Blu-Spec Kind Of Blue

thanks for the heads up but this is Sony's latest attempt to create yet another proprietary format (think SACD) that's going to fall flat on it's face...optical discs are on the verge of being replaced by streaming media. I refuse to keep buying the same copies of music over and over anymore...been there done that.

Larryken, truer words have never been written. BluRay is our Laserdisc. I have started just collecting vinyl, and converting it to digital with new albums for the convenience of using it in my car, or on my music server (AppleTV). The wife is afraid of the turntable so she has to have everything on AppleTV. She actually will make me play all vinyl when I get home from work.

Sony has come out with so many terrific advancements like DAT, Betamax, SACD, and BluRay that's it's hard to fault them for the technology advancements. However, from a consumer's standpoint, their products have a short lifecycle and are sunsetted too quickly, IMO.

Overall, I agree with the position of not supporting BluRay as far as purchasing software, although once player prices come down, it'll be easier to make the decision to buy the hardware.

I need to be honest, I am going to buy an Oppo BluRay when it comes out, even though I am not a true believer. It's just too cool that is will be truly universal player. Need something to play my now dead SACD's, DVD-Audio's, DVD's and soon to be dead BluRay. It's just too poetic.

This is not a BluRay disc. It is a regular old redbook CD that sounds excellent. As I mentioned in my initial post, recommended for those with CD based systems only.