Nickname: BackSeatDriver

Review: I think you are missing the one big hole in the PS3 plans, an integrated online community that can be used to drive sales. Sony has the experience with EverQuest and they gotta wake up and announce it sometime for the PS3!

Date reviewed: Jan 30, 2006 3:18 AM

Nickname: Drodgers

Review: There is an error in this article -- consumers will be able to buy a Toshiba HD DVD player for $499 in March.

Date reviewed: Jan 26, 2006 7:22 PM

Nickname: Amir

Review: Toshiba announced at CES a $499.00 price point for an HD DVD player - preorders are already being taken by Amazon and Crutchfield

Date reviewed: Jan 25, 2006 6:53 PM

Nickname: Tech user

Review: The major difference between the systems is not necessarily the software, it is the experience. Until Sony realizes that the 360 has totally changed gaming through it's Live online presence, they will be selling a limited system. The HD-DVD / BluRay format war is happening exactly for the wrong reasons. Royalties. There is not a major increase in quality (like we saw from VHS to DVD) when compared to a good progressive scan DVD player today. They are forcing a technology that nobody (in the entertainment sphere) is asking for. As a storage format, yes, the increase in capacity is impressive. But as an entertainment device, there is not enough there to justify new equipment. If I can't get off the couch to put in a second disk, I have bigger problems to be worrying about. I hope that the public response to HD-DVD / BluRay is a huge collective yawn.

Date reviewed: Jan 25, 2006 5:34 PM

Nickname: ECB

Review: A bit of info floating about suggests that MS doesn't care about physical formats such as disks of any sort. The 360 can play HD movies directly from it's hard drive. Some of this info relates to the eventual development of downloadable movies and full games once they release higher capacity hard drives, thus eliminating the need for any type of disk based player. As broadband becomes faster and more affordable, who needs disks, or the manufacturing, packaging and distribution expenses that go along with them? MS didn't become the wealthiest company in history because they were stupid!

Date reviewed: Jan 25, 2006 8:18 AM