New Harris Poll bashes Blu ray!

[pixelthis]

The other problem with VOD is who wants to have your computer hooked up to your TV. If the cable and sat. providers offer onscreen browsing of hundreds if not thousands of titles then it may work, But on screen browsing will be a pain in the A$$, having to scroll through hundreds of titles. Its so much easier to pop over to BB and walk the isles and pick up the movie and read the review on the box to see if you want to rent it. We ususally rent 2-3 movies at a time.

The other thing is that there are still millions of people who cant afford the $50-60 per month cable TV bill along with the $50 per month cable internet fee. Dial up is still alive and well.

And with gas prices going up and its affect on food prices and all commodities, less people are going to be able to afford cable services such as TV and internet. So owning a BR player and renting movies the old fashion way still makes sense.

WELL, just about everybody who sees my setup wants it.
My "monitor" is my 37" vizio, hooked up with a dsub, higher res than HDTV actually.
But its not for movies but music, and web surfing.
Cable is primarily where VOD is at these days, and primarily where I get my movies at.
But they put those computer connections on TV for a reason.
Once you go with big screen net surfing its hard to go back to the 21" screen

[pixelthis]

Hey Pix, I saw you can get a PS3 from Wal-mart for $399.00 and you get a $100.00 gift card. I'm not sure all the details but surely it's on their website.

they have bundles from 399$ to 499$, a 40 gig and a 100$ gift card.
I guess the idea is you buy movies with the card.
Of course with teh convoluted logic of groundbeef the player still
will cost 399$
THANKS for the heads up

http://www.walmart.com/search/search...ps3%22&ic=48_0

[Mr Peabody]

A friend of mine who was really interested in that PS3 deal says they are sold out online. I wonder if they sold that many or if they were expecting a shipment in they were wanting to unload. He didn't think this deal was available in the local stores.

[pixelthis]

A friend of mine who was really interested in that PS3 deal says they are sold out online. I wonder if they sold that many or if they were expecting a shipment in they were wanting to unload. He didn't think this deal was available in the local stores.

I saw that.
And maybe its a hopefull sign.
You know, those 299$ players around the holidays sold quite well.
Thats the price of this with the "gift card".
299$ is probably the "decider" price which tips a lot over the edge.

[GMichael]

I see that the $100 Walley-World coupons are being handed out for BR player sales as well as for PS/3's. These are an option for people who don't have HDMI receivers or pre/pros.

[Mr Peabody]

BR players too? Wow, if you can get the deal with the $298.00 Magnavox that's getting down there.

PS3's are already back in stock, they must have been waiting for the ship.

[GMichael]

BR players too? Wow, if you can get the deal with the $298.00 Magnavox that's getting down there.

PS3's are already back in stock, they must have been waiting for the ship.

Not sure if it works for all BR players or just a few models. What I read is, "Wal-mart offers a $100 gift card with the purchase of the Sony PS3 and other Blu-ray players."

Here's the link. The title may have been a little missleading. http://www.i4u.com/article17808.html

[Rich-n-Texas]

Not sure if it works for all BR players or just a few models. What I read is, "Wal-mart offers a $100 gift card with the purchase of the Sony PS3 and other Blu-ray players."

Here's the link. The title may have been a little missleading. http://www.i4u.com/article17808.html

What's this? What are you guys talking about???

[Rich-n-Texas]

Meh. Nevermind. The deal's only good on the 40 Gig. :thumbsdown:

[pixelthis]

Meh. Nevermind. The deal's only good on the 40 Gig. :thumbsdown:

ALRIGHT mr bigshot with your emotiva amp.
Why is 40 gig too small?
All it requires is being carefull, and you could always put your own HD in there,
plenty of instruction on the web

[Mr Peabody]

Rich! keep up.

I don't think I'd go farting around putting HD's into a new PS3, especially if you expect your warranty to be honored. How much are HD's? Adding that could make the deal not such a deal.

[GMichael]

ALRIGHT mr bigshot with your emotiva amp.
Why is 40 gig too small?
All it requires is being carefull, and you could always put your own HD in there,
plenty of instruction on the web

Maybe he wants it to play SACD's. But I thought he already had one of those.

[Rich-n-Texas]

Don't worry, I won't be hacking the hardware in the PS3. The 40 gig box isn't backwards compatible; L.J. (God rest his soul) mentioned a few other differences and even though I may never use up all 80, it'll be nice to have JIC.

I don't own any SACD's because there aren't any genre's/titles that interest me, and the DVD-A's that I do own will play on my current changer.

But this thread wasn't about me, so carry on.

[Mr Peabody]

Ahh, Rich but we like talking about you.

[pixelthis]

Don't worry, I won't be hacking the hardware in the PS3. The 40 gig box isn't backwards compatible; L.J. (God rest his soul) mentioned a few other differences and even though I may never use up all 80, it'll be nice to have JIC.

I don't own any SACD's because there aren't any genre's/titles that interest me, and the DVD-A's that I do own will play on my current changer.

But this thread wasn't about me, so carry on.

You mean you cant find a compatible hard drive, clone the one in the PS3, and put the larger HD back in?
GEE WILLIKERS!

[Mr Peabody]

Pix is right, no problem, I've been building PS3 compatible machines in my garage. You can tell the difference between mine and Sony's, except mine is better. I will sell a 160 GB for $199.00 and nearly double my money. AR buds get a discount $197.99. but you can't tell anyone. I can offer a larger HD but price goes up. I can tell you my machine does much better SD upsampling than the PS3. I have a connection on a top secret chip that is even better than Silicon Optix for a fraction of the price. I can also offer the kit if you want to build it yourself for only 189.99. You say that's not much discount, well baby I have cheap labor, kids are on summer vacation. You want one, up the money and hush.

[pixelthis]

have I stepped into the twilight zone?
mr computer illeterate is all of a sudden selling bootleg computer games?.
Whats the deal wheel?

[GMichael]

Pix is right, no problem, I've been building PS3 compatible machines in my garage. You can tell the difference between mine and Sony's, except mine is better. I will sell a 160 GB for $199.00 and nearly double my money. AR buds get a discount $197.99. but you can't tell anyone. I can offer a larger HD but price goes up. I can tell you my machine does much better SD upsampling than the PS3. I have a connection on a top secret chip that is even better than Silicon Optix for a fraction of the price. I can also offer the kit if you want to build it yourself for only 189.99. You say that's not much discount, well baby I have cheap labor, kids are on summer vacation. You want one, up the money and hush.

How much to build me an Acura MDX with 500 hp?

[Rich-n-Texas]

I'll settle for a made in the USA vette w/650 hp.

[GMichael]

I need the storage capacity.

[Rich-n-Texas]

I need the performance.

[techjunkie]

You mean you cant find a compatible hard drive, clone the one in the PS3, and put the larger HD back in?
GEE WILLIKERS!

Yup... just like this : http://www.gamersreports.com/article/43/

100GB+

The only question is old game saves, but I would think sector for sector copy would suffice for this.

[Mr Peabody]

Pix, I don't build games, I make entertainment consoles. Thank you

[pixelthis]

I need the performance.

So those Hooter girls told me

[pixelthis]

Pix, I don't build games, I make entertainment consoles. Thank you

YEAH, and the backpack that guy is carryling is a safety flare, never mind the little atom symbol on it.
You say tomato , I SAY SALMONELA