What do u think of the Blu Ray Disc sceme? February 14
voluntarilyunconcious asked:
What do u think of the DVD players they are coming out with next.. these Blu Ray DVD players… ?
What do u think of the DVD players they are coming out with next.. these Blu Ray DVD players… ?
Would it be cheaper to just buy a Ps3 that already has this professinal function?… a built in Blu ray Disc reader than to purchase any regular form of Blu Ray DVD player?
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rushmore223 Feb 16
If you plan on playing games on it in addition to watching movies, it is worth it. If you have no interest in the game system though, dont bother. Stand alone players have gone down in price to about $399.00, less if you catch a sale. they will also most likely go down a little more in price over the next six months or so, probably down another $100 by then.
agb90spruce Feb 17
Before you consider buying note the following:
- There is no difference in audio and video quality between Blu-ray and HD DVD (competing and incompatible formats).
- HD disks include advanced sound tracks better than DVDs … if your sound system can reveal the improvements.
- Disks are more expensive than DVDs (and not yet readily available as previewed disks).
- There are about 800 disks available in total for the 2 formats, split almost equally. Some movies are available in both formats, but most are format specific (so if you choose one format you won’t be able to play the other movies in HD (although you can play a normal DVD version since players in both formats are backward compatible with DVDs … in fact they upconvert them to a form of HD).
- Introductory level HD DVD players are half the price (~$200) of Blu-ray players ($400) … and for the vast majority of consumers all they can benefit from.
- Dual format players exist, and while currently very expensive (~$1000) they are the probable future since neither format is likely to disappear.
- You won’t benefit from Blu-ray or HD DVD unless you have a medium sized HDTV and watch it from closer than you are probably used to.
- Better quality (>$100) upscaling DVD players (or a low end HD DVD player) will make DVDs look almost as good as HD disks.
- DVDs won’t be disappearing any time soon. HD disks are still (and many would say will remain) a niche format, currently being outsold 20:1 by DVDs.
- So … and I would advise waiting 6-12 months before deciding … if you DO decide to buy Blu-ray the PS3 is by far the best deal for a blu-ray player. It is both a good player and the only one of the various models that can be updated to match the capability of 2nd generation players being introduced now (there are different .. and more advanced .. requirements for players first sold after Oct 31, 2007). If you play games that is a bonus, but even if you don’t consider that many custom home theatre installers choose the PS3 as a HT Blu-ray player.
Hope this helps.