Chekhonte Posted January 9, 2008 Report Posted January 9, 2008 God I can't wait until one of the HD formats bites the dust. I really want older art movies to come out in high def and that isn't going to happen 'til one of the formats becomes ubiquitous. Quote
grawk Posted January 9, 2008 Report Posted January 9, 2008 God I can't wait until one of the HD formats bites the dust. I really want older art movies to come out in high def and that isn't going to happen 'til one of the formats becomes ubiquitous. One format dying doesn't make the other one ubiquitous. Having users give a shit is what that'll take. And right now, upscaled DVD is good enough that most people aren't changing, I think. Heck, most people don't even have HDTV yet. Quote
Chekhonte Posted January 9, 2008 Report Posted January 9, 2008 You're right, ubiquitous wasn't the right word. But I do think that when one of the formats goes to the way side then we'll start to see lower budget movies start to move to high def over time. Quote
Chekhonte Posted January 9, 2008 Report Posted January 9, 2008 I don't have HDTV, lol. If prices drop even more then I highly recommend it. Having your computer hooked up to a huge TV screen via HDMI is amazing. Quote
en480c4 Posted January 9, 2008 Report Posted January 9, 2008 If prices drop even more then I highly recommend it. Having your computer hooked up to a huge TV screen via HDMI is amazing. Yeah, nothing quite like browsing the -case on my 46" Sony Quote
laxx Posted January 9, 2008 Report Posted January 9, 2008 I'll get one when I move out, but for the time being, I'm fine with my 24". Quote
riceboy Posted January 9, 2008 Report Posted January 9, 2008 I figure that my A3 will work good as an upconverting DVD player, to keep wear and tear off my PS3. Plus, I can hope for clearance HD-DVD's I'm there for Clearance HD-DVDs. There were already 40 select HD-DVDs on Amazon for buy one get one free and the HD-DVDs were 19.99 a piece so around $20.00 for 2. Quote
tkam Posted January 10, 2008 Author Report Posted January 10, 2008 Ok this one just might seal the hd-dvd coffin for good Quote
n_maher Posted January 10, 2008 Report Posted January 10, 2008 Ok this one just might seal the hd-dvd coffin for good Now if they can just get some lower cost Blu-Ray players in the pipe-line that format might actually survive. Quote
Salt Peanuts Posted January 10, 2008 Report Posted January 10, 2008 Now if they can just get some lower cost Blu-Ray players in the pipe-line that format might actually survive. What is the cheapest Blu-Ray player now-a-days? Is it still the cheaper/crappier PS3 model at $399? Quote
tkam Posted January 10, 2008 Author Report Posted January 10, 2008 We should start seeing $299 blu-ray players sometime later this year. Maybe even $199 by the end of the year. Quote
Salt Peanuts Posted January 10, 2008 Report Posted January 10, 2008 BTW, Todd, how is the PS3 as a Blu-Ray player? It's likely I'll end up picking one up at some point, especially when more interesting games in Japan becomes available (I love that Blu-ray region coding is same for US and Japan). Quote
kevin gilmore Posted January 10, 2008 Report Posted January 10, 2008 I managed to get one of those hd-dvd players at wallmart for $99. Did not even have to wait in line. Just for chuckles i bought it. Filled with software bugs like i've never seen before. Won't even play one of the startrek remasters (which are glorious by the way) all the way thru, you have to go back to the menu and play it title by title. Think the blu-ray players are any better, think again. Go to avsforum and look at all the titles that various players won't play, or do stupid things with. Its not the price for me, i want something that works right out of the box and not have to install firmware every week for the next year. Plus some of the firmware fixes allow some disks to play, and then break others. So if you want to watch disk A you need this rev of firmware, and this disk you need a different rev... But evidently you can't go backwards in revisions on most of the players. The only player that works perfectly is the PS3. Very sad. By the middle of this year you will see lots of blu-ray players for $299 or less. In fact you can buy a blu-ray computer drive for that now... Quote
tkam Posted January 10, 2008 Author Report Posted January 10, 2008 BTW, Todd, how is the PS3 as a Blu-Ray player? It's likely I'll end up picking one up at some point, especially when more interesting games in Japan becomes available (I love that Blu-ray region coding is same for US and Japan). I still think it's probably the best blu-ray player around. It has the benefit of having way more processing power than needed and a steady stream of updates if any bugs show up. Quote
n_maher Posted January 10, 2008 Report Posted January 10, 2008 I still think it's probably the best blu-ray player around. It has the benefit of having way more processing power than needed and a steady stream of updates if any bugs show up. Hmm, would the wife actually fall for this? Quote
tkam Posted January 10, 2008 Author Report Posted January 10, 2008 Can't hurt to try the 40gig version is only $400 and it really doesn't look that out of place in a HT environment Quote
Salt Peanuts Posted January 10, 2008 Report Posted January 10, 2008 Can't hurt to try the 40gig version is only $400 and it really doesn't look that out of place in a HT environment I still want to get the 80gig version just so I can still play PS2 games. It would be annoying needing to have both PS2 and PS3 on my TV stand. Quote
laxx Posted January 10, 2008 Report Posted January 10, 2008 Shop on Craigslist for PS3's. I've seen 60Gb PS3's for $300 (I actually talked with them and they were willing to drop it off where I work, so it's not a scam). Quote
Chekhonte Posted January 10, 2008 Report Posted January 10, 2008 Yeah, I found my 60GB ps3 on craigslist for $275 and they dropped it off at my house and let me test it out to make sure it worked. Craigslist can be a great place to find cheep stuck on occasion if you don't mind praying on the desperate. Quote
laxx Posted January 10, 2008 Report Posted January 10, 2008 Yea, the PS3 I was looking at was $300 with an extra controller and 5 games. I decided not to get it because I don't have time to play, and I wasn't interested in the games he had and he wasn't willing to separate it. Quote
n_maher Posted January 10, 2008 Report Posted January 10, 2008 Yea, the PS3 I was looking at was $300 with an extra controller and 5 games. I decided not to get it because I don't have time to play, and I wasn't interested in the games he had and he wasn't willing to separate it. See around me there isn't much market (out in the woods) so anyone that has one still thinks that it's worth more than it is and wants full value for any games included. One add I looked at today wanted $750 for a PS3 + 8 or 9 games and looked thrashed. I think I'll stick to the waiting game for now. Quote
deepak Posted January 10, 2008 Report Posted January 10, 2008 I'm holding off for the revision 2 PS3 (ala slim PS2, external power brick). They're just too big and garish in their current form. Quote
JBLoudG20 Posted January 11, 2008 Report Posted January 11, 2008 Nate and reks buy PS3 and UT3. Fragging shall ensue. Quote
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