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what's your guys take on which way to go on buying a new DVD player, Blue-ray or HD?
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I think you should make a list of all the movies you would like to own or watch. Then see which format (s) those movies are in. If most of those movies are on blu-ray, then buy blu-ray & vice-versa.what's your guys take on which way to go on buying a new DVD player, Blue-ray or HD?
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Buy a combi player during the christmas buying frenzywhat's your guys take on which way to go on buying a new DVD player, Blue-ray or HD?
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Get the 2nd Generation Combi player (LG or Samsung) for $1,000.Buy a combi player during the christmas buying frenzy![]()
I just saw Underworld & Underworld Evolution (AGAIN) on BD yesterday. The sound (& picture) is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. As I was watching, I thought to myself, "Thank God for Uncompressed LPCM & Blu-ray!"Batman Begins is "scheduled" for BD release, though no date is given...so that isn't a guarantee that it will come out. I can live without The Matrix Trilogy and the Bourne trilogy.
A combo player isn't a bad idea if the price is right, but you can actually pick up one of each for the price of most of the current combo players.
I have a friend at Warner who mentioned that they were going to put Batman Begins out this Christmas, but with all the other biggies coming out from them (Oceans 11-13, Harry Potter 1-5, etc.) over the 4th quarter that it would be better timing to wait until next June to coincide with the release of The Dark Knight.Batman Begins is "scheduled" for BD release, though no date is given...so that isn't a guarantee that it will come out. I can live without The Matrix Trilogy and the Bourne trilogy.
A combo player isn't a bad idea if the price is right, but you can actually pick up one of each for the price of most of the current combo players.
Yeah, I agree. Most of my HD DVD titles are DD Plus. Most of my BD titles are LPCM.For me the decision was based on audio - I saw Blu-ray discs coming out with lossless audio and sometimes 24/48 as well.
To this day that has not changed - there are over three times as many titles on Blu-ray with lossless audio than HD DVD.
Damn good arguments in favor of Blu-Ray. Thx.yet many of the key issues remain the same
Not on my copy it isn't.Yeah, I agree. Most of my HD DVD titles are DD Plus. Most of my BD titles are LPCM.
The one exception is Superman Returns. On HDDVD, it is TrueHD.
However, on BD, it is PLAIN Dolby Digital!!!
This is the only thing I'd disagree with - although it's not the fault of the formats themselves, the Blu-ray discs do get a noticeably higher score on sound when you look at all the reviews.1. Audio & Video quality is almost identical between formats. Blu-ray has more space and higher bandwidth, so it can technically look/sound a bit better, but this has resulted in VERY minor advantages in actual review scores. For all intents and purposes the movies themselves look/sound identical.
[B]HD DVD PQ SQ TOTAL [/B] [B]Blu-ray PQ SQ TOTAL [/B]
HighDef 3.89 3.62 3.75 HighDef 3.97 3.83 3.90
HTSpot 3.94 3.86 3.90 HTSpot 4.07 4.27 4.17
DVDTalk 3.64 3.49 3.56 DVDTalk 3.67 3.72 3.70
HTForum 3.90 3.68 3.79 HTForum 4.28 4.07 4.18
UpDisc 3.98 3.80 3.89 UpDisc 4.03 4.12 4.07
[B]Totals 3.84 3.67 3.76 [/B] [B]Totals 3.94 3.96 3.95 [/B]
Holy cow, Batman!My Superman Returns has PCM and TrueHD. This is the version that will roll out to stores when current copies of the 640 Kbps Dolby Digital Blu-ray version run out. (You know, 640 Kbps Dolby Digital that somehow becomes Dolby Digital PLus on HD DVD even though it's the exact same 640 Kbps track on all Warner releases)
The problem is that none of them are double-blinded comparisons....the Blu-ray discs do get a noticeably higher score on sound when you look at all the reviews.
Here's a comparison of over 1,000 reviews of both formats from 5 of the main review site...
I think that a good 2nd gen Tosh is more expensive.Get the 2nd Generation Combi player (LG or Samsung) for $1,000.
Or the 2nd Gen Toshiba HD DVD for $238 & 2nd Gen Sony BLU-RAY for $438 = $676.