If Hd Dvd Dies, Will You Buy Bd?

[allargon]

It's the BD+ system that caused it to take so long. You may experience this on a few titles from Fox depending on the player.

The BD-P1400 takes about 40 seconds to load up FF4SS.
The Panny DMP-BD30 takes about 17-20 seconds.
The PS3 takes about 10 seconds.

I believe the Sharp is quite quick with BD+ as well, around the same time as the Panny.

Samsung appear to be the worst for loading times with BD+. Hopefully the BD-P1500 will be much faster.

What about that overpriced, non TrueHD, not bitstreaming slow brick that is the #1 or #2 standalone--the Sony BDP-S300? How long does it take to load with BD+?

 

[dobyblue]

What about that overpriced, non TrueHD, not bitstreaming slow brick that is the #1 or #2 standalone--the Sony BDP-S300? How long does it take to load with BD+?

I have no idea - outside the PlayStation umbrella I don't buy Sony products.
I'm all about the P's.
Pioneer, Panasonic, Paradigm.

I don't think too many people are impressed with it.

I believe you'll note when the review went up here recommending it over the other as an entry level player, I chimed in and disagreed saying that I thought the Samsung BD-P1400 was a much better entry level player given that it had TrueHD decoding for analog and bitstreaming of TrueHD and dts-ma.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

If they drop the price of the Onky HD DVD player to $100, I'll buy one.

http://media.onecall.com/Image_Products/Onkyo/DV-HD805_US_Leaflet_Temp.pdf

 

[DTS]

I started shopping online a few minutes after my Netflix email. Probably gonna get a PS3.

 

[frostbyte]

I've posted it before, but just in case you didn't see it, I got mine from sonystyle .com and approved for their credit card which gave me $100 off the system. It made me jump at it right then without a 2nd thought.

 

[j_garcia]

If they drop the price of the Onky HD DVD player to $100, I'll buy one.

http://media.onecall.com/Image_Products/Onkyo/DV-HD805_US_Leaflet_Temp.pdf

Why? It is nothing more than a rebadged Toshiba....