then i guess the manufacturers better keep prices heading in the right direction for full featured players (which they have been) figure out a way mom and pop will not have to do firmware updates just so they can watch new titles and the studios should quite gouging for the titles.... price it right and they will come.... i did finally get bd drive for my htpc but i have absolutely no interest in paying the extra money have yet to buy a bluray in the 4 or 5 months i've had the ability just rent the few titles that were worth the hd difference i do have around 40 hd-dvd's but only cause i got them and silly low prices and no i don't expect bd's to be that cheap. and yes i know scour the internet and you'll find them cheaper but main stream consumers spend most there time at walmart and when they see $30 plus for a movie they are not going to bite.

dang you guys must be mind readers i've been searching the internet all morning trying to come up with the best way to do this, thanks!

intel e8500
radeon hd 4650
2x1.5t seagate hd's stripe raided
gigabyte ep45 motherboard
4 gig ram
2xhauppauge ??? 150 tuner cards (sd only, 1 hooked to cable box)
sb audigy2 zs gamer
think that's all the important stuff anyhow, thanks

i have a htpc running win 7 rc on it at the moment hooked to a 37" lcd i've tried playing netflix from there website and using there desktop program and it looks like crap same as hulu. picture is fairly clear but all the motion stutters really bad, any ideas on why? it's absolutely unwatchable. internet is 8mbps cable, thanks

that's kinda what i was thinking about to get a bd drive for my htpc but still if the format is that great then why not let it do it's thing and people will come around when they can afford/want to.

dam i would actually consider it for the streaming ability's if it wasn't so farkin expensive can build a lowend htpc for streaming with bd drive for that much

i still need a hdmi switch tv only has 2

i really need an hdmi switch tv only has 2

actually just checked vgchartz says there 8.38 million ps3 running wild in the us so stand alones still are not up there yet

could definately use this tv only has two hdmi ports tired of swapping cables!