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Sony's chosen next-gen disc format, Blu-ray, is locked in a mortal struggle against Toshiba and Microsoft's chosen one, HD-DVD. Sony is not pulling out the stops, securing an exclusive deal with Blockbuster Video, already claiming itself the victor in the format wars, and now going so far as to give away five movies with the purchase of any "qualifying" Blu-ray player. For those on the fence about the PS3, it does qualify, providing some bit of incentive to finally swallow the astronomical price tag.The deal lets you select from a selection of 21 films that, to put it mildly, isn't necessarily the best the format has to offer. See for yourself:
- Babel
- Black Rain
- Blazing Saddles
- Chicken Little
- The Corpse Bride
- The Devil's Rejects
- The Guardian
- Hart's War
- Invincible
- The Italian Job
- Kiss of the Dragon
- The Last Waltz
- The Omen [2006]
- Pearl Harbor
- The Phantom of the Opera
- Resident Evil: Apocalypse
- Species
- Stealth
- Stir of Echoes
- The Transporter 2
- Underworld: Evolution
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Subscribe to commentsMichyle GlenJul 6th 2007 10:46AM
Blue Ray or HD, still up in the air. but blue ray copy costs at least $10.00 more per DVD. Thing that makes me laugh is that the Higher Definition needs a Plasma TV for real effectiveness. How many People can afford one of those??
Dejan JancevskiJul 16th 2007 5:57PM
Hmmm...I have no idea where you go to buy your HD DVDs or Blu-Ray DVDs, but at my local Best Buy store, the HD and BR DVDs are equal in price (both start at $19.99 and go up from there).
Yes, both are more expensive than standard DVDs, but that's because of the improved clarity.
Sure, you could have argued that most can't see the best 1080i or 1080p (HD vs BR, respectively) unless they have a 1080p HD TV, but considering the prices of many of them have come down drastically, price is no longer prohibitory.
Furthermore, neither is the player. After all, you go and buy yourself a PS3 (which has recently gotten a price drop of $100) for $499, hook it up to a HD TV (which will set you back about $1k for a good one), and you get to see some decent (and some bad) BR DVDs once you turn in the form properly filled out.
So, I fail to see where your price logic comes into play. Perhaps you are simply not in the majority of people who want to experience the best TV has to offer (though, the true BEST will be starting out at the end of this year when HD Laser TVs go on sale), but that's another post for another time.