As much as I enjoy a good old debate if the best you can manage is to rely on what boils down to a 'people can be conned' argument then I'd not bother if I were you.
Some impressionable sorts are like that, most, when it comes to their hard earned, are not.
Even PS3 owners I know are still buying DVD because when it's upscaled (on their 720p 50" sets) & played through their vanilla Dolby Digital 5.1 kit it looks & sounds 'good enough' - and leaves the expensive alternative Blu-ray movie looking a very poor deal.
So that's small HD TV sets and they are not even 1080p.
That's not a great way to show off the benefits of Blu-ray over HD TV services nor upscaled DVD. Don't even bother trying to argue over this, it plainly just isn't.
Blu-ray can have all the no-name $200 players it likes but ultimately if it can't shift the movies then it really isn't going anywhere.
It's the new Laserdisc. That's all. Accept it & enjoy.
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As much as I enjoy a good old debate if the best you can manage is to rely on what boils down to a 'people can be conned' argument then I'd not bother if I were you.
Some impressionable sorts are like that, most, when it comes to their hard earned, are not.
Even PS3 owners I know are still buying DVD because when it's upscaled (on their 720p 50" sets) & played through their vanilla Dolby Digital 5.1 kit it looks & sounds 'good enough' - and leaves the expensive alternative Blu-ray movie looking a very poor deal.
(and as EngadgetHD reported, we know that at least as late as sept 2008 720p/1080i sets are still the majority sold
http://blogs.computerworld.com/lower_res_tv_sales_outpace_1080p_hurting_blu_ray )
So that's small HD TV sets and they are not even 1080p.
That's not a great way to show off the benefits of Blu-ray over HD TV services nor upscaled DVD.
Don't even bother trying to argue over this, it plainly just isn't.
Blu-ray can have all the no-name $200 players it likes but ultimately if it can't shift the movies then it really isn't going anywhere.
It's the new Laserdisc. That's all.
Accept it & enjoy.