I guess this will also mean then end of those 1/2 price Blu-Ray disk sales on Amazon.

Okay, now that it's over, which Blue-Ray DVD Player should I get? :cool:

PS3

I think the big reason Blue-ray will win is that I have heard that the Blue lazer can handle more information. HD DVD in the red lazer is currently maxed out. I don't know if this has any impact on the information stored on the disc, but I thought I'd mention it, and because of this I have been on the Blue-ray side for some time.

Besides the fact that Bluray cases are smaller physically (plus 4-disc sets like Planet Earth fit into one regular sized Bluray case -- of 4 bluray discs), I don't think they're going to have an entire season of DVD-quality video one one disc.

The point of Bluray is the high definition, which takes up more room on the disc. So things like "24" will take up the same amount of discs, but will look much better on your HDTV.

Of course, if you buy a Bluray burner for your computer and you create a menu and copy your "24" DVDs onto it.. well, that's a different story. Then yeah, I'm sure you could get it all on one disc without much quality loss :)

How about All region Blure-Rays?

The main thing is that you want to be sure your player fully supports Blu-ray v2.0. (Which the ps3 does).

For the same price as the PS3 you can get a stand alone player that fits better on a shelf and makes less noise and typically has a better remote but won't play games. Your choice.

Since I'm not a gamer, I'll likely go with a stand alone player.

Blue-Ray v2.0, check!

I was pretty stoked to get our player as a part of a combo that we were able to rig up three + weeks after we'd bought our HDTV. It ended up being only $99 rather than the $400+ we'd spend on it by itself. We needed the new TV (other one was failing), so the timing just happened to work out for us.

Well I'm nowhere near getting a blu-ray, since it will be years (if ever) till I get an HD display.

I won't be settling for less than a 70", so it's going to be awhile till I can afford one. My viewing habits have shrunk to hardly ever ... so I am fine with my cathode ray tube and DVD set up ... maybe till the day I die for all I care.