PS3 is not officially confirmed as a Profile 2.0 player yet, you won't know about it until the next firmware update but honestly, the PS3 can't even stack up again some standalone blu-ray players as the standalone players have dedicated DACs for video and audio whereas the PS3 is a software player, the standalone players are more pricier for a reason.

Not me I guess, I still play games on my PS3. Now waiting for BDP-S550 blu-ray player from Sony.

This explains why XBOX 360 is selling more games than PS3.

It's a gaming console at heart, it's not meant to replace a standalone BD player. Honestly, the upcoming Sony BDP-S350 player will be value for money at USD400, lets hope it sells for thousand plus in Malaysia and not RM2,999 like the current, BDP-S300 model here.

They're lucky, if we have those parallel imports, I guess Sony Malaysia won't be overpricing their products here. Like handphones, if without AP sets, the Ori prices won't be that reasonable. Lets home that there are more parallel imports to flood the market so that we can get better bargains.

That is true until the Cap Ayam blu-ray players from China hit the market.

Who knows, maybe they're already on the way to Malaysia.

Aiyo ...... why you always think of pirate games aje, buy a second hand one lah, here got many ppl selling original used games, the price is quite reasonable. A blank blu-ray disc is RM80 like dat, you think you're going to pay that amount for a pirate game?

If got also, the most Profile 1.0 player aje, Cap Ayam players normally are stripped down versions.

Getting a HQV disc to benchmark your player will do the track.

If it could do both, that will even be better, via PCM or Bitstream. Hopefully, a new model will have such specs, you'll never know what Sony is up to.

Honestly, 1.1 Profile is good enough if your main purpose is just to watch the BD movie, some interactive features might not appeal to some people.

This one gotta pray lor, it depends on luck but if the sender can under declare lagi baik lah.

Try asking Hiwaylaser and see.

Should be due to market forces, demand > supply = harga naik

Don't forget that Sony invested millions in BD technology, excluding money to rasuah movie studios and also those adverts, they have to find a way to cover their costs. If their BD player with profile 2.0 can be priced around RM2K in Bolehland, I can still accept it but if they're asking RM4K for one strip down version BD player, I rather use my PS3 instead.

Well, we have to wait until those Cap Ayam players from China to spoil the market then Sony plus other brands will start lowering their prices. That's the only way. I find it silly when blu-ray players are dirt cheap in the US whereas in Malaysia, the cheaper player is from Sharp at RM2,999. Of course, I know those who got 'kang tau' can get it for RM1,900 and the Sony S300 at RM2,800 instead of RM3,999.

The Toshiba E2 is only RM1,800 if you order it outside, don't look at the price from Normal Harvey, those are existing stocks, they're not willing to sell below cost. Toshiba Malaysia is clearing them and still giving 3 HD-DVD titles and Berjaya HVN are now selling RM69.90 for each HD-DVD ttile but very limited titles left. I just bought a few. The latest one is Evan Almighty I guess. Can't find any newer titles.

Aiyah, just get a PS3 lah, some PS3 games are starting to look better than XBOX 360 and besides that, XBOX 360 will never have a blu-ray drive b'coz of Sony, they wouldn't be donating $$$ to Sony for the blu-ray drive b'coz of the royalties thingy.

I do miss HD-DVD to be honest, it's a good format and I'm currently sapu-ing some titles from Amazon since it's kinda cheap now. Can't complain lah, at least in the US alone, there are around 585 HD-DVD titles to choose from, I guess that's way more than the LD titles back then. With the US dollar going down and Amazon slashing prices of HD-DVD titles, it's a good buy now.

Stingray maybe.

You mean you don't like a PS3 as a gaming console or as a blu-ray player? Or both?

htkaki don't be so humble lah bro, I know you're also an Elite like the rest.