I have a PlayStation 3 (integrated Blu Ray player and Game Console) and a high quality Sony upscaling DVD player too. (Both HDMI connected)
On a 40” or better HDTV there is NO comparison. Blu Ray wins hands down on video quality, audio quality and copious additional content. It’s the author that is smoking crack.
Price is an issue, but Blu Ray disk discounts are frequent and becoming more so.
>>On a 40” or better HDTV there is NO comparison. Blu Ray wins hands down on video quality, audio quality and copious additional content. It’s the author that is smoking crack.<<
Exactly!!!! I think someone bet on the HD-DVD and lost.
Also, we got the PS3 because we CAN upgrade. That’s the way to go. I’ll take my PS3 and 52” LCD High Def anytime. One must see them side by side.
My girls and I were addicted to “Hairspray”. Hubby wanted the PS3. We walked into Best Buy and I said to the kid, “Sell me on this and I’ll buy the PS3.”
We opened a Blu-Ray of Hairspray and put the DVD we brought with us into an enhanced DVD player. Skipped to “Nicest Kids in Town” Chapter two. The difference could be seen immediately. Little things like the patterns in the girls dresses or the wallpaper behind the characters.
We walked out with a PS3.
“I have a PlayStation 3 (integrated Blu Ray player and Game Console)”
I renamed mine “Warhawk Disc Player” since that’s the only thing I play on that console. I’ve heard about all of the other features, but I cannot get away from Warhawk.
Somebody help me ;-)!!!!
In all seriousness, I don’t re-buy movies I have on DVD (except for Master and Commander), but I will never buy another DVD again....BluRay is going to be for those “big movies” (like the new Star Trek coming out next year assuming it is good) ... otherwise I am just going to download them since DVD quality is usually good enough for me.
Some movies like “Cloverfield” on BluRay have the neatest features...like you can watch where the monster is in NYC on a scanner while the movie is playing.
I doubt BluRay is going to die. To get true HD quality to a home, you need some significant bandwidth. If you don’t mind waiting for a download, this isn’t a big problem. I just think people are spoiled with stuff like “On Demand”....while you can get HD On-Demand, it still doesn’t look/sound as “pretty”.
Having said all of that, the majority of consumers really could care less about these things @ this time :-)!
Then I am smoking crack also. I am happy with my up-convert DVD players on my 40" and 52" TV's and love my DISH HD.