Does the lack of profile 1.1 players for the holidays have you concerned?

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Originally Posted by lokus

I am a little concerned for the Blu-ray format that we don't have much information about any low price profile 1.1 players for the holidays. Any thoughts?

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I was aware there weren't any Profile 1.1 players arriving this year at all, low or high priced. Nearly every player announced recently is set to launch before the Oct 31st deadline, and the rest aren't being released until next year.

Unless the PS3 gets updated to 1.1, I suspect there won't be a Profile 1.1 player available for the holidays. Again, if I'm wrong please someone correct me. Maybe there's other players that could also be upgraded, but will they be?

And yes, this does concern me because regardless of how widely the feature is used and/or would be used by the end user it DOES give Blu-Ray the appearance of being inferior to the abilities of HD-DVD.

Also, I agree that it could cause issues down the line as it sounded like Disney was set to bring movies to market next year that required 1.1 players for full functionality. How are consumers that bought Blu-Ray players this year for POTC or Cars going to feel next year when they bring a disc for their kids and discover their kids can't play the game listed on the back of the box? I guess we can hope the format war is over by then because I don't think it's going to look very good.