Thinking of Blu-ray? Something you need to know.

[musicman1999]

I think the point Mr P. was trying to make was that it would be nice if one machine was capable of doing a good job with both formats rather than needing a separate machine for DVD. I own the Sony S-300 Bluray player and it is awful with regular DVD, about on par with my PS2.
Blackraven
As far as the format war being over, the real war is just beginning, in order for Blu to be a long term viable format it must replace DVD and i believe that is some years off.

bill

[bfalls]

Although not one of the new players, my PS3 does an excellent job with SD DVDs. I watched Eraser (1996) and was amazed how good it looked on my Sony KDL52XBR5 TV. I've noticed other SD DVDs were consistently the same PQ. The PS3 may be a bit pricey for $500, but it has many other features as well.