Well, assumingthat production processes have caused a 20% drop in component costs, which is reasoable, and that the bluray costs have dropped by 70%, and that the Cell costs will drop by another 25% when 65 nm processing comes out...

The PS3 will make money this time next year.

osirisomeomi

If Blu-ray costs have dropped by 70% why did the price of the just released Sony BDS300 only drop by 19%? And yes, the reason the BDS300 dropped $100 in price right before release is because Blu-ray is cheaper to manufactur now.

NOOOOOOOOOO the red green blue are hd and yellow red white are sd. you only get sd, and no it doesnt come with some funny device to make it go into a monitor.sonic0491

Red and White is just audio for both Component and Composite cables.

It comes with Red & White for Audio, Yellow for Video Composite cables.

Component cables are also Red & White for Audio, but instead of just yellow for Video, it's Green, Blue, and Red for Video.

I already posted this in System Wars, but I figured it was relevent here as well:

Prior to the launch of the ps3, a Blu-Ray drive cost about $125 to make. A 60GB ps3 cost about $840 for Sony to manufacture, and without the BD-rom drive, the ps3 would've cost around $725 to manufacture.

Also, since launch, the price of Blu-Ray diodes has been dropping drastically, and should've hit $8 a piece by June, according EngadgetHD.

Is it not worth a mere $8 for the advantages that Blu-Ray provides? Personally, I think that Blu-Ray was worth it even at $125, let alone $8.

The ps3 is expensive because of all of the high tech hardware inside, such as the Cell, the XDR ram, etc. Don't blame this all on Blu-Ray, "The Trojan Horse", w/e.

Edited: GS needs to fix the damn space glitches.

makingmusic476

The BD drive could still posibly be the single most expensive part in the PS3. Merryl Lynch estimated that RSX cost half the amount of what Isuppli estimated.

Merryl Lynch also estimated the BD drive cost twice as much as ISuppli estimated..Who knows really?! Let's meet half way and say it cost $150, Sony could have sold the PS3 anywhere between $400-$450, and taken a smaller loss per console at the same time.

sony has 120 fame per second models coming out also so dont it sound like its a toshiba only thing.iwishiwasrich

Not a 1080p flat panel. I'm not sure about the big bulky rear projections tho.

Geeze, whyis everyone hating on Toshiba?

Toshiba's new 120HZ Toshiba LCD's are heavily anticipated at avsforum.com

Cinema Series(R) REGZA 1080p Full HD - LX177 Series

" In addition to the many enhancements made throughout the new REGZA
line, Toshiba is proud to offer four new Cinema Series REGZA 1080p Full HD
models in 42", 46", and new 52" and 57" diagonally measured screen sizes -
57" is the largest flat panel TV Toshiba has offered yet. In addition to
the features and benefits of all the new REGZA models mentioned above, 2007
Cinema Series REGZA models also feature new ClearFrame 120 Hz anti-blur
technology. This advanced technology doubles the frame rate from 60 frames
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Cinema Series REGZA 1080p Full HD
42LX177 (June/July 2007)
46LX177 (June/July 2007)
52LX177 (June/July 2007)
57LX177 (June/July 2007)

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=782774&page=1&pp=30

Nope!

This is the best possible HDTV for PS3!

70 Inch XBR3, it's only 35,000 dollars too