Posted by POD {ҿ�} on 01/26/08 12:57

"kim" <ntscuser@aol.com> once tried to test me. I ate their liver with
some fava beans and a nice chianti

> POD {ҿ�} wrote:
>> "kim" <ntscuser@aol.com> once tried to test me. I ate their liver
>> with some fava beans and a nice chianti
>>
>>> RCE Defiant wrote:
>>>> Will you be getting a Blu-Ray player or a PS3?
>>>
>>> Neither.
>>>
>>> I expect the next mid-range DVD player I buy to have BD playback
>>> built-in at no extra cost in the same way as MP3, DivX, DTS, SACD
>>> and DVD-A playback are built-in at present. Will probably use it
>>> more for H264 encodes downloaded from the 'net and DVD upscaling
>>> than for true BD playback.
>>>
>>> (kim)
>>>
>>
>> It'll also need the blue laser assembly too...that is why it's called
>> BLU-ray, as rather than a RED laser that you get in your run of the
>> millmid-range DVD player, a Blu-ray drive had a blue laser and
>> royaltiues on top of that. So once you pop in the blue laser, low
>> and behold, you have a blu-ray drive, and Sony has your money.
>
> Pioneer is one of the license holders of Blu-Ray technology so they
> don't have to pay royalties to Sony. Likewise the Philips group which
> includes Panasonic and JVC.
>
> (kim)
>
>

But the point is, you are never going to get a mid-range DVD player that
will also play blu-ray, you are just going to get a Blu-ray player that
will also play DVDs. If Pioneer can bring a sub �150 one to market,
then I'll be first in line to buy it and then tell my son to piss off
up-stairs with his PS3 while I watch films ;-)

--
Thank you kindly

POD {ҿ�}
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Oh people, know that you have committed great sins.
If you ask me what proof I have for these words,
I say it is because I am the punishment of God.
If you had not committed great sins,
God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.
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