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Originally Posted by ganthc
Yeah, your argument really only is geared towards those people that have external scalers. Every other forum member has been appreciative of the ps3's capabilities and the fact that their initial purchase has been able to upgrade over time. I bought my ps3 in January of 2007. In May of 2008, it is one of the few profile 2.0 players out there, and one of the few players that can decode dts-hdma. Bitstreaming audio and direct source output are irrelevant to me.
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You don't ever plan to upgrade to a receiver with DCDi or better yet Reon/Realta/ABT deinterlacing? If so, lack of direct source output for both DVDs and 1080i BDs becomes a very sore point. For those of us who do have receivers with those processors or external scalers, it already is a sore point.
Point being, PS3 aside, the BD50 should at least include Direct Source for $699 since the Uniphier proved so terrible in the BD30 - but there has been no word of this by Panasonic. Luckily I have a nice HTPC setup to hold me over until a great standalone with the features I want comes along.