All of you that supported bluray only and wanted 1 next gen format...enjoy!

[jasonnc80]

WiiStation360 said:

nordlead said:

Also, as noted in the article, none of these players are worth anything because within a year there is a decent chance you won't be able to watch the new movie you want to because you can't update the firmware.

I might be mistaken, but I thought that profile 1.1 added picture-in-picure and profile 2.0 enabled optional internet content. As far as I know every player should be able to watch every movie in the future. It is the extra features that may not be accessable. Can anyone confirm this?

Samsung players specifically have had problems with new discs coming out with increased used of BD+ and BD-J.  It wasn't until many complaints (and even a class action lawsuit against their combo player) that firmware came out to resolve the issue with some of these discs.  Imagine purchasing a new movie and going home only to see it not play.  Then waiting 1-2weeks until the player manufacturer came out with firmware to fix the issue.  Once the profiles get worked out in the next 6months-1year less problems like this will happen but their is no guarantee that a first/second gen standalone will continue to be supported in the future.  

That reason alone is why I would refuse to buy a standalone unit at this time.  The only decent alternative right now to the PS3 would be the Panny DMP-BD30.  The BD50 coming out later this year looks to finally be a profile 2.0 player that exceeds the PS3 in most all playback areas.

I love my PS3 for the BD playback and it excells at that. I do find it somewhat funny that other CE's cannot manufacturer a cheaper or even better player at this time for around the same price or less.