"massivegrooves" <massivegrooves@massivegrooves.net> wrote in message
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>
> 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...

You can get a decent DVD player as a throw in when you purchase certain
electronics.