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Quote: Originally Posted by JLL HD DVD - The look and sound of upconverting Interesting indeed. HD-DVD PQ & AQ = Blu-ray PQ & AQ..... Therefore, Blu-ray = The look and sound of upconverting?... I'm sure it's true for few B…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JLL Just because Samsung are behind all the time with firmware updates doesn't mean that the rest of the companies are. You do know that Blu-ray is supported by almost every major CE company out there, don't you? …
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Quote: Originally Posted by OldCodger73 I don't see why there's all this harping about BD being unfinished. It plays movies just fine. It seems to me only a few movie "geeks" are the only ones interested in all the bells-and-whistle features. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Frank777 Toshiba responds. It's a pity they didn't do this before the Holiday season, they might have had a better chance. However, I do need an upscaling player. I wonder if this will cause upscalers to drop even f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Guartho Holy cow. Nearly a full page of gamer kid posturing. Could we please stay on topic for the denouement of this multi-year Blu-ray v. HD DVD epic? Haha... Didn't you know that PS3 turns every gamer int…
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Quote: Originally Posted by marzetta7 Panasonic already will have a 2.0 player on the market in the coming months. Did you and Corey miss that post? So, your obvious complaints are somewhat moot, as 2.0 players will have what you are looking for.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Cam'ron Do you think anyone is going to care enough to upgrade from 1.1 to 2.0 just so they can link to the internet. OMG I can go directly to a website where I can buy stuff from the movie! Wowee! Most people don't ca…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Cory Bauer Poor HD DVD. When it rains, it pours: Toshiba should probably get started on some combo players if they have any interest in selling anything that plays discs this year. So...how long before a consume…
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Quote: Originally Posted by kupan787 Streaming I will agree with is not possible today. However, you can easily start a movie downloading in the morning, and it would be ready for you in the evening. The math has been done in other threads, s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by icfireball You have to think of it in the sense that each Blu-Ray disc can hold 100GB, maybe even 150GB with the triple layer disc. At $5 a disc you get 100GB of storage. That's $0.05 per gigabyte. A 500GB of storag…
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Quote: Originally Posted by OldCodger73 There seems to be some question about the accuracy of the Financial Times' report that Paramount will be dropping HD. There's one report that Paramount has denied the claim, calling it speculative. Just …
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Quote: Originally Posted by marzetta7 Paramount/Dreamworks - No New Title Announcements for CES http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...;UPDATED]/1345 Telling perhaps? Uh-oh HD DVD...uh-oh. They had not announced it in CES 2007, eithe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Bancho Ok, seriously now, BR and HD DVD are so totally overkill for audio only presentation it's really pretty silly. Have peope really even bought into music only DVDs? Some of the the concert DVD has audio file…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Walter Slocombe If its "JUST" about an optical disc format, and you imply that fretting about such things is beneath you, then why are you here wasting your time posting on the thread? Because I can?... You're…
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Quote: Originally Posted by onlooker Look who's talking. And look who's laughing now. Quote: Originally Posted by Frank777 This kind of reasoning is why Blu-Ray backers gained a reputation for not being all that bright. I just thoug…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Fishyesque I don't know if you guys will see my post, cause it's at the end of last page. So I'll ask again. How much, if at all do you think PS3 sales will be affected by all of this? as a game console or as a b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by marzetta7 Considering that HDM is a 40 billion dollar industry, that's 6 billion in Blu-ray's pocket right there...I think they'll take that. Only if PS3 strategy succeed with J6P.
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Quote: Originally Posted by OldCodger73 Universal has to be examining their business plan. Now that the experts in the media are calling the format war over it's a safe bet that HD player sales will dry up. HD disc's roughly 40% market share on a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by vinea I think there's a bit of pent up demand for HDM as the format war ends. All those folks that said "WAIT!" will now say "GO!". I really hope so. Does this mean we can expect 10 to 15% HDM sales to DVD's by…
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Quote: Originally Posted by 4metta Not if they own plasma or lcd tvs. Come on, dvd players that upconvert and come with HDMI will cost you less than $100! I got one free with my tv. Lots of stores are giving away upconverting dvd players wi…