Community weekly poll: Are you planning to buy a high definition DVD player?
- 5/23/07 2:23 PM
It's not that i haven't seen it...
by Ed Mueller - 5/24/07 9:44 PM In reply to: Shoulda looked here by someoldguyYou misunderstood me. If you'd read what I wrote you will find that I said that I'm just not terribly impressed by the diference. I didn't say anything about the difference between HD and SD and never suggested that the SD was on par with HD. I'm not sure how/where you came up with that.
To reinforce my point, the modest difference between a properly upconverted DVD and an image from an HD-DVD or Blu Ray is quite underwhelming, given the hype.
No
by railray - 5/24/07 8:17 PM In reply to: Are you planning to buy a high definition DVD player? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I already have a 57 inch DLP. Even with an ordinary DVD player with DVDi interface it is really remarkable. Sports event are supurb. Watch the Indy 500 Sunday in HDEF if you don't beleive me.
Eventually my home will have High Definition
by Gary R. Katz M.D. - 5/25/07 7:28 AM In reply to: Are you planning to buy a high definition DVD player? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
With an expensive large projection TV in my family room and an excellent flat screen 42" TV in my bedroom(both Sony's)High definition will wait until a present TV needs replacement.
I have seen High Defs perform and while impressed my current picture quality does compare favorably.
Garyr259@aol.com
HD DVD player format question
by James E Harter Jr - 5/25/07 7:46 AM In reply to: Are you planning to buy a high definition DVD player? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Yes, Blue-Ray because it has the capability to handle the other format. Currently waiting for the record capable units to be released.
What?
by Cadillac84 - 5/25/07 9:13 AM In reply to: HD DVD player format question by James E Harter JrWhat are you saying (beside that you're going to buy Blu-Ray)?
[quote]because it has the capability to handle the other format.[/quote]
As a TV Salesperson...
by CaptainSpiffypants - 5/25/07 9:13 AM In reply to: Are you planning to buy a high definition DVD player? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I love HD picture quality. I myself have an HD TV (nothing huge...27" tube, until I've finished saving for my LCD!) Right now I'm getting my HD Programming from an antenna. (Mostly because Cox Cable is worthless, and my apartment complex wants to charge me to put up a satellite dish...boo!)
As far as HD-DVD vs. BluRay...this is a question I get asked a lot. Which one is better? Which one will win? It's pretty hard to say, but my answer has changed over time. When both formats were out, I was pretty sure that HD-DVD would win out. It had pretty good support from studios, the capability to do "multi-format" discs which meant you could build your library without having a player, and it was MUCH cheaper to get into one. Now, even with the current price drops ($300 for Toshiba's HD-A2 and you get 5 Free Movies!) it looks like BluRay is starting to run away with it, but I'm not ready to give them the all-clear.
The Playstation 3, even with it's poor sales (for a gaming console) have saved BluRay's arse. They have the biggest studio support (only Universal is holding out, and rumor is that may not last long) and prices are dropping; the new Samsung unit is down to $600, Sony will have their low-price player out this year, and the PS3 is rumored to have a price drop pretty quick here. And since people with the PS3 have BluRay capabilities, they've started buying the movies as well...something which Sony bet the farm on.
With more Dual-Format players coming out (LG has the only one at the moment, but they have a newer one hitting this year with all the HD-DVD features included, plus Samsung will join that market segment) it's tough to say one will totally win out, or how long it will take...but unless there is some sort of shocking development, it will most likely be YEARS before we see one of them crumble away. If you really want to get into HD movies, my advice is to save up for a combo player...that way no matter who wins, you can watch what you want in the sharpest picture possible!
HELP ME!!!!!!!!!
by drmet - 5/25/07 10:16 AM In reply to: As a TV Salesperson... by CaptainSpiffypantsAS I PROVE MY AGE BY STATING THAT I STARTED ON A COMPUTER USING TICKER TAPE, PLEASE BE GENTLE WITH ME.
I CURRENTLY HAVE A SONY XBR40 CRT AND I WANT MORE. BUT HOW MUCH MORE IS MY QUESTION.
PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR OPINIONS ABOUT PIONEERS ELITE 60' PLASMA OR SHOULD I LOOK FOR SOMETHING ELSE?
I HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE AUDIOPHILE ADDICTION AND I DO NOT WISH TO PAY 40 TIMES THE PRICE FOR 1% OF PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT.
PLASMA OR LCD?
I KNOW THE VERY DAY I BUY ONE THE NEW TECHNOLOGY WILL ARRIVE FOR 1/3 THE PRICE AND 10X THE PERFORMANCE AND LIFE, I AM USED TO IT.
DOC
1drmet@gmail.com
Your new computer has a Caps Lock key -- Learn to use it!
by Cadillac84 - 5/25/07 10:49 AM In reply to: HELP ME!!!!!!!!! by drmetIt is extremely bad form and considered rude for members to type messages in ALL CAPS! Please turn OFF your Caps Lock and type in mixed or lower case. If you don't care to capitalize names and first words of sentences, nobody really cares. But people DO CARE if you use all caps. We use caps to emphasize words. If all words are emphasized, it means you are SHOUTING! Get it?
Pioneer Elite Plasma
by hazydave - 5/29/07 12:45 AM In reply to: HELP ME!!!!!!!!! by drmetLast fall, I looked at nearly every Plasma, LCoS, and DLP TV on the market that had a large enough screen (60+") for my media room. I did briefly look at LCD, too, but I was terribly unimpressed with the contrast. A good CRT is in the 10,000:1+ ballpark. Plasma is essentially a digital CRT... it still uses phosphor excitation for display. LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) and DLP (Digital Light Processor) are both microdisplays, which use a light source (projector bulb, super bright LED) as a light source. All of these are capable of CRT-class contrast range, though not every instance delivers (the Mitsubishi DLPs I looked at had dark contrast issues, as did every LCD... try "Star Wars III", particularly the fight scenes on that volcanic planet, as a test disc for this problem).
The Pioneer Elite was probably the best plasma I looked at, though I couldn't afford anything over 61"-65", and I really wanted to go a bit larger. What I don't like about Plasma is that it has the same limitations of CRT... the phosphors unevenly burn in, and they've historically had a short half-life (it has improved). However, if I had a reason to favor a flat panel, I would have gone for the Pioneer Elite Plasma last fall. But I didn't care about wall hanging.
I like the look of LCD monitors, very sharp, but low contrast. Not a problem for much computer use, but bad for video and photography. So I'm still using CRTs on my PC (dual 19" at 1600x1200). There is some new LCD tech on the way that promises high contrast displays, but it's not really out yet. And of course, lots of other display technologies are coming Real Soon Now (OLED, FED, SED, laser, etc).
Some people do worry about the mechanical nature of DLP, but I actually think that's kind of cool. With any microdisplay, you'll eventually have to replace the light source, but that shouldn't be a huge deal.
Best advice: use your eyes, view material you're going to be watching in the same lighting conditions (bring DVDs, whatever, to your local reseller), that kind of stuff... not everyone has the same critique. And when you get it home, do yourself a favor and buy an adjustment disc of some kind... none of the HDTVs I've seen come out-of-the-box properly adjusted.
Give it another 4 or 5 years, then maybe...
by schnabel1952 - 5/25/07 10:30 AM In reply to: Are you planning to buy a high definition DVD player? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I don't watch enough TV to justify the expense of HDTV. My 32" Sony does just fine for now. When the prices come down and the Bull S**t hype and scams turn to useful information and the format war comes to an end and the media price drops to some reasonable amount and DRM is removed from everything and we're allowed to watch our media any way we want (PC/TV/Portable) in any format we want, then maybe I'll consider it.
Until then, there are more important things in life.
If U think DRM is going away, U must be smoking crooked cigs
by Cadillac84 - 5/25/07 10:56 AM In reply to: Give it another 4 or 5 years, then maybe... by schnabel1952DRM will go away when they find a substitute.
I don't take issue with anything else you said, but my advice is to buy a monthly pass at a local theater. 
I have both formats.
by phillip.d.t - 5/25/07 2:24 PM In reply to: Are you planning to buy a high definition DVD player? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I bought the first generation HD DVD player, the Toshiba HD-XA1, shortly after it's release. I recently bought the Play Station 3 which plays the Blu-Ray discs. I've never been too fond of playing movies on game systems. I've found the picture on the Blu-Ray to be just a bit better than the HD DVD, but the audio is better on the HD DVD. The only thing one has to consider is, will Sony Pictures ever release one of their titles on the HD DVD format? I'd say probably not.
Two Words...
by frankenscarf - 5/26/07 2:36 AM In reply to: I have both formats. by phillip.d.tDisney.
No HDTV because...
by R41 - 5/26/07 4:27 AM In reply to: Are you planning to buy a high definition DVD player? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
TV is 99.9% trash. I have not had a TV in my home since 1993, and my life is much, much richer because of that. I read books, enjoy politics, go to the shooting range, hack, practice my flute and oboe, and learn. I learn what my curiosity leads me to learn, not what some media executive bored wants to indoctrinate into me. I think what I want to think, not what some TV preacher tells me to believe. And I buy what I decide to buy, not what Home Shopping Club and informercials offer. As for news, I really don't care who Britney and Madonna are divorcing this week; important things are happening in the world that are best reported by BBC over the internet.
From time to time I see what is on TV when I am away from home, and my decision of 14 years ago is confirmed to be a good one.
Even offerings of the so-called educational channels, like the History Channel, are full of mistakes. So no thanks, never again. TV is OK for the unwashed masses, it keeps them happy with their beer, football, and SUV's, but that is not where I want to be.
Maybe I'll Buy One When...
by R41 - 5/26/07 4:40 AM In reply to: Are you planning to buy a high definition DVD player? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
When I can get recordings of entertainment I enjoy. I would like some old Jack Benny re-runs (to help my wife with her violin studies), some old Amos and Andy shows, an unedited edition of Disney's "Song of the South", and the complete set of "Fritz the Cat" movies, the movie "Triumph of the Will", the movie "The Andalusian Dog", and other material that is deemed by the media to inflict brain damage on the viewer.
On the other hand, if this material were available anywhere, I could view it on my computer. And a computer is good for lots of other things!
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