PS3 Blu-ray Disc Support

[Blu-Wave]

Note that the first Blu-ray machine, the Sony BDZ-S77, released over a year ago, also plays DVDs and CDs, and DVD players must also accommodate CDs for backwards compatibility. Yes it costs more to have a second red laser (and possibly lens), but red lasers are very cheap these days, and you can buy a whole DVD player (with CD compatibility) for around £20. Because of its advantages, I would not see the extra cost of backwards compatibility being a issue on a product costing several hundred pounds or more. Backwards compatibility is easily achievable, and is too important to the acceptance of Blu-ray to leave out. If your new Blu-ray recorder couldn't play all of your DVD collection you would be pretty annoyed - and rightly so. Backwards compatibility has been planned from the outset within the consumer area.