Definately don't care. At the moment. My tech purchases are based on a "if it's broken, fix it; it not fixable, upgrade" motto... as long as I have surround sound, and a big enough tv to watch a movie (35"+) then it's not worth it for me to upgrade.

 

No Bose please. Bose is crap for the money. You can do much much better for that price range.

Just head to a store that carries more than just Bose and notice that the Bose systems are always separate from other home theatre systems. It's because they don't want a direct comparison.

 

I produce video content for a living. For the time being, discs are the most convenient way to store and share video content. It's not the best way, that would be digital videotape. (I use DVCam.) Hard drives are great and I use them too, but kinda clunky for sharing - not to mention the technical hurdles portable drives present to the avg viewer. DVDs really aren't much of an improvement over VHS. (Twice the lines of resolution, to be exact.) But HD DVD (or Blu-Ray) discs really are spectacular when played on decent equipment. Players will start at about $500 (some players are here already) and burners will cost an additional $300-$400. Discs will hold 2 hours HD or 10 hours (or much more, depending on record speed) of SD video. Sure you can wait for prices to drop and they will. But I don't think the prices are out of line at all.

 

Please, please don't buy Bose. There are $300 speaker systems that sound better than these, because Bose practically uses the same parts! Here's a link to one of many articles that have been written about Bose's quality: click here

 

interested, but im not taking my wallet out.

 

Well, a PS3 for $500 will offer more than a stand alone player, and should be a decent player, so I guess we should all waith for the PS3!

 

Im not goign to make an argument about this, the article has some good points but they are partial truths, the rest is just crap painted pretty. If it was the case I don't think BOSE co. would be what it is today. In quality for the money they are not matched, there are speakers out there that sound better but prepare to use your 401K on it. Bose still on the expensive side of town but is the best the moeny can buy. Yes there are options out there when it comes to their electronics but for speaker quality there is barely competition in its price range. As much crap that guy talked, which he is pretty good at writting cuz he can make anyone believe him he really doesnt know BOSE product or the Corp. as a whole.

BOSE AND THE PATENT SYSTEM:
To quote from Michael Wong, a visitor to this site: "...a casual perusal of their website reveals that they have used money and lawyers to repeatedly abuse the patent system. They have patents for the Acoutimass (Helmholtz resonator), the Direct/Reflecting technology (multipolar speakers), their Acoustic Waveguide (transmission line), and their JewelCube technology (amalgam of transmission line and other old ideas). In each and every case, their patent is a joke; an obvious example of the all-too-common trick of making one minor alteration upon a pre-existing idea and then using an army of lawyers to get it patented... And why all the bother? Because it looks good to write "patented technology" on the box...". For a company that emphasizes cutting-edge research so much, I'm curious as to why their flagship 901 speakers have not seen any signigicant mechanical changes in the last 15 years. Where is the "better sound through research" going?
GOT THX?:
Considering the large emphasis on marketing that Bose places on its products as well as the ostentatious boasting of "innovation" and "performance", I am curious as to why none, count them: ZERO, of their speakers are THX-certified. George Lucas offers certification to any product from any company willing to undergo the scrutiny of his tests. I'm sure Dr. Amar Bose has brought in many Bose speakers to the Skywalker Ranch for certification only to have them rejected time and time again. I am no fan of THX-Certification myself; However, no one can deny that it is perhaps the singly most powerful marketing tool in the entire industry. One tool that Dr. Bose would not have overlooked, but again, one that he could not obtain for himself.

This is just talking out of his ass... No wonder BOSE is earning recognition adn awards worldwide very often. The THX-Certification is the biggest marketing move ever, he is such a retard he doesn't realize that BOSE does not need that certification and they have not tried to get it either because they don't need the boost in confidence, he is so ignorant that he really doesn't know that one of the best digital speakers in the world which are made by B&W are not THX certified (oh let me guess they got rejected too.) What a moron. This guy just reminds me of people that talk crap about HONDA when they don't really know what HONDA is all about or capable of ex. ASIMO and of course our S2000 .

This guy is just another person with a lot of time on his hands trying to bend the truth, like I said, a lot of things he got right but he doesn't say it all and bends everything. Anyways to me BOSE has what I need for my money, "Beauty is on the eye of the beholder."