Yes I'd love a DVD5 and if I had one the last thing I'd do would be to replace it with a current Blu-Ray player (although having said that the all round picture quality from my Sony BD300 into my Sony Bravia 40" hi-def is fantastic). However is now the time to be spending a fortune to buy into SD-DVD?

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Originally posted by TomK:
Yes I'd love a DVD5 and if I had one the last thing I'd do would be to replace it with a current Blu-Ray player (although having said that the all round picture quality from my Sony BD300 into my Sony Bravia 40" hi-def is fantastic). However is now the time to be spending a fortune to buy into SD-DVD?

Understand. You could say the same thing about cd.

The point I'm making is that there is a case for the DVD5 regardless of DVD's, probably, medium and long term future.

I still buy LP's!

There's an important difference between the comparison of LPs to CDs and SD DVD to Blu Ray. A more relevant comparison with the latter is CD vs. cassette!

Blu Ray is hugely better; the bigger the display the more evident this is. And not just picture quality - sound as well.

I'm busily buying Blu Ray versions of all my favourite films and it should be evident to everyone that Blu Ray is here to stay for a fair old while.

Whether Blu Ray is here to stay is rather moot to the point about whether to buy a standard DVD player right now. The reality is that standard DVDs can now be ended by manufacturers confidenet that people can be forced to buy Blu Ray in much the same way CD was foisted upon us in the name of agreed standards.

Whether Blu Ray develops market share in the next year or two is irrelevant. Within months you will only be able to buy Blu Ray players. As they are backwards compatible how compatible is irrelevant to most manufacturers so existing production of standard players will cease. In that context buying a DVD 5 or any other standard player is not a good idea. Laying out a large amount of money on one is highly questionable.

Mike