HMDI is not that major a problem as you try to make it out to be. As #1 has said, ICT will not be invoked for years if ever. By that time you will be able to pick up a slimline HDMI BD player at your grocery store.
And, cutting HDMI makes more sense than HDD vs. no HDD that MS pulled on 360. Also, once costs come under control there nothing stopping Sony from only distributing the HMDI version.
The HMDI version is for people who want 1080p right NOW (among other things). Its just like when DVD players came out, not all of them had component cables. Now they all do .. no big wup.
“While it's not exactly punching it out with the heavyweights in multi-room audio, the Mint Studio does certainly hold its own with many similarly-priced iPod docks out there.”
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HMDI is not that major a problem as you try to make it out to be. As #1 has said, ICT will not be invoked for years if ever. By that time you will be able to pick up a slimline HDMI BD player at your grocery store.
And, cutting HDMI makes more sense than HDD vs. no HDD that MS pulled on 360. Also, once costs come under control there nothing stopping Sony from only distributing the HMDI version.
The HMDI version is for people who want 1080p right NOW (among other things). Its just like when DVD players came out, not all of them had component cables. Now they all do .. no big wup.