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Blu-Ray
by C4103 - 2/7/08 9:19 AM In reply to: Poll: If it came down to buying a Blu-ray player, I would: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Last week I bought a 40GB Playstation 3, and I have to say I am very impressed with it. The future-proof Blu-Ray player along with the ability to stream DivX and any other media I have codecs installed for through DLNA made the purchase worth it. Streaming DivX is slightly buggy in the Playstation 3 XMB right now, but it can only get better, not to mention you can just install Yellow Dog Linux and use VLC to play anything. My roommate has a 360, and I had nothing but trouble trying to get it to do the same things. I realize this isn't a PS3 vs. 360 thread, but I believe that this is an important point. The 360 supported HD-DVD from early on, and now they're going to have to release a Blu-Ray drive for it. Before my PSP got stolen (:-() I used remote play at a public wifi access point to access my friend's PS3 over the internet to test out streaming DivX media once firmware 1.80 came out. It worked perfectly. All in all my point is that the Playstation 3, Blu-Ray or not, is the ultimate all-in-one multimedia box. A souped up PC with HDMI output could probably do most of the same things better (I have an AMD Opteron based PC with a GeForce 7600), but at $400 for a next generation entertainment system, I'm sold.
blu stinks. I'd wait as long as possible to avoid it.
by quarky42 - 2/7/08 9:53 AM In reply to: Poll: If it came down to buying a Blu-ray player, I would: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
If it comes down to bluray I am going to wait a LOOOONG time. I've very happy with my upconverting Oppo DVD player. It is not as nice as full 1080p source that I've played streaming to the 360, but it does look a TON better than the old 480 dvd player I replaced.
If I was forced into getting a bluray for some reason, I'd go with a dual format job. If I'm waiting for the price to come down on bluray, the price will come down on the dual format players too.
Well I got a BD player, but I would NOT get another Samsung
by givemeaname - 2/7/08 11:18 AM In reply to: blu stinks. I'd wait as long as possible to avoid it. by quarky42I have had my bd player for 8 months now, love the HQV prosseror but hate the super slow firmware suport that samsung has had latly. I will keep the player until it died's, I have 2 other hdtv's that I can move it too. But when someone, other them samsung, makes a BD player that has the HQV chip & an earthnet port for updates (I don't care at all about profile 2.0 specs) I am going to take a hard look at it.
Why no Ps3 then? HQV makes for far superior dvd playback (I have over 500 dvd's) & also it is gaming system, I could not get a PS3 & NOT get a game; I have a xbox360 for gaming & that is good enough for my gaming needs.
have a biscuit
by welrdelr - 2/7/08 3:28 PM In reply to: Poll: If it came down to buying a Blu-ray player, I would: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
and pay my bills with the money i was going to waste on something i didn't need
Wait For The Dust To Settle.....
by MikeGratis - 2/7/08 5:15 PM In reply to: Poll: If it came down to buying a Blu-ray player, I would: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
...then buy the one format that won the war. Short and sweet, there can really only be ONE winner, and I will NOT be cajoled or otherwise pushed into having to buy & support two formats (...or 3, if you include the "standard" DVD format). Also, I will not dive into the next format until I see an appreciable amount of DVDs that really interest me, including the "oldies but goodies". Until then, watching my "standard" DVDs upconverted to my 56" Samsung will suit me just fine, thank you. 
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT....................UNTIL............
by Riverledge - 2/7/08 6:49 PM In reply to: Wait For The Dust To Settle..... by MikeGratisTHE FALL 2008 INTRODUCTIONS (SEPT-OCT), EVERYTHING SHOULD BE EVIDENT BY THEN!
IF YOU ARE INTO GAMING BY ALL MEANS HOP ON SONY'S PS-3 NOW. (beware of price drop ahead.)
FOR all intents and purposes SONY would love to settle the question, once and for all by the 2008 HOLIDAY SEASON!!!
Best wishes to all DVD fans,
Riverledge.
Over
by HatecrewDr - 2/8/08 6:45 AM In reply to: WAIT, WAIT, WAIT....................UNTIL............ by RiverledgeRead more into it, the format war is all but over. Don't buy a player that plays both because it will become obsolete. Also in regards to my Wii conversation I am old enough to have experienced four people drinking and playing Wii. But it just isn't all that fun for me or any of my friends to play Wii sports. We've had video games our whole lives and thus are less excited by our movements impacting the game on screen. So I am deeply sorry that at 24 years old I've chosen to not be married and have kids. Everyone else by the futureproof PS3
"doorstops"? Come on....You know that's not true.
by minimalist - 2/8/08 4:37 PM In reply to: Over by HatecrewDrBlu-ray discs have been selling roughly double the rate of HD-DVD's for a good while now. Media companies want to be where the sales are not waste resources on where they eventually MIGHT be. This is an example of the free market at work. How is that not "letting consumers decide"? If not consumers, who is buying these blu-ray discs?
And please give the ridiculous claims that Blu-ray players will be "doorstops" when 2.0 players finally come out. Every single player made from day one will continue to fulfill its core function for years into the future: to play HD discs. Who really care about gimmicky Java games and lame "interactive content" that may or may not be used as anything more than filler? Most "interactive" content on todays DVD's is unbelievably ill-conceived and I have no reason to believe that the studios will put anything of higher quality on HD discs.
(NT) sorry, meant for Matt below.
by minimalist - 2/8/08 4:39 PM In reply to: "doorstops"? Come on....You know that's not true. by minimalistNone
by tango_fox1 - 2/8/08 7:32 AM In reply to: Poll: If it came down to buying a Blu-ray player, I would: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Keeping my old DVD's.
Don't necessarily need HD.
blu ray
by mattbsx - 2/8/08 7:44 AM In reply to: Poll: If it came down to buying a Blu-ray player, I would: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I own a ps3 80gb and a HD-DVD player and i prefer the HD over the Blu-Ray...The sad part of this whole format "war" is no one let the end user decide what they wanted, corporate america has decided for us...I hope Toshiba can last till the end of the year because all those blu ray owners that can not upgrade to 2.0 are going to be pissed when their players turn into door stops....What was sony and these other blu ray bulders thinking when they didnt include and ethernet connection??? Well we know what sony was thinking more gaming units they can sell, amazing how that is the only player with and ethernet connection...Sony just played alot of people as fools.....
"doorstops"?
by minimalist - 2/8/08 4:40 PM In reply to: blu ray by mattbsxBlu-ray discs have been selling roughly double the rate of HD-DVD's for a good while now. Media companies want to be where the sales are not waste resources on where they eventually MIGHT be. This is an example of the free market at work. How is that not "letting consumers decide"? If not consumers, who is buying these blu-ray discs?
And please give the ridiculous claims that Blu-ray players will be "doorstops" when 2.0 players finally come out. Every single player made from day one will continue to fulfill its core function for years into the future: to play HD discs. Who really care about gimmicky Java games and lame "interactive content" that may or may not be used as anything more than filler? Most "interactive" content on todays DVD's is unbelievably ill-conceived and I have no reason to believe that the studios will put anything of higher quality on HD discs.
BD buy now if one does not car about it being a gaming unit
by hf1khal - 2/10/08 8:37 PM In reply to: "doorstops"? by minimalistI have to agree with minimalist. I want the player as a player nd not as a gaming device. I have seen the articles and was told by many to wait. The bottom line is that I got it now to see the movies on it and the new guidlines for the new version do not interest me. I would have opted for an upconvert player but then I decided not waste the money on it and went for the Sony BD S300 as I got a deal that I could not back away from
matt
by givemeaname - 2/9/08 11:42 AM In reply to: blu ray by mattbsxIf that is true then how can my 1.0 player play 1.1 movies???? RE:E plays, it is a 1.1 profile movie, it plays.
HDdvd is so dead, when Warner Brothers said that their going Blu exclusive the war ended then. 2 studios can not keep hddvd alive. The people did make a choice with their wallets, 1 year of week after week of blu-ray winning tells it all & it is still continuing. There is no need to wait until Blu holds a 100% on market, many people are confused as it is & that needs to end. Toshiba draging out the war just slows down the release of all those REAL HIT movies we would all love to see on HD.
PS3 Rocks
by dony - 2/8/08 3:58 PM In reply to: Poll: If it came down to buying a Blu-ray player, I would: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I bought the PS3 and a 52" Sony (4) Regular movies are upscaled and are unbelievably better than they were with a standard upscaling DVD player. Sound is better too.
I keep reading about the lack of BluRay movies. The local stores have special sections full of them for sale. One store alone has has one rack about 8 disks high by 30 feet long. There are hundreds of them.
PS, the games also rock!
DY
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