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Article: Blu-ray promise and peril; Sony: Sabotaging PS3 market to sell discs in new format?(SHOW)(ON THE EDGE)(Column)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- December 12, 2008
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Byline: Sonny Bunch, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Shortly after joining The Washington Times, I picked up a PlayStation 3. The reason was simple: I needed a Blu-ray player, and the PS3 is, without question, the best value for the money in the marketplace. It plays Blu-rays, upconverts standard-definition DVDs to near 1080 quality - and is a top-of-the-line video-game system to boot. Add to this wireless Internet capability and an ability to upgrade the operating system, and it's the Blu-ray system par excellence.
Over the past few months, I have grown to love my PS3. The image it puts out is, frankly, stunning: Combining it with a 1080p HDTV is the closest thing ...