Once you see HD you never go back.
I own two 1080p HDTV's, I'm planning on buying PS3 after the first batch comes out.

MGS4 will be in 1080p.

No known broadcaster has the bandwidth to produce a true 1080p signal. They're usually 720/1080i upscaled to 1080p. This may be the new standard 5 years down the road, but it's the immediate future that matters most, because the PS3 is close to launch.

With that being said, I'm sure the technology will come down in price, but IMO, Blu-Ray is about 3-4 years too early for anyone to really care about it. You're selling to a niche market of people at this point in time, and it just doesn't seem the logical way to go about things.

Sony doesn't have a great track record with settings standards, I wish some of you would understand that. Minidiscs & UMD's have been giant failures. What would make me believe that Blu-Ray would be any different? Their history would dictate otherwise. I'd rather have a media standard set by another company whose motives aren't as evil as Sony's typically are.

Just a FYI... 1080P and 1080i are two different things. They transmit the signals differently and a 1080i tv cannot recieve the 1080P signal because of the way the signal is sent.

1080P res. 1920 X 1080
most HDTVs are 1366 X 768

The blu-ray players have to down scale the signal to theses other HDTVs.

This post has been edited by chucho: Oct 18, 2006 - 11:04 PM

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This is the main problem w/ ppl and blu-ray. Sony is one of the major backers but not the company that developed the product. Many companies were involved in the development. And the reason why I think it will win against HDdvd is because of the major backing of companies. But only time will tell.

Good old Wikipedia... shows some of hte major backers

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD-DVD#Industry_support

HD-DVD has the major backing of movie studios, as well. I believe the only studio that hasn't backed it has been Sony Pictures, no surprise there. Also, Microsoft / Intel are in the whole HD-DVD camp, so only time will tell who will win the format war.

Also, keep in mind, that Microsoft announced it will be selling an add-on for the Xbox 360 that will support HD-DVD.

It's up in the air at this point. HD-DVD players are cheaper than blu-ray, some of the blu's were selling for almost $2,000, but sharply dropped in price. I saw all of this stuff at CES. Toshiba is the main company behind HD-DVD, and I think NEC was also showcasing some players.

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Yeah the HD-DVD add on is suppose to be around 175. I believe (not sure) that Matsu****a Electric was one of the biggest contributers on Blu-ray but cant remember where I read that. Its Beta vs VHS all over again. And another format is on development that is suppose to handle more GBs then blu-ray.

I thought I read somewhere that Microsoft is not only gonna release a HD-DVD add-on but a Blueray add-on aswell, which is why they decided to take the HD-DVD drive out of the XBOX 360 because of the time of the product and which would sell more plus price.