The Blu-Ray movie format makes me want to puke.

29 March 13 | Scooter100

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The point of new technologies is to get you to buy new stuff, not upgrade your old stuff. Think of it as part of the stimulus package.

I learned that with HDTV. I could only take so much trouble from my converter box, so eventually I went and bought a new television set.

I still have trouble with reception, but I've done my bit for the economy.

[Scooter100]

Stop using VGA to connect your PC to your TV, and start using HDMI, and your BluRay movies will work again.

Huh,VGA? I haven't used that in 10 years. I have only top-of-the-line latest hardware, software, upgrades and updates ......and CyberLink has a nasty habit of turning OFF bluray movie titles with every update they send down....and then claim I need to buy their latest version. To____with them and BluRay.

[Scooter100]

I downloaded the latest version of VLC, but it spits BluRays out. Please, tell me what plug-ins and AACS decryption files you installed to enable BluRay playback of AACS-encoded movies?

[Scooter100]

I am still using my old tape player. In fact I got a new one the other day from Salvation Army store for $4.50 plays the old tapes just fine.

Congrats. I sold all my VHS/Beta tapes and playback machines in 1999, otherwise I would have sent them to you. My LaserDisc equipment and discs met with an untimely demise during a rather boisterous party 10 years ago...involving liquid refreshments and a high-rise balcony.

[Scooter100]

I’ve purchased several HDTV tuner cards and external boxes to put HDTV off-air/cable feeds into a window on my computer screen. Little success getting anything really satisfactory. Any experienced suggestions appreciated.

[Fzob]

If watching TV is creating this much angst in your life my recommendation is a 12 gauge through the screen and go do something outside.

[rabidralph]

I was thinking the same thing.

BTW, I have a Sony Blu-Ray and it plays everything great, but I've heard the shelf-life for blu-ray's aren't much better than DVDs, so I've gone back to just buying DVDs. And I can't discern any better picture quality either.

[Scooter100]

I haven’t “watched TV” in 20 years. I sometimes watch “good” MOVIES on my computer, usually in a small window in the corner of my screen while doing other things. Your 12-gauge suggestion sounds like fun, by the way.

[Eye of Unk]

Bluray discs are more scratch proof than DVDs, they have a coating, the Bluray disc can be played many many more times than the DVD. Its the actual advancement of the Bluray format occasionally that forces the consumer to constantly upgrade the player, a DVD player is fixed and cannot get any better, the Bluray can advance past what it is right now.

So occasionally a film will come out with new extras or sound codes that an older BD player cannot work with thus why so many people bitch about Bluray, best to have a BD player that can get an auto update or a PlayStation with broadband connection.