Posted on 05/06/2008 11:04:35 AM PDT by Notary Sojac
That was until the crowd heard, "And now here is a song from our new album...."
The first blu ray disc I bought after getting the PS3 was a BBC production called "Planet Earth".The word "stunning" doesn't even begin to describe it.Soon,I'll be getting a National Geographic disc about the Serengeti.
There's a lot more than just anti-American films out there.
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That and when you can walk into Blockbuster (or get in the mail) nearly any movie you want on Blu Ray. Along with Blu Ray discs being the same price as regular discs are now.
I have already made up my mind, PS3 will be my player.
True enough.
I love the “nostalgia” concerts, but 99% of the time their new material sucks. It’s like they try to sound modern while still sounding like themselves and bomb at both efforts.
I am the first to say that the "new" stuff isn't that much better than the current stuff (Conservative that I am), but I've seen movies on HDTV screens that simply jumped out of the plane, and grabbed me.
There are still some problems with the technology, and the price isn't quite there for me yet, but I plan on upgrading. I DO find standard def TV perfectly adequate for much of my viewing, however.
Anyone wanting a BD player, most will buy the PS3.. its the cheapest one out there, comes with a nice game system as well, and will handle all upgrades to the format.
This “stand alone player” numbers is right out of the old HD-DVD camp trying to spin.
Every PS3 sold is a BD player, and if you are in a store with only a BD player costing 400 or 500 right beside a PS3 that is a BD player with a game system as well for 400.... most will pick up the PS3.
This seperating out the PS3 from dedicated players to prove something about sales is idiotic.
Had Comcast's HD box, but that didn't give me much more than just a full screen. I returned it and went back to the regular digital box and paid $30 less a month.
So IMHO, an HDTV is great, but I don't think one needs all the fandangle stuff to enjoy it.
You’re spot on with post #29. The pricing of the blueray players is ridiculous. I’ve got a 5 disc DVD carousel player that works just fine. I’ve got a DVD burner on both my desktop and laptop pc’s that work just fine. I’m not going to go out and spend 400-600 bucks on a blueray player that doesn’t even have very many features. In fact, I’m waiting for the price of the PS3’s to come down. When it gets closer to 200 then I’ll think about it.
It's bad enough to have operating systems hobbled, and new technology rendered useless by computer software. Putting up with it, and having to pay a premium for its implementation is adding insult to injury.
Perhaps the death of HDDVD was premature.
The PS3 is also the only player where you knew you’d get the final Blu-Ray spec eventually without paying a penny more. It has the processor power, networking and storage space, so all that was needed was a software update.
Now all the talk is special effects. To my thinking it is just a bunch of cartoons.
It's not higher-def in the number of pixels, but those who transmit your HDTV use high compression to save bandwidth, and that hurts picture quality. HDTV is also broadcast at a maximum 1080i (interlaced), while Blu-Ray is 1080p. You do need a big, high-speed TV to notice the difference though.
REO is coming to Oklahoma City in a month or so. I went to an REO/Blue Oyster cult concert in 70’s. I barely remember it.
You're getting 1080i (interlaced) on HDTV - and the cable companies are sometimes cheating and delivering lower quality feeds. Blu-ray is 1080p non-interlaced, and it's perfect.
To me the big problem with Blu-ray adoption is not the player, it's that too many of the greatest movies haven't been released on Blu-ray yet - the catalog is skewed toward more recent releases. Unless you're the kind would rather see classics like "Alien vs. Predator" instead of "Ben Hur". ;)
BD-Audio is the Blu-Ray 3.0 specification, and lucky for you Sony will probably issue a system update so you can play those disks (whenevery they come out).
My first DVD player probably cost more than my PS3 if you count inflation. VCRs were pretty cheap at the time. That's just how the next generation works. I remember when a 42" flat screen cost over $20,000, and now they're under $900.
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