Mattinglyfan wrote:
> "Les B. Labbauf" <broeht@netscape.net> wrote in message 
> news:pan.2005.05.15.04.44.17.96727@netscape.net...
> 
>>On Sat, 14 May 2005 11:25:25 +0000, Richard Strong wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"Fry" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>>news:3ekt85F3msd0U1@individual.net...
>>>
>>>>>Bit of a missed opportunity if it is using DVDs but not playing movies.
>>>>>You just know that if MS and Nintendo only use DVDs that Sony are going
>>>>>to pounce all over them for it by pointing out how inferior they are.
>>>>
>>>>DVD Playing isn't exactly a selling point anymore, most people have a
>>>>standalone DVD now, but didn't when PS2 was released. I doubt many 
>>>>people
>>>>bought a PS2 or Xbox to play CDs like they might have partially bought a
>>>>PS1/Saturn to.
>>>
>>>I disagree; it is a selling point. If the Xbox 360 and PS3 can play DVD's
>>>but the Revolution can't... that isn't a good thing.
>>>
>>>Personally, I only have an Xbox attached to my TV, and even though I 
>>>haven't
>>>played an Xbox game for a while, it still sits there because of the 
>>>ability
>>>to playback DVD movies.
>>>
>>>
>>>>A good selling point would be if it played BRD or HD-DVD, I'd wager Sony
>>>>will definately feature at least one of those formats on PS3. If they 
>>>>only
>>>>support one of the two formats, it could spell disaster for the other 
>>>>one.
>>>
>>>Just because the PS3 is using one format and not the other? I don't think
>>>so.
>>>
>>>It'll be decided when standalone HD-DVD and blu-ray players appear on the
>>>market, the consumer will pick and choose.
>>
>>More people have DVD players then have consoles, they have become the VCRs
>>of the new age.  You can't cram in all the technology of a good DVD player
>>into a game console, and still keep it cheap enough to sell.
>>
>>
> 
> 
> You can get an above average DVD player for a little more than $50.  Believe 
> me, the functionality of DVD in a console is just a fraction of that cost. 
> 

Definitely, that other persons statement is ridiculous ;) You can get 
DVD players for as little as $25...