[CoffeeShark]

hooray. another store i don't shop carries bluray PLAYERS exclusively. cause i'm looking to shell out for one. not.

as i explained when the PS3 came out - No One cares what is better, or what has more features, or what has 10gb more storage than another. PRICE IS KING. always will be.

When someone drops the $199 player (not the xbox hd-dvd hack), they will win. No one will buy nextgen en masse until there is a benefit - and a better picture is not worth $500 to the average consumer. This is quite a difference in quality, but nothing compared to the VHS->DVD change.

the exclusivity deals won't last past this Christmas season. All will fold when faced with consumer money.

If HD starts to gain any momentum, Blockbuster will make your head spin with how fast they stock HD in-store.

Streaming movies to your Tivo and broadband internet piped into your HDTV will probably destroy both formats eventually. You're at work, you order the movies you want online, they get pushed to your set-top box, you go home and watch them. No blockbuster store, no netflix, no discs.