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Ray, that would be the Samsung BDP-1400 Blu-ray. Thanks Mike - appreciated!
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500 million dolloars deficit according to Japan stock market. It sounds more like a very stupid hindsight accordign to the investors.
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It just occurred to me. I believe Sony fired the exec (forced retirement) responsible for the PS3 development/launch. I recall everyone making fun of Sony for putting a ridiculously expensive blu-ray technology into the PS3. But 20/20 hindsight may prove Sony right. Who knew!? I think that was the only reason Sony didn't pull the plug first, they would have been killed in the gaming industry and looked even more foolish.
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I think that was the only reason Sony didn't pull the plug first, they would have been killed in the gaming industry and looked even more foolish.
What's interesting is that PS3 may finally be on the uptick. I got the xbox360 about a year and a half ago, then got the Wii, and just recently purchased the PS3 (for the upcoming Grand Turismo). It's actually a nice gaming system, and yet I wasn't all that interested until recently. The reduced pricing had a lot to do with that. Blu-ray player or not, I couldn't pay $500+ on a gaming system. I think PS3's problem was its identity crisis. People saw it as a very expensive gaming system and - for the most part - discounted the blu-ray capability.
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Hansang - are you a Gran Turismo series fan? I developed and run a website dedicated to Gran Turismo tuning for about 7 years now -- http://www.gtvault.com
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I bought a PS2 pretty much just for GT4. I played through once until it got too hard, put it aside for a while, and then started playing thru again, spending no money the second time on any upgrades or additional cars. Haven't played for a while now though.
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Yeah, the no purchased cars / upgrades path can be a tough one. I started playing the series back when GT1 came out, and by the time GT4 hit I was getting pretty sick of the same routine. The graphics and physics were top notch, but the core of the game hasn't changed much at all since GT1. Hopefully the online capabilities of GT5 will bring that much needed "newness" back.
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I think PS3's problem was its identity crisis. People saw it as a very expensive gaming system and - for the most part - discounted the blu-ray capability. That was part of the problem, but I think the biggest issue was that Sony put out a gaming console but forgot to provide any games. Now that some decent titles have started to arrive and with the releases of Gran Turisimo and Final Fantasy VIII coming soon I'm much happier with the console. I do have to admit that the PS3 has been a very reliable system, I've never had a freeze or any glitches while watching movies. For someone that's into gaming and HD movies IMO the PS3 is really a great deal.
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It really is, which I hate to say. It's definitely a better Blu-ray player than the PS2 was a DVD player. For 99% of people, it's all the Blu-ray player they need. Even though I really want bitstream output of DTS-HD Master Audio, it's going to take a while for me to justify the price of a standalone player.
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haylo, did you get into forza motorsport2 much ?
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