Blu-Ray is a GREAT selling point for the PS3!

Because if you guys remember correctly for a while the PS2 was considered "a cheap DVD player" I think promoting the PS3 as a cheap Blu-Ray player is an excellence choice on Sony's part!

EDIT: From Wiki:

"The ability to play DVD movies was an added incentive for consumers to be able to justify purchasing the PS2"

Sound familiar?

HD movies wont see anywhere near the sales of DVD. people have only just upgraded from VHS to DVD, i dont see them changing again anytime soon. doobie1975

lmfao @ "just" upgraded from vhs

i havent known anyone who still used vhs since atleast 2000

It's true.

Blu-ray was the main reason why I bought a PS3

[QUOTE="doobie1975"]HD movies wont see anywhere near the sales of DVD. people have only just upgraded from VHS to DVD, i dont see them changing again anytime soon. shadyd1717

lmfao @ "just" upgraded from vhs

i havent known anyone who still used vhs since atleast 2000

HIs VHS comment was wrong, but he's right about HD Media sales being dismal compared to DVD.

Blu-ray probably won't catch-on until a few more years when players get down to $100.

Because if you guys remember correctly for a while the PS2 was considered "a cheap DVD player" I think promoting the PS3 as a cheap Blu-Ray player is an excellence choice on Sony's part!

EDIT: From Wiki:

"The ability to play DVD movies was an added incentive for consumers to be able to justify purchasing the PS2"

Sound familiar?

catlin_czirr

[QUOTE="catlin_czirr"]

Because if you guys remember correctly for a while the PS2 was considered "a cheap DVD player" I think promoting the PS3 as a cheap Blu-Ray player is an excellence choice on Sony's part!

EDIT: From Wiki:

"The ability to play DVD movies was an added incentive for consumers to be able to justify purchasing the PS2"

Sound familiar?

Rahnyc4

ya, thats what people were after with teh ps1, cd player

[QUOTE="doobie1975"]HD movies wont see anywhere near the sales of DVD. people have only just upgraded from VHS to DVD, i dont see them changing again anytime soon. shadyd1717

lmfao @ "just" upgraded from vhs

i havent known anyone who still used vhs since atleast 2000

when you consider VHS had been around since the late 70's. its just im my eyes and the eyes of people that dont inhabit internet forums.

and so your saying you dont know anyone who's used VHS since 2000 is BS

[QUOTE="Rahnyc4"][QUOTE="catlin_czirr"]

Because if you guys remember correctly for a while the PS2 was considered "a cheap DVD player" I think promoting the PS3 as a cheap Blu-Ray player is an excellence choice on Sony's part!

EDIT: From Wiki:

"The ability to play DVD movies was an added incentive for consumers to be able to justify purchasing the PS2"

Sound familiar?

warmaster670

ya, thats what people were after with teh ps1, cd player

you can get stand alone blu ray cheaperdeadmeat59

[QUOTE="doobie1975"]HD movies wont see anywhere near the sales of DVD. people have only just upgraded from VHS to DVD, i dont see them changing again anytime soon. shadyd1717

lmfao @ "just" upgraded from vhs

i havent known anyone who still used vhs since atleast 2000

[QUOTE="doobie1975"]HD movies wont see anywhere near the sales of DVD. people have only just upgraded from VHS to DVD, i dont see them changing again anytime soon. shadyd1717

lmfao @ "just" upgraded from vhs

i havent known anyone who still used vhs since atleast 2000

DVD Players in homes only surpassed VCR's in home over the Holiday season of 2006

Because if you guys remember correctly for a while the PS2 was considered "a cheap DVD player" I think promoting the PS3 as a cheap Blu-Ray player is an excellence choice on Sony's part!

EDIT: From Wiki:

"The ability to play DVD movies was an added incentive for consumers to be able to justify purchasing the PS2"

Sound familiar?

catlin_czirr

I think bluray is a great selling feature. However, comparing it to the PS2 and DVDs is misleading. After all, when the PS2 launched, dvd images could play on more than 15% of televisions.

[QUOTE="doobie1975"]HD movies wont see anywhere near the sales of DVD. people have only just upgraded from VHS to DVD, i dont see them changing again anytime soon. shadyd1717

lmfao @ "just" upgraded from vhs

i havent known anyone who still used vhs since atleast 2000

I don't know anyone who has STOPPED using their VCRs. Not for renting or buying movies, but certainly for putting tv shows to tape.

[QUOTE="deadmeat59"]you can get stand alone blu ray cheapercatlin_czirr

[QUOTE="catlin_czirr"][QUOTE="deadmeat59"]you can get stand alone blu ray cheaperdeadmeat59

Blu-ray will definitely help towards PS3's dominance but all these titles will help much more.

It's amazing how quick peoples view of Blu-ray has changed, I mean everyone was saying that it's gonna become the betamax of this gen but now Blu-ray will actually become the next format leader when HD goes standard.

Blu-ray will definitely help towards PS3's dominance but all these titles will help much more.

It's amazing how quick peoples view of Blu-ray has changed, I mean everyone was saying that it's gonna become the betamax of this gen but now Blu-ray will actually become the next format leader when HD goes standard.

Swift_Boss_A

Which will take how long?

The Blu-Ray player in my PS4 may end up being more useful and mainstream then the one in my PS3.

HD movies wont see anywhere near the sales of DVD. people have only just upgraded from VHS to DVD, i dont see them changing again anytime soon. doobie1975

[QUOTE="shadyd1717"]

[QUOTE="doobie1975"]HD movies wont see anywhere near the sales of DVD. people have only just upgraded from VHS to DVD, i dont see them changing again anytime soon. doobie1975

lmfao @ "just" upgraded from vhs

i havent known anyone who still used vhs since atleast 2000

when you consider VHS had been around since the late 70's. its just im my eyes and the eyes of people that dont inhabit internet forums.

and so your saying you dont know anyone who's used VHS since 2000 is BS

[QUOTE="shadyd1717"]

[QUOTE="doobie1975"]HD movies wont see anywhere near the sales of DVD. people have only just upgraded from VHS to DVD, i dont see them changing again anytime soon. cosmostein77

lmfao @ "just" upgraded from vhs

i havent known anyone who still used vhs since atleast 2000

DVD Players in homes only surpassed VCR's in home over the Holiday season of 2006

Wouldn't it have been better to release a "cheap game system" instead?_Pedro_

Wow you are full of it. I haven't seen a VHS in anybodies house that I know for longer than 2000, so you fail. I see them in companies for showing new employees, but not in homes. Like i stated above, even my grandparents are watching DVD.l-_-l

You must not know many people then.... and you spend too much time at your grandparents apparently. As I said earlier, I don't know anyone who DOESN'T still have a VCR.

Until you provide a link, I call BS.l-_-l

I would say the burden of proof is on someone saying that VCRs apparently evaporated in the 90s, which started all of this. Didn't see you crying link then.

[QUOTE="l-_-l"]

Wow you are full of it. I haven't seen a VHS in anybodies house that I know for longer than 2000, so you fail. I see them in companies for showing new employees, but not in homes. Like i stated above, even my grandparents are watching DVD.dsmccracken

You must not know many people then.... and you spend too much time at your grandparents apparently. As I said earlier, I don't know anyone who DOESN'T still have a VCR.

[QUOTE="cosmostein77"][QUOTE="shadyd1717"]

[QUOTE="doobie1975"]HD movies wont see anywhere near the sales of DVD. people have only just upgraded from VHS to DVD, i dont see them changing again anytime soon. l-_-l

lmfao @ just upgraded from vhs

i havent known anyone who still used vhs since atleast 2000

DVD Players in homes only surpassed VCR's in home over the Holiday season of 2006

I love it when kids claim my friends don't have VCR's therefore no one does

Table 1: DVD vs. VCR Penetration in the U.S.


                            3Q     2Q     1Q     4Q     3Q     2Q     1Q
                           2006   2006   2006   2005   2005   2005   2005

    % of Homes with DVDs  81.2%   80.9%  81.4%  80.8%  76.5%  77.6%  78.5%
    % of Homes with VCRs  79.2%   82.3%  82.3%  82.9%  82.9%  80.9%  82.2%

           Source:  Nielsen Media Research's Home Technology Report

http://www.gizmag.com/go/6652/

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061222-8484.html

Q3 2006, DVD Players surpassed VHS machines,

You can find the entire study on Nielsen Media website in the achive.

Maybe you could have spent the ten seconds on google rather then looking rather foolish? 

Enjoy!

[QUOTE="l-_-l"]

Until you provide a link, I call BS.dsmccracken

I would say the burden of proof is on someone saying that VCRs apparently evaporated in the 90s, which started all of this. Didn't see you crying link then.

[QUOTE="dsmccracken"]

[QUOTE="l-_-l"]

Until you provide a link, I call BS.l-_-l

I would say the burden of proof is on someone saying that VCRs apparently evaporated in the 90s, which started all of this. Didn't see you crying link then.

Page two, bottom of the page there skippy,

I provided two, as well as the chart from Nielsens, there are about 200 more if you would other links?

The reason it takes so long for a new movie format to pass the last is because the new format doesn't start with all the movies the last one had, so unless the new format is backwards-compatible, you're gonna have to keep the old format to watch some of the movies until they come out on the new format.CJL13

[QUOTE="doobie1975"][QUOTE="shadyd1717"]

[QUOTE="doobie1975"]HD movies wont see anywhere near the sales of DVD. people have only just upgraded from VHS to DVD, i dont see them changing again anytime soon. l-_-l

lmfao @ "just" upgraded from vhs

i havent known anyone who still used vhs since atleast 2000

when you consider VHS had been around since the late 70's. its just im my eyes and the eyes of people that dont inhabit internet forums.

and so your saying you dont know anyone who's used VHS since 2000 is BS

DVD didnt come out in USA till 1997 and europe till 1999, i dont know where you from but your saying that in the space of 3 years, give the high cost of players and movies at that time. everybody you know through out there VHS and got DVD's

Also i guess that everybody you know doesnt record becouse recordable DVD didnt get affordable for many years later.

so as i said BS

[QUOTE="CJL13"]The reason it takes so long for a new movie format to pass the last is because the new format doesn't start with all the movies the last one had, so unless the new format is backwards-compatible, you're gonna have to keep the old format to watch some of the movies until they come out on the new format.l-_-l

Yes, but the main reason it took so long for DVDs to outsell VHS' was because the DVD isn't BC with the VHS.

[QUOTE="l-_-l"][QUOTE="dsmccracken"]

[QUOTE="l-_-l"]

Until you provide a link, I call BS.cosmostein77

I would say the burden of proof is on someone saying that VCRs apparently evaporated in the 90s, which started all of this. Didn't see you crying link then.

Page two, bottom of the page there skippy,

I provided two, as well as the chart from Nielsens, there are about 200 more if you would other links?

[QUOTE="l-_-l"][QUOTE="CJL13"]The reason it takes so long for a new movie format to pass the last is because the new format doesn't start with all the movies the last one had, so unless the new format is backwards-compatible, you're gonna have to keep the old format to watch some of the movies until they come out on the new format.CJL13

Yes, but the main reason it took so long for DVDs to outsell VHS' was because the DVD isn't BC with the VHS.

[QUOTE="l-_-l"][QUOTE="CJL13"]The reason it takes so long for a new movie format to pass the last is because the new format doesn't start with all the movies the last one had, so unless the new format is backwards-compatible, you're gonna have to keep the old format to watch some of the movies until they come out on the new format.CJL13

Yes, but the main reason it took so long for DVDs to outsell VHS' was because the DVD isn't BC with the VHS.

Its an interesting arguement but I don't think that is really the case,

Why did I buy both HD Players? Because I had an HD-TV that I wanted to take advantage of,

WIth less then 10% of North American homes having HD-DVD as of the end of 2007, and less then 1% of homes having a 1080p TV in their homes its not just really a matter of getting an HD format player, but having the hardware to display it.

Blu-Ray's victory is slowed by the speed in which the consumer adopts HD-TVs