BDA grants licenses to Chinese manufacturers

conclusion ... price drop

Possibly even hackable !!!!

Originally posted by iluvendo:

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Possibly even hackable !!!!

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Originally posted by SDF_GR:

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conclusion ... price drop

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Originally posted by SDF_GR:

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conclusion ... price drop

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Originally posted by SDF_GR:

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conclusion ... price drop

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yep probably, but they are still delaying them until 2009 so they can keep the prices high for as long as possible. cheaper is better though and with other formats looming, blu-ray needs to rack up an impressive install base beforehand or face the fate of the LaserDisc.

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Originally posted by eatsushi:

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Well maybe not a price drop from the Japanese & Korean brands. A more likely scenario is sub $200 2.0 players from Chinese brands flooding the major B&M stores next year. You'll have entry-level players from the Chinese and Funai, mid-level players from Sony, Panasonic, Samsung etc, and high-end players from Denon and Marantz.

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Originally posted by SDF_GR:

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no argue to that, but cheap Chinese products are always a great pressure to lower the prices.
I think that everyone will have to drop their prices.

Something else, this will help a lot BD as a media.

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finally now we might be able see prices get down lower then that have been.

Thats great........Good for blue-ray, glad to see there finally pulling there heads out of there Asses and regenerating brain cells.

Originally posted by nobrainer:

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BD+ DRM on blu-ray will detect any hacks and shut down the player, so this time there will be no multi region hacks like with dvd, so the movie industry can get back to good old fashioned price fixing, this is part of the reason the MPAA chose blu-ray over HD-DvD as HD-DvD did not have region coding, BD+ or rom-mark DRM schemes, but when you have fox, sony and disney all refusing to release any titles on the lesser protected media, the others had little choice but to roll over and be good little puppies.

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remember when the iphone first came out and no one could register it for at least the first day... it was basically a 500 dollar paper weight.. well same concept.. if you are caught using BDR on a p2.0... they will make ur BD player a expensive paperweight..

Originally posted by lxfactor:

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remember when the iphone first came out and no one could register it for at least the first day... it was basically a 500 dollar paper weight.. well same concept.. if you are caught using BDR on a p2.0... they will make ur BD player a expensive paperweight..

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that would also mean that PS3 games could be hacked as well or at least it would help doing it , right ?!?

Originally posted by anasus:

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that would also mean that PS3 games could be hacked as well or at least it would help doing it , right ?!?

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Lets hope not, if piracy takes effect so soon it could leave the ps3 with limited development of game titles.

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now if you look at it this way i would rather have it hacked later than sooner ,but i do not mind if that would happen some time soon. cause frankly i think what made the xbox sell more is the fact that there are ways to copy thier games ,and buyers would rather pay less for games ,and with this thought i would guess it would give a boost in sellings of the PS3 consoles which will result in more prodution of games and ( in ps3s case )Blue ray burners on the long run.

Originally posted by anasus:

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now if you look at it this way i would rather have it hacked later than sooner ,but i do not mind if that would happen some time soon. cause frankly i think what made the xbox sell more is the fact that there are ways to copy thier games ,and buyers would rather pay less for games ,and with this thought i would guess it would give a boost in sellings of the PS3 consoles which will result in more prodution of games and ( in ps3s case )Blue ray burners on the long run.

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ok , you got a point there DXR88. but still i do hope one day i could copy my games or movies ( that is if the 11 companies do help produce the blueray for cheaper than 10 bucks )cause the way things are going sony is going to lose the console war , and might end up like SEGA with the dreamcast.

Originally posted by anasus:

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cause the way things are going sony is going to lose the console war , and might end up like SEGA with the dreamcast.

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i will agree, that if Sony keeps it steady. the PS3 may very well be the console of choice by many hardcore gamers. the ps3 is a very well built console. the cell processor could keep this thing chugging along for a good 10-15 years.

Game graphics are reaching a snap limit. when this limit is reached graphics will no longer be able to improve upon itself. i believe the next gen of consoles will reach the snap limit.

I get the feeling that iam being misunderstood , I am not writing facts here nor iam saying i am right but its all just pointing out my thoughts , to set things right .... iam a Big supporter of the PS3 and i do think ( even without any proof) that the PS3 will be the Next Gen console , i do have a xbox360 and PS3 and i like the Ps3 for the choice of titles it got, compared to the xbox360 you got a huge choice with a very limited " quality " games ,but sticking to the subject i think that if these comanies would make the blueray more cheaper and be able to copy moies,games...etc possible , that would be a blast

^Agreed.