The scuttlebutt I am hearing is that at best, we MAY see a price drop in time for Christmas this year. However, I do keep hearing differing opinions.

Pshaw - call me when you get a real TV. :D

Yes to all of the above (there are, however, some profile 1.0 players that are cheaper than the Ps3).

According to that article I linked to, the 2.0 profile players will be in the $500-$650 range when they arrive this summer. They'll drop by Xmas, or next year of course. But the Ps3 is already at 2.0, and it costs $399-$499, depending on how big you want the hard drive (which you can always upgrade, since it's just a regular SATA drive).

Or just get a bluray drive for your computer (and of course, a HDCP capable graphics card)... that's what I did :)

LOL goober, but then you need to figure out how to out all that via HDMI to your TV, get a remote control going, figure out how to hook it to your 5.1 (or 7.1) receiver, etc. etc. Which I'm sure you know how to do ;) My computer is in the other room.

There's a computer in just about every room (and I'm working on ones for the bathrooms, too).

Yeah, won't work for me either (even if I were tech saavy enough to pull it off). I'm a one-computer household, and it's in a totally different room than where the TV's going.

Nope. Buying a player. Not waiting till Xmas. It's April, for lordy's sake!

Well, I do build computers, especially ones that look just like any other home theater component (complete with IR and RF remotes), just in case you wanna do something crazy.

Yeah, but then I would be stuck with a pee cee. Not a smooth operating Mac.

:D

sorry dude, the HT boxes run Linux/MythTV, but I'm sure I could build one with a smaller Mac and an ATI Wonder card.

Since Cherny requested I "chime in" - and since his recommendation was the tipping point for my PS3 purchase, here goes:

I am very happy with my PS3. I use it all the time. It handles blu-ray discs perfectly - I have a small but growing collection. I have it hooked up to TV with an HDMI cable and it's connected to my receiver with an optical cable. I have bought exactly one PS3 game: The Lego Star Wars Complete Saga. I've used the wireless controller to play it - and I've had hours of fun. I will probably buy one or two more games this year - just for the option of playing games. The PS3 is also connected to my wireless network, and I can stream audio and video from my computer. It's a neat little machine.

The only thing I don't love love love about it is that the upscaling isn't quite as good as my Oppo. When the Oppo blu-ray player comes out later this year, I'm sure I'll get one, too.