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theDreamer

Well, that is true.
I would say 6 months ago you would be crazy to consider anything else, but Blu-ray players are finally come to market that are sub 200USD that may not be the best of the best but will get the basics across. Though I would argue that even at the price point, a PS3 as just a Blu-ray player is still a solid deal. Even if you do not play a video game on it for 2 years and then all of a sudden do, you will not end up with two Blu-ray systems and a video game system.

Similar situation when the Xbox 360 came out, a lot of companies were making Upscaling DVD players, but the 360 did it just as well for a fraction of the price. We finally saw the price drop (right around the time Blu-ray hit), but the 360 still did just as good of job and had the option of playing video games.

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Togo

IMO, PS3 makes a great BR player.. infinitely upgradeable.. can't beat that

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theDreamer

Yep, though one of the huge arguments for the PS3 was the issue of firmware upgrades. Now, Sony has claimed that 2.0 or whatever we are at is the current and "final" revision, but we all know that is not true. The thing you need to watch out for is being able to upgrade your Blu-ray player to newer Blu-ray firmwares.

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Togo

exactly.. the guys that bought the very first sony and samsung BR players always had tons of issues with firmware updates.. always felt bad for those customer since they spent nearly a grand on a player

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This will decimate all after you put about fifteen grand in it or more, and if we have to, overnight parts from Japan.

Joe Clem and Koeppel Nissan