Hi, Guest
10-13-2006, 01:13 AM
^-- you fail at interweb...
I had a 1st run PS2 console, got it on the 2nd day they were released, and the ink was barely dry on the box. That machine lasted me about 3 years before it needed replacing, and not because of the laser, but because the USB/rumble surface mount fuse blew and it was cheaper to trade in for a new one than get it repaired.
I'm only on my 2nd PS2 at the moment, and it's seen a lot of use.. maybe not as hardcore as some, but definitely not as neglected as others.
The cost factor may not be as big a factor with blueray and hddvd right now for the same reasons you say it would be. The people who are going to buy either are the ones with compatible TVs and hardware... so that's gonna spur the initial growth.
That and the fact that sony made a smart choice by including it's format in the latest Playstation... that's going to be a huge inroad, and it's going to be 'reasonably' which may touch off a price war between formats.
Right now, it's anyone's guess. I'd rather see blueray win out as it should be able to at least read HDDVD disks (even if a flash update may be required), which HDDVD can't say about blueray.
Also, I've started seeing writeable media for the blueray disks now... and let me tell ya, that's some cool s*** right there...that's a lot of space on a single disk.
And as pissed off as I am at sony for their recent lack of quality construction (why is the rubber sheathing disintegrating on my $90earbuds?), I really do hope blueray wins.
I had a 1st run PS2 console, got it on the 2nd day they were released, and the ink was barely dry on the box. That machine lasted me about 3 years before it needed replacing, and not because of the laser, but because the USB/rumble surface mount fuse blew and it was cheaper to trade in for a new one than get it repaired.
I'm only on my 2nd PS2 at the moment, and it's seen a lot of use.. maybe not as hardcore as some, but definitely not as neglected as others.
The cost factor may not be as big a factor with blueray and hddvd right now for the same reasons you say it would be. The people who are going to buy either are the ones with compatible TVs and hardware... so that's gonna spur the initial growth.
That and the fact that sony made a smart choice by including it's format in the latest Playstation... that's going to be a huge inroad, and it's going to be 'reasonably' which may touch off a price war between formats.
Right now, it's anyone's guess. I'd rather see blueray win out as it should be able to at least read HDDVD disks (even if a flash update may be required), which HDDVD can't say about blueray.
Also, I've started seeing writeable media for the blueray disks now... and let me tell ya, that's some cool s*** right there...that's a lot of space on a single disk.
And as pissed off as I am at sony for their recent lack of quality construction (why is the rubber sheathing disintegrating on my $90earbuds?), I really do hope blueray wins.
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