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  • I have a Rear Projection 56" 1080p Samsung DLP HDTV. It's an excellent TV, but there are a few things to consider. First of all, no one is broadcasting in 1080p yet and very few 1080p sets have HDMI inputs that will accept a 1080p signal. I've a…
    in Best 1080p HDTVs? Comment by fran441 May 2006
  • Quote: what would you do with two of each? Seems like an awful lot of money to spend. I have multiple Xboxes just for Halo LAN parties. I didn't buy them both at launch but when it became cheap enough, I bought a second one. I have two Game …
    in I just might have to try out a Wii Comment by fran441 May 2006
  • Quote: Originally posted by Trendannoyer oh and Gran Turismo! May 11, 2004, Gran Turismo was announced for the PSP. A movie was shown, it was incredible, much like the movie shown on Monday for Gran Turismo HD. Guess what? Here we are alm…
    in Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD (2006) Comment by fran441 May 2006
  • Heh, I made the same arguments about 'history' with all the different examples of Sony's failed video formats in the HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray thread groverat, people just seem to dismiss it. They won't even acknowledge that the UMD movie format completely …
    in Ps3 Comment by fran441 May 2006
  • Originally posted by marzetta7 Quote: I'm not assuming either. I'm being realistic when I say that the 4 million proposed PS3s will sell out and thereby implant built-in Blu-ray plaback to millions of homes worldwide. Even if "everyone" doesn't w…
    in Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD (2006) Comment by fran441 May 2006
  • That's October 2007.....
    in Ps3 Comment by fran441 May 2006
  • You assume that everyone *wants* Blu-Ray or HD-DVD when most people don't even have a HDTV. Consoles are supposed to be gaming machines first and media centers second. I understand that Sony wants to have the 25 GB of storage space that Blu-Ray …
    in Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD (2006) Comment by fran441 May 2006
  • There's another PS3 thread in AppleOutsider that's more active than this one is, but yeah, there are going to be quite a lot of people that will have an issue with dropping $600 on a console.
    in PS3 at E3 2006 Comment by fran441 May 2006
  • Quote: Originally posted by Blackcat Indeed. People are whining about it being 'crippled' without thinking about upgrades. Of course the low end model can be upgraded to HDMI, to not offer that would be madness. Perhaps Sony realises of the 100 m…
    in Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD (2006) Comment by fran441 May 2006
  • I posted the Sony PDF right from their site, not sure how much more confirmation there can be. http://ps3.ign.com/articles/705/705887p1.html IGN is saying they ditched dual-HDMI completely on both models.
    in Ps3 Comment by fran441 May 2006
  • Unfortunately, Sony crippled the $500 PS3 by only including the HDMI out port on the $600 PS3. They also stripped the $500 of 802.11 WiFi and of the Memory Stick/Flash slots. The real question is, how many of the 2 million worldwide launch 'windo…
    in Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD (2006) Comment by fran441 May 2006
  • Well, I just finished reading a PDF from Sony's website and it's not looking good. http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/060509c.pdf The $500 PS3 *is* severely lacking. The 20 GB Hard Drive version has no HDMI port, no memory card slots…
    in Ps3 Comment by fran441 May 2006
  • I was expecting the PS3 to cost about $500, I'll probably preorder one tomorrow if I can find a store around here that's taking them. I had already accepted the fact that a Blu-Ray player alone would probably set me back about $500 so instead of…
    in Ps3 Comment by fran441 May 2006
  • Wow, there are going to be some headaches over this one, I'm sure. Everyone who bought a Core Solo or Core Duo Mac are going to be confused when Apple will probably put Core Duo 2s (Meroms) in their next revisions of the MacBook Pro, iMac, and possi…
    in Conroe/Merom = Core Duo 2? Comment by fran441 May 2006
  • I see the original poster has retracted this 'confirmation', but thought I'd make a devil's advocate 'what if' post. Boot Camp is beta software that is set to expire (not work) after Mac OS X 10.5 is released. How is Apple going to justify 'rent…
    in Windows option on Macbooks, confirmed. Comment by fran441 May 2006