Why should there be any standards for any players except to read a disc?

[Firestreak]

I don't know about you guys, but I don't think it's really all that great to have these stringest standards on HD DVD and Blu-ray players. What if you don't want to pay for features you won't use?

Why not have a 1080i blu-ray player? Or HD DVD without internet or PiP.

Personally, I want to buy a $50 blu-ray player that only outputs standard def. I'd put it on standard def TV in my basement. Then I could watch my blu-ray movies down there. It doesn't make sense for me to have a full 1080p player attached to a standard def TV, but what if I want to watch Superbad down there?

Why not? I don't see who is being hurt, it's not like it will decrease the PQ or AQ on my PS3 or someone else's standalone 1080P player.