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Originally Posted by PFC5
I agree that the emphasis has been shifting to the SAL BD players lately with the big price drops, but until this happened 6 of 7 BD players WERE PS3s.
I think we can all agree that the PS3 was a huge part of BD winning the war against HD DVD, so it is easy for me to see that until now, the PS3 WAS heavily relied upon for progressing the BD format. I also believe most agree that the PS3 was not used even at 50% of use as a BD player on average and a much higher percentage of the BD buying crowd were doing it for SAL players to watch BD movies.
I also believe that is on the verge of shifting now to let the SAL BD players handle more of the load with these price reductions we are seeing. Lets hope so.
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I agree with your post. BDA it rely on the PS3 when Blu-ray entered the market and BDA defended it's format against HD-DVD. PS3 was very important factor in BDA's success against HD-DVD.
However, I do not agree with Boby's statement that BD IS relying on PS3 for movie sales volume. If that is true, why reduce SAL player prices? Why did Sony not reduce the PS3 price? It's obvious to me that BD is pushing SALs as their BD movie source, and NOT the PS3.
Another fact is it doesn't matter what the movies are played on. PS3 functions great as a BD player, so why not use it as such. It is a game console and BD player. This unit probably fits the bill for many consumers that are interested in both aspects. Personally, it's not for me and I have been very satisfied with my S300 and now S550.