"Boody Bandit" <boodybandit@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> "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...
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>> >>On Sat, 14 May 2005 11:25:25 +0000, Richard Strong wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>"Fry" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>> >>>news:3ekt85F3msd0U1@individual.net...
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>> >>>>>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.
>
>

You can get a throw in DVD player when you rent an apartment or sign up for 
cable.