How about when you can buy the required HDTVs in the grocery store?
I love this attitude that the BD players are what's holding up the technology. Well, it sure as hell doesn't help when you have to spend additional hundreds of dollars to get a TV that supports it if you don't already have one! Every one that I know who wants to go Blu but can't at the moment has told me that they don't have an HDTV and *THAT'S* what holding them up more than the cost of the players.
@ John B ... are you f-ing kidding me? an estimated 1/3rd of the population has an hdtv, double the number in the last 2 years alone. the networks went all digital for a reason. yes you CAN find hdtv's in walmarts everywhere... and yes they are required for high def players but you cant sit there watching standard def forever. requiring an HDTV to be able to watch HD is definately not a fail for blu-ray
JohnB is right. However, the HyVee grocery store chain was selling 720p plasmas for $700 last Christmas. Since the main appeal of blu-ray is 1080p, it would take a higher res screen for that. Yes, they are getting cheaper, but $500+ is still not cheap in my world. When my free (craigs list) 60" crt rear projector finally dies I might think about getting one.
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Wake me up when I can buy the players in the grocery store. That's when I'll know it won.
http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/06/19/meijers-brand-new-99-shipped-blu-ray-player-brings-joy-to-sk/
Meijer's is a hypermarket (aka supermarket + department store) chain based in Michigan.
Walmart Supercenter?
How about when you can buy the required HDTVs in the grocery store?
I love this attitude that the BD players are what's holding up the technology. Well, it sure as hell doesn't help when you have to spend additional hundreds of dollars to get a TV that supports it if you don't already have one! Every one that I know who wants to go Blu but can't at the moment has told me that they don't have an HDTV and *THAT'S* what holding them up more than the cost of the players.
@ John B ... are you f-ing kidding me? an estimated 1/3rd of the population has an hdtv, double the number in the last 2 years alone. the networks went all digital for a reason. yes you CAN find hdtv's in walmarts everywhere... and yes they are required for high def players but you cant sit there watching standard def forever. requiring an HDTV to be able to watch HD is definately not a fail for blu-ray
JohnB is right. However, the HyVee grocery store chain was selling 720p plasmas for $700 last Christmas. Since the main appeal of blu-ray is 1080p, it would take a higher res screen for that. Yes, they are getting cheaper, but $500+ is still not cheap in my world. When my free (craigs list) 60" crt rear projector finally dies I might think about getting one.