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Quote: Originally Posted by SactoMan01 Here's what we know now: 1) The price of flat panel HDTV's that can display Blu-ray disc playback at full resolution are rapidly coming down in price. 2) The price of Blu-ray players that support video…
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Quote: Originally Posted by womblingfree It must be some consolation to those with dust layered HD-DVD players that Apple haven't introduced Blu-ray yet. Enjoy your Netflix boys As for DVD, do people really imagine it's the future? A standard…
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Quote: Originally Posted by kollkolen Blu-ray sight and sound quality are unbelievable. For those of you that are skeptical, there's no better movie than Transformers to make you a believer.On 1080p, the picture is crystal clear, the colors are v…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Frank777 Blu-Ray players hit the $69. mark. Still can't kill off DVD... Haha... I thought blu-ray took over the world, already. All PS3 users only watch Blu-ray movies.
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Quote: Originally Posted by huskermania Just to throw a different aspect on the Blu-ray thing. At Best Buy, we just had our training on the 3D stuff that's coming out and how it's going to affect Blu-ray. Right now, we are seeing several differen…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tonton What's the easiest way to split an mkv file for free? I have not used it myself, but many use mkvtoolnix or mkvmerge. I am not sure either of the freeware is available on OS X, though. Good luck!
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Quote: Originally Posted by tonton OK here's the problem. I have the Star Wars sexology in full 1080p. (I also own fully legal copies of the DVDs so don't talk to me about piracy, please). My new Blu-Ray player doubles as a media player via USB. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by dfiler Quite a few people would prefer the addition of blu-ray over the next speed bump. Seriously, I'm one of them. And that's coming from someone who constantly says streaming is the future. I still wanted a blu-ray …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jfanning Profile 2.0 has been implemented for two years, I think you are beating the dead horse with this one, and profile 3.0 is audio only, ie not going to affect the majority of people. I guess everything will be…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jfanning But that isn't profile changes causing that. Blu-ray profile 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, and 3.0 in the works. Most playback issues within profile 2.0 players with profile 2.0 feature on. Obviously, turning off this f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by OldCodger73 I have a Panasonic 10a dating from 2006. I use it for watching movies; I'm not interested in some of the fancy stuff you can do with the often included extras. In that time I upgraded firmware only once and…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tonton As I mentioned before, I just got a full HD display. I bought an AV>HD upscaler, but it's a piece of junk. The picture quality is horrid. Playing a DVD on my MacBook Pro plugged into the display looks tons be…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jfanning What constant change to Blu-ray profiles? It's more of changes in implementation causing playback issues even in standalone players. It requires constant firmware update on standalone players to stay compa…
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Well, some standalone blu-ray players cost less than the blu-ray drives. Most consumers will get much more going with standalone players vs. having a blu-ray drive in their PC/Mac with half-cooked playback software support. Blu-Ray playback on HTP…
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Hm.... revived cooling technology. In the past, peltier cooling device had issues with moisture build up. I am sure the technology has evolved in nearly a decade since I've heard last.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Cory Bauer This part bears repeating: And yet Apple continues to force-feed their customers digital downloads as a sad alternative to blu-ray, which they're waiting to "really catch on" before adopting. It wo…
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PS3 is not known for their upscaling ability and the SD streaming PQ quality may be improved on a unit with designated video processors like the streaming capable BD players. I would not imagine the improvement would be like the HD content quality,…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Cory Bauer Lol, wut? Please direct me to the data that shows PAID movie streaming and downloads is outpacing Blu-Ray adoption. HULU and YouTube doesn't count, because it's freakin' free. I don't think any data wil…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jimmac Not streaming per say but downloading, the internet, no physical media. Just ask Carniphage. I've responded to others here as well who thought physical media would go away soon. I guess you just need to go wa…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Cory Bauer Really? Unless you're sitting too far away (like 12 feet or more) or your 65" screen was built more for size than stellar picture quality, you should definitely see a difference. That said, Ratatouille's p…