DVD or Blu-ray players

[Red Hot Sloth]

Originally Posted by foofighter

I'll be honest i dont play any of the games on the PS3 we mainly bought it for the BR player as it is the cheapest and best bang for the buck.

Oh man...ya gotta play Duan!!!
Resistance Fall of Man
Call of Duty 4
Guitar Hero 3
Surround sound, Hi-Def!!

[TURNERob]

I can't wait for GT5 to come out, but let's not deraill this thread on games

[Red Hot Sloth]

Originally Posted by TURNERob

I can't wait for GT5 to come out, but let's not deraill this thread on games

TotallY!!

[Red Hot Sloth]

Originally Posted by Shu

the player that claim "upscales 480p(regular dvd) to 1080i"...is this not true? are they only going to 720i or p at best????

Pretty much just a fudging of numbers I would say.
720i at best, which is close to an equivilant of 480p.
720p is a decent picture, better than 720i, but those upscaling dvd players don't have enough technology to place extra information onto a disc to get to a higher resolution.

[ohyeah89]

Another reason to get Blu-Ray: the recent news that Warner Bros will ONLY be supporting Blu-ray! This gives Blu-ray a huge advantage since the only networks supporting HD DVD will be Paramount and Universal. That means less movies avaliable in HD DVD in the future...

Warner exclusively backs Blu-Ray

[allison]

What was wrong with just plain DVD? My grandma asked me what kind of Bourne Ultimatum DVD I wanted... why does there have to be 3 choices?!

[Red Hot Sloth]

Originally Posted by allison

What was wrong with just plain DVD? My grandma asked me what kind of Bourne Ultimatum DVD I wanted... why does there have to be 3 choices?!

After you watch something in Blue Ray on a 1080p screen, there is really only one choice

[allison]

Originally Posted by Red Hot Sloth

After you watch something in Blue Ray on a 1080p screen, there is really only one choice

My flat widescreen tv (old style tube, etc) HD is like 4.5 years old.. so would it make a difference?

[foofighter]

yes allison major difference. your tv has to be able to display things in 1080p to take FULL advantage of high def movies

[Shu]

Originally Posted by ohyeah89

Another reason to get Blu-Ray: the recent news that Warner Bros will ONLY be supporting Blu-ray! This gives Blu-ray a huge advantage since the only networks supporting HD DVD will be Paramount and Universal. That means less movies avaliable in HD DVD in the future...

Warner exclusively backs Blu-Ray

Aren't Paramount and Universal as big as Warner Bros?
to me that seems like only 1/3 of the major studios are going to Blu-Ray

[Shu]

Originally Posted by allison

My flat widescreen tv (old style tube, etc) HD is like 4.5 years old.. so would it make a difference?

1080p and BluRay compared to 5yr old HD are night and day..I do know that...
Time to jump on the bus...go buy a new tv

[foofighter]

Originally Posted by Shu

Aren't Paramount and Universal as big as Warner Bros?
to me that seems like only 1/3 of the major studios are going to Blu-Ray

you're forgetting that paramount has an out clause that stipulates that if Warner goes they can go as well. So that will leave just Universal...and you know how long that's going to last.

[Shu]

Thanks RH Sloth.T-Rob, Foo and others you helped me a lot....feel free to turn this into a gaming thread if you want....lol

[allison]

Originally Posted by Shu

1080p and BluRay compared to 5yr old HD are night and day..I do know that...
Time to jump on the bus...go buy a new tv

Nope! If I were gonna spend that kind of coin I'd save up for Leviathan. Geez.

[Shu]

Originally Posted by allison

Nope! If I were gonna spend that kind of coin I'd save up for Leviathan. Geez.

a what??
isn't that a demon or dragon or something like that?

[allison]

Originally Posted by Shu

a what??
isn't that a demon or dragon or something like that?

Lenz bike

[Shu]

haha nice bike....but I was right...too..

Destruction of Leviathon

[speckledtrout]

My friend is a film archivist and a HUGE cineast. he's been watching the
Blu-ray VS. DVD contest for a while and he says Blu-ray is where it's all going.

[ShinKen]

Originally Posted by Red Hot Sloth

I did the same thing. By the way...Fry's has the best selection of Blue Ray movies other than going online. And most of them are now around $24...with an decent amount for $19

u guys need to hook up with the blockbuster online joint!! for about 20 bucks a month u get to wach all the blue ray flicks u can as long u ONLY have 3 @ a time!! plus u get free rentals when ever u turn in the movie @ the store!! no reason to ever buy a freaking disk ever...

nuff said!!!

[Chopper]

Originally Posted by foofighter

in regards to being obsolete...the PS3 is where it's at because there's a new BR standard that's coming out that REQUIRES the BR players to have a data port to connect to so that future firmware updates can be quickly and easily done via the internet. Right now the PS3 has all that capabilities wifi/ethernet so you dont have to worry bout buying a player that will become obsolete.

I'll be honest i dont play any of the games on the PS3 we mainly bought it for the BR player as it is the cheapest and best bang for the buck.

Something that should be noted on the PS3 is that they over heat and so need plenty of ventilation. I ended buying a aux fan for mine which works but is also very noisy and distracting when watcing movies.
My first PS3 burnt out three days before the warranty ran out and the new one still runs very hot so it wasn't just that one unit.