How many people own a Blu-Ray?
#1
Posted 24 March 2008 - 12:40 PM
Heres some that I have alrady watched:
1. 300 had pretty good picture (despite the bad story IMO)
2. Stargate was pretty good except for scenes that didnt have a lot of light in them. It seems the HD pics up better lit stuff more so than darker/shadow stuff.
#2
Posted 24 March 2008 - 05:19 PM
#3
Posted 24 March 2008 - 07:34 PM
#4
Posted 24 March 2008 - 08:35 PM
#5
Posted 24 March 2008 - 09:18 PM
Thats a falacy that Ive been hearing repeated in many areas thats completely false! I have a 37" HD LCD (1080i) and the picture quality is far superior! On my Sony Blu-Ray all of my dvd have been playing perfectly fine, the machine evens plays my burned DVD+R/-R pretty much every time. It also upconverts the picture quality of my standard stuff. After watching all 10 season of stargate on the new bluray I have to say the upconvert is a must have feature for the bluray (im not sure if all have it). The true measure of any HD picture is making sure what you buy fits your room! Ive seen people buy a 50" that looks far wose than my 37" because their room isnt big enough and they are practically sitting 4 feet away from the 50" screen. Any HD picture gets distorted when you get too close. My only complaint about my blu-ray is that is takes about a minute to start up which is something Im still trying to get used to. Since nothing else is really in the HD pipeline for movies, I think this will be pretty much the way to go. Ive also seen the prices drop on the machines, I think mine was about $400 and Ive seen some for $300-350. Still a bit pricey, but if your going to buy a $1200 HD TV why not go all in? Im very happy to have my blu-ray and even happier in didnt go the HDDVD route this Christmas!
PS if you did go with HD DVD many stores like Best Buy are giving some offfers like $50 bucks back to make up for the HD going belly up. Its not alot but at least its something.
#6
Posted 25 March 2008 - 11:48 AM
After all this time, I still go into stores and look at the side-by-side comparison videos of SD and HD (either blu or HD-DVD).. and still, I can't see any significant difference that really impresses me. If it wasn't for the big captions at the bottom that say BLU-RAY or STANDARD, I'd have a hard time differentiating the two. Of course I also suffer from very bad color blindness, so maybe that's why. I know I'm in a very tiny minority when it comes to this opinion.
#7
Posted 25 March 2008 - 11:58 AM
#8
Posted 25 March 2008 - 11:59 AM
#9
Posted 25 March 2008 - 12:18 PM
#10
Posted 25 March 2008 - 12:47 PM
#11
Posted 25 March 2008 - 01:20 PM
Although an HD-DVD player could be a little appealing when stores look to dump them and the HD-DVDs!
#12
Posted 28 March 2008 - 02:40 PM
Laptops are pretty prevalent these days and will be even more so as time goes by, so portability is not an issue. Take into account as well smaller and smaller hard drives and flash drives that offer portability above and beyond a single disc. As MP3/portable media players become more and more integrated into everyday use, it will also offer even more portability and convenience that you can't get by buying separate discs. You will be able to store dozens or even hundreds of movies on a single drive or media player and take them anywhere. Also consider that the computer and media player is slowly but surely being integrated into the average home entertainment system, making them pretty much the heart of any modern system. So anyone's media player or drive can easily be plugged in (or linked wirelessly) to anyone else's entertainment system, thus allowing you to take a collection of movies in a small package to a friend's place or even let them borrowa large portion or your entire movie library just by letting them borrrow your tiny drive or player. Resale value will also not matter much when movies will be much, much cheaper to download as time goes by (not to mention not having to pay manufacturing and distribution fees for physical formats). Movies will be even cheaper if you use a subscription service that allows you access to an entire movie library anytime you want for a low monthly fee (the best deal if you watch a large number of movies every month). Add all that together and the days of disc formats are seriously numbered. HD won't be close to being a standard for at least another 7-8 years. By that time all the technologies I've discussed will most likely be more prevalent, better integrated, and much more advanced than they are now, making them much more desirable and appealing than any disc format.
#13
Posted 28 March 2008 - 10:29 PM
#14
Posted 20 May 2010 - 08:28 PM
#15
Posted 20 May 2010 - 08:32 PM
I think the coollest thing is that the home glasses are actually powered to give a better 3D experience than what you see at the theatre. How far off are the holodecks?!
#16
Posted 20 May 2010 - 08:44 PM
1. Digital broacasts that wouldnt look right on my old analog tv.
2. HD widescreen capability.
3. More capabilities with the newer tv technology.
4. bluray technology,better features and picture quality.
5. Ability to have streaming content wirelessly streamed to my TV from netflix.
I cant see 3D technology as enough to make me want to replace my equipment.
#17
Posted 20 May 2010 - 08:51 PM
#18
Posted 20 May 2010 - 09:02 PM
The low end models may not have the ability to upgrade the firmware and i think its worth it to pay a little more to get more capabilities and features. I have upgraded mine twice as upgrades become available for free.
Samsung has a few models that will stream netflix content, mine also will do Blockbuster, Youtube, and pandora internet radio.
#19
Posted 30 November 2010 - 10:04 PM
Most DVD's I have are Disney which have a standard copy with them, because I see the value of having a DVD copy you can play in the mini van. I think this would more genres if they made more double packs.
#20
Posted 01 December 2010 - 12:40 PM
The low end models may not have the ability to upgrade the firmware and i think its worth it to pay a little more to get more capabilities and features. I have upgraded mine twice as upgrades become available for free.
Samsung has a few models that will stream netflix content, mine also will do Blockbuster, Youtube, and pandora internet radio.
I was an early adaptor of HD-dvd,
I imported a Toshiba A1 player, later I bought A Toshiba EP35,
After that I bought a ps3 for blu-ray, and last month a LG BD570
I don't buy much blu-ray titles, sometimes when the're cheap.
Sometimes I buy a HD-DVD they almost given away these days.
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