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Nothing ridiculous about a little video game 'nationalism' as my Uncle Chuck would say. Happens to the best of us. Some might argue it's what makes the world go round.

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Blu-Ray will do to PS3 what DVD did for PS2, although maybe to a larger extent. Almost all of the major motion-picture studios have hopped on the 'Blu-Ray' ship...therefore after DVD's, movies will come on BRDs.

So a year from now, Sony is marketing their Playstation 3. "its also a blu-ray player". Hmm. Well, lets check out how much the 'regular' Blu-Ray players are. Wow...quite expensive. Well, why not just get the Playstation 3, I mean it's also THE big-time game console.

If they play their cards at the right time, Sony can open up PS3 to a HUGE audience, far bigger than PS2...due to Blu-Ray and the video industry.

I'd say that's a pretty big deal...

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But DVDs had been around for a few years before PS2 came out (time for the technology, specifically the movies themselves, to become cheaper)... Blu-Ray will pretty much be launching with PS3...

Not to mention blu-ray really isn't a big deal unless you have an HDTV... Which is what.......... 10-20% of all housholds?

If HDTV's were a bit more common, DVDs were a bit more outdated, and the blu-ray had had a couple years to ripen on the high-end technology vine, it would definately be a big draw...

As it is now, I could see it ranging from anywhere to a big draw, to a huge mistake...

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doesnt really matter what the advantage of bluray would be... once it starts taking over... less and less movies will get released on DVD, in favor of bluray instead.

while its true that its main feature would be directed towards HDTV's, one of its features is to put all the things on 1 bluray instead of multiple DVD's (2nd DVD of bonus features).

people are eventually going to need a bluray DVD player, with or without a HDTV.

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or for all we know, Sony and other companies will still be bickering like little babies over HD-DVD and Blu-Ray 1-2 years from now and we get stuck with the bullsh*t 2 formats

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Nah, Blu-Ray has far more support than HD-DVD...at some point, the companies that favor HD-DVD will have to jump ship...two formats cannot coexist in the home video market

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DVD+R and DVD-R are coexisting. Although a lot of players are now becoming + and - compatible to deal with the fiasco but DVD-R has always had the upper hand. I just hope DVDs don't become extinct.

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well i know the PS3 will read Blu-Ray discs and DVDs...so maybe all Blu-Ray players will feature DVD playback

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I hope so. How annoying would it be to have to start buying movies on another format when you've already built a collection in another format?

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well...it already happened with VHS

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yes blu ray, or even HD DVD players would play all DVD's + thier new format.

in the same way a DVD drive could always read the CD format, so will the new formats, the previous stuff is built into them.