com>, "Joshua Zyber"
> <jzyber@mindNOSPAMspring.IHATESPAM.com> wrote:
>>>"asj" <kalim1998@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>news:1149832085.507248.236230@c74g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>>>>> If more buyers would support HD-DVD and say no to Blu-Ray, then we
>>>>> would not
>>>>> have a format war which is damaging the dvd industry.
>>>>> Join the HD-DVD Support Group over at www.hd-dvd.uk.com\\
>>>>
>>>> Dude, it's over already. Give it up.
>>>
>>>HD DVD players are still selling out the moment they hit store shops,
>>>unable to keep up with demand, and owners are overwhelmingly satisfied.
>>>Meanwhile, Blu-Ray can't even get their low-capacity single-layer discs
>>>to function with any reliability, much less their mythical dual-layer
>>>discs. The format's launch date keeps getting pushed back further and
>>>further into irrelevance.
>>>
>>>
>>The day Playstation3 hits the stores, there will instantaneously be more blu
> ray
>>players on the market by a factor of 3 than there are HD-DVD players.
>
> Also, they do not have an HDMI connector, nor are they meant for
>watching movies. My player has 7.1 jacks on the back, just in case
>the owner wants to feed his stereo some crisp, high dynamic range
>audio feeds. It also has an optical output toslink IIRC. Right now,
>it works fine pumping things through the HDMI jack.
>
> Three strikes... YOU'RE OUT!

The $599 PS3 does have HDMI. It also supports all of the audio standards planned
for blu ray

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