Blue Ray Folks Help Me Out! - Page 3

RACER X · 12-09-2009, 10:32 AM

wii is only 720 output
360 went w/ HD-DVD

Gas Man · 12-09-2009, 10:37 AM

And we see how well HD DVD lasted

Trip · 12-09-2009, 10:50 AM

360 could add a blu ray drive and was rumored to do it. They just haven't. Not really worth the cost now.

Wii isn't in the full entertainment market.

RACER X · 12-09-2009, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Gas Man

And we see how well HD DVD lasted

blu-ray won out over HD-DVD, as others have said downloading movies is where the ind. will goto.

so what are you saying?

and theoretically since everything is digital, it's either good or bad ? same w/ $5 cables vs $100 cables ?

z06boy · 12-09-2009, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by The Chi

Do you have it hard wired for the internet or set up as wireless?

Not yet but I most likely will later so I'm not much help with that as far as having any issues with that...hopefully I won't.

The reason I bought this particular Blu-ray is because my TV is a Samsung. After reading some of the reviews...should I start having issues with it I will buy a different brand next time but again...so far...so good.

I watched Gladiator last night which is almost a 3 hour movie with no issues.

the chi · 12-09-2009, 11:02 AM

After digging for more info from the hubby, apparently his Xbox will also stream the Netflix, he just hasnt set it up. *sigh*

Thanks for the input guys, much appreciated. I may still get this for my bedroom in the future tho.

Gas Man · 12-09-2009, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by RACER X

blu-ray won out over HD-DVD, as others have said downloading movies is where the ind. will goto.

so what are you saying?

and theoretically since everything is digital, it's either good or bad ? same w/ $5 cables vs $100 cables ?

I know blu ray won over the HD-DVD. That is what I was saying.

There are differences between cables as well. Its just like everything else. Yes the $5 cable will still make sound/video but is it the same quality. No.

goof2 · 12-09-2009, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Gas Man

I still wont say that. There are blue rays that cost thousands.

I mean they make dvd players that will outperform a blue ray. You just have to spend the MAJOR coin. The thing is that if you want the higher def beyond standard DVD. You have 2 choices. Either spend huge huge money on a DVD player and buy cheap dvd discs. OR Spend low money now on a blue ray and pay premo price on blue ray discs.

I'm not argueing that the PS3 isn't a good blue ray. I just wouldn't say its the end all. But yes it is a good one.

How come the other systems like Wii doesn't play blue ray?

When the PS3 and Wii were introduced stand alone blu-ray players were over $300 on their own. Integrating the technology at that time was expensive and Nintendo didn't want to price themselves out of the market. The PS3, when launched, cost twice as much as a Wii and it is estimated that Sony was still loosing around $250 per PS3 at that price. Nintendo created a basic game machine and focused all their efforts on the user interface. Sony carried their user interface over but created a complete home entertainment machine.

There are no DVD players that will outperform a fully capable Blu-ray player, at any cost. Regardless of how much is spent on the player the DVD itself is limited to a native resolution of around 720x480. That signal can be upconverted, upscaled, or whatever else they want to call it but that is just filling in resolution "holes" with data that doesn't exist on the disk. DVD is also limited to 5.1 channel compressed audio. Blu-ray runs up to 7.1 channels and also uses no compression for the audio signal.

goof2 · 12-09-2009, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Gas Man

There are differences between cables as well. Its just like everything else. Yes the $5 cable will still make sound/video but is it the same quality. No.

Look in one of the recent TIGGER threads for a discussion of cables. If it is a digital signal we are talking about (HDMI) there is no difference between the $5 cable and the $100 cable as long as they are both producing picture and sound. Digital being what it is, if the signal is getting from one end of the cable to the other it will be exactly the same no matter how much the cable cost.

z06boy · 12-09-2009, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by The Chi

After digging for more info from the hubby, apparently his Xbox will also stream the Netflix, he just hasnt set it up. *sigh*

Poor guy...I know how he feels. No matter how much you do...it's never enough.

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