Anyone into HD-DVD or BluRay?
May-10th-2007, 04:00 AM
#32
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lol i don't know, every hates the movie accepted but i like it, plus i still haven't seen doom. lol mines not even open, i barely watch movies anymore. hopefully soon i'll just take a day to watch all my movies i haven't seen.
May-10th-2007, 03:45 PM
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I just read an article where Wal-mart has placed an order with a chinese electronics company to buy 2 million HD-dvd players for sale in their stores next year under $300. The actual selling price will most likely be $199 based on industry analysts.
When walmart AND the **** industry back you then you know you've won!
again, I'm not accepting defeat of Blu-ray, just saying that this won't bode well for them if they continue to sell their cheapest unit at $600 while wal-mart is selling HD at $200.
When walmart AND the **** industry back you then you know you've won!
again, I'm not accepting defeat of Blu-ray, just saying that this won't bode well for them if they continue to sell their cheapest unit at $600 while wal-mart is selling HD at $200.
May-10th-2007, 03:49 PM
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PlayStation 3 - Not the most comprehensive Blu-ray Disc player
PlayStation 3 - Not the most comprehensive Blu-ray Disc player
Announcement
By Henning Molbaek
FIRST PUBLISHED May 8, 2007
The PlayStation 3 has been called the most comprehensive Blu-ray Disc player available by Sony. They even plan to start a campaign later on the year to hype this claimed fact.
However, recent discoveries has made one seriously doubt these claims. The issue is audio output particularly the new HD codecs Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD. The unit has no 5.1 analog output so you can't get it out that way. However, it has a HDMI V1.3 port so everything should be great. But no, it does not support the transfer of the required bit streams to an external decoder / AV receiver like the recently announced Onkyo models. You can get the unit itself to decode Dolby TrueHD (NOT DTS HD) and send it as uncompressed audio to the receiver. But if you trust your new THX ULTRA 2 certified receiver to be a better unit for the job you are in bad luck. It is not possible.
So if you want all the wonders of HD on disc perhaps Playstation 3 is not the perfect choice.
PlayStation 3 - Not the most comprehensive Blu-ray Disc player
Announcement
By Henning Molbaek
FIRST PUBLISHED May 8, 2007
The PlayStation 3 has been called the most comprehensive Blu-ray Disc player available by Sony. They even plan to start a campaign later on the year to hype this claimed fact.
However, recent discoveries has made one seriously doubt these claims. The issue is audio output particularly the new HD codecs Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD. The unit has no 5.1 analog output so you can't get it out that way. However, it has a HDMI V1.3 port so everything should be great. But no, it does not support the transfer of the required bit streams to an external decoder / AV receiver like the recently announced Onkyo models. You can get the unit itself to decode Dolby TrueHD (NOT DTS HD) and send it as uncompressed audio to the receiver. But if you trust your new THX ULTRA 2 certified receiver to be a better unit for the job you are in bad luck. It is not possible.
So if you want all the wonders of HD on disc perhaps Playstation 3 is not the perfect choice.
HDMI 1.3 standards weren't even finalized when the PS3 was released, but all it adds is bitstream output for SACD. This quote is just stoopid though
"You can get the unit itself to decode Dolby TrueHD (NOT DTS HD) and send it as uncompressed audio to the receiver. But if you trust your new THX ULTRA 2 certified receiver to be a better unit for the job you are in bad luck. It is not possible."
Sending the stream uncompressed to an external processor is EXACTLY what you want to do with a PS3.
May-10th-2007, 03:52 PM
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I just read an article where Wal-mart has placed an order with a chinese electronics company to buy 2 million HD-dvd players for sale in their stores next year under $300. The actual selling price will most likely be $199 based on industry analysts.
When walmart AND the **** industry back you then you know you've won!
again, I'm not accepting defeat of Blu-ray, just saying that this won't bode well for them if they continue to sell their cheapest unit at $600 while wal-mart is selling HD at $200.
When walmart AND the **** industry back you then you know you've won!
again, I'm not accepting defeat of Blu-ray, just saying that this won't bode well for them if they continue to sell their cheapest unit at $600 while wal-mart is selling HD at $200.