Best Buy to go Blu-ray

[MUDSHARK]

Will Blu-Ray work on a Toshiba TV? Amazon has a buy two get one free on both formats right now. I think I'll buy the HD-DVD since there are more appealing movies on the Hd-DVD included list. However I tend to like older movies which Hd-dvd seems to have a better selection of.

 

[j_garcia]

Plus there are a lot of HD DVDs on sale right now...but I still can't justify buying too many titles on a dying format. There will be a few new releases that are coming out that I will be picking up, but for the most part, I have to really want it to buy it on HD DVD right now.

 

[stratman]

Heresy! It will never happen!

You better than anyone know the old adage: "never say......"

 

[gus6464]

Will Blu-Ray work on a Toshiba TV?

Huh? What do you mean by that?

 

[MUDSHARK]

LOL I thought Toshiba might put a secret anti-BR chip in the den tv.

 

[Seth=L]

Toshiba TVs will work with Blu-ray players fine.

Blu-ray and Sony have no tactic of "screwing" the consumer. Once the format war is over the mass production of players can start, even the Sony players will become drastically cheaper. These manufacturers aren't going to pore every dime they've got into something that isn't logical. While Blu-ray has the upper hand at the moment it's not completely certain and not everyone is ready to start mass producing these players. Once the format war is decided all the generic players and lower price models from Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Pioneer, Samsung, Sanyo, etc... will start coming out.

 

[Wayde Robson]

BB is not dropping HD, they are just pushing BD...as they always have, only moreso now.

Right on!

Endorsement is a funny word. Isn't it the obligation of a retail outlet to endorse all of its products?

 

[Totoro]

The sooner the confusion stops, the sooner we can just pick up a $100 or less player and start enjoying movies without that worried feeling in the back of your mind you chose the wrong format.

Even if Blu-Ray wins, I won't regret my HD-DVD purchase. The Toshiba HD-A2 is a great player with fantastic upscaling abilities. I also have Blu-Ray, but I plan on using my HD-DVD player for many years.

 

[j_garcia]

Yes it has good upscaling capabilities but the A2 has one glaring issue with upscaling - 4:3 aspect ratio and video based material. Anamorphic film based material looks very good, but I've found that video based material isn't handled well and 4:3 material doesn't scale properly when display is set to 16:9.

 

[stratman]

And to add more fuel to the ever going war between HD DVD and Blu-ray fan boys, I picked this off today, it's a bit stale but I haven't seen it anywhere else, of course it's not as big as Wal Mart's nuke, but it's something.

http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/06/is-target-going-blu-ray-exclusive/

There, more grist for the mill.

 

[Jack Hammer]

And to add more fuel to the ever going war between HD DVD and Blu-ray fan boys, I picked this off today, it's a bit stale but I haven't seen it anywhere else, of course it's not as big as Wal Mart's nuke, but it's something.

http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/06/is-target-going-blu-ray-exclusive/

There, more grist for the mill.

That's funny. I was in target last week and the picture they show in that link is the entire selection of BD they carry, about 15-20 titles (same quantity as their HD). In fact the "high def" section was just an end cap too. And all the titles are at full retail, ~$30-$40 ea.


Jack