Leetgeek, it is obvious online play is not your thing since you mentioned enjoying mostly single player games so why would you pay for a year of Live? Halo 3 is mainly a multi-player game with a single-player tacked on, which is maybe why you did not like. Blu-ray is nice but I am not getting fleeced into buying one at this point in time at their current price points. Upconversion is fine until prices of both the movies and players come down.