Official Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Thread

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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Was just sad to see Toshiba throw away the lead they had before the PS3 debuted. Not quite sure why they didn't start doing BOGOs to match Blu Ray ones. If your buyers weren't willing to jump on board until the players were $100, what made them think they'd start paying $25-30 a movie? And when they finally wised up, it was too little too late.

[CaptainZombie]

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Ugh, I saw some of the prices of the new Blu-Ray standalones with Profile 1.1

Samsung has a new profile 1.1 player for $400. Are you kidding me? Their combo player will be at $600 bucks.

I'm starting to sense that the only Blu-Ray standalones that we will see below the $200 plateau in the next couple of years will be Profile 1.0 players. Fun times This is only going to further slow the adaptation of HDM in most homes.

I started doing some research on the Profile 1.0 and lower players, save your money guys because they are completely crap from the complaints that people have had. Newer movies like Die Hard 4 aren't working on those, some low LFE issues, etc.

Yes, we are screwed with Sony's prices since they did say back in November, even before the Warner news that their prices aren't moving any lower on hardware.

From Michael Bay today, this guy must have a big stiffy over all of this. I hope that Transformers sees the light of day on BluRay, because I want to see what he is commenting about.......yes, the sound did suck on HD-DVD for this movie, but Paramount did a **** jog encoding it to the right sound encode.

I know the look, color, and sounds on my own movies better they anyone in the world. I color-time every single image, and am there for every single audio tweak. I see my films in the editing and final process no less then a 100 times. I know ever single nuance. For some dick wads on these posts who think I can't make an informed choice on what format in the end, has the truer results for my own films. Well you where to shove.... My films finished in Blu-Ray are better - more true. Hd is better than DVD, but just not as good as Blu-Ray. So buying a Transformers Hd is still the best you will see this movie as of today. But when Paramount caves for Blu-Ray in the future - This will happen, then you will see Transformers one day finished in Blu-Ray and I will sure be able to tell the difference.

[23]

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Yeah, it's not even a war. LOL

It's like if you and I started our own country and decided to attack the United States

HA!, no chance in eternity.

Half the people with HDTV's right now just plug in a coax cable and think they're watching hi def.

[ExtremeGamer]

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I started doing some research on the Profile 1.0 and lower players, save your money guys because they are completely crap from the complaints that people have had. Newer movies like Die Hard 4 aren't working on those, some low LFE issues, etc.

Yes, we are screwed with Sony's prices since they did say back in November, even before the Warner news that their prices aren't moving any lower on hardware.

From Michael Bay today, this guy must have a big stiffy over all of this. I hope that Transformers sees the light of day on BluRay, because I want to see what he is commenting about.......yes, the sound did suck on HD-DVD for this movie, but Paramount did a **** jog encoding it to the right sound encode.

I could care less what Bay says. I've watched Transformers many times on HD-DVD, and it sounds awesome. By all accounts, every review of it was fantastic.

[Heelfan71]

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Do bluray players play SD-DVDs?

They make SD-DVD's look better too.

[CaptainZombie]

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I could care less what Bay says. I've watched Transformers many times on HD-DVD, and it sounds awesome. By all accounts, every review of it was fantastic.

Bay is a bozo and cracks me up with his comments. You were also the same person that said yesterday that you would replace this title when it comes on BD due to the audio? Unless I was talking to another Extremegamer....LOL!

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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I could care less what Bay says. I've watched Transformers many times on HD-DVD, and it sounds awesome. By all accounts, every review of it was fantastic.

Co-sign. Transformers was a nice transfer, both sound and audio. But then again, I'm no audiophile and not bothered by lacking lossless sound.

[ExtremeGamer]

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Bay is a bozo and cracks me up with his comments. You were also the same person that said yesterday that you would replace this title when it comes on BD due to the audio? Unless I was talking to another Extremegamer....LOL!

I never said due to audio. No clue where you go that. I said it was one of the Paramount HD's I'd replace along with Shooter, Flags of our Fathers, and Italian Job.

All the other big Paramount movies I have already on BD.

[Spectre]

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I'm not a movie buff by any means when it comes to nuances of audio and video. I'm also easily impressed.

That is a terrible combo when it comes to evaluating movie releases. I still think upconverted DVDs look good enough for me! My Blu-Ray films are pretty much all comedies so they don't really push the audio or anything. My HD-DVDs are more action oriented so I can't really compare.

[CaptainZombie]

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Co-sign. Transformers was a nice transfer, both sound and audio. But then again, I'm no audiophile and not bothered by lacking lossless sound.

Transformers had excellent PQ, but I felt the AQ was underwhelming when compared to my other discs both BD and HD-DVD.

[triplej96]

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I'm ready to sell my A3 along with my HD DVDs but my only problem at this point in time is a decent blu-ray player is like 399.99 wtf.

[RockyTop1]

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I'm ready to sell my A3 along with my HD DVDs but my only problem at this point in time is a decen blu-ray player is like 399.99 wtf.

Same price as a 40 gb PS3.

What HD DVD's are you selling?

[CaptainZombie]

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I'm ready to sell my A3 along with my HD DVDs but my only problem at this point in time is a decent blu-ray player is like 399.99 wtf.

Same price as a 40 gb PS3.

What HD DVD's are you selling?

triplej, depending on what you want man, even at $399 the PS3 is the better player. Only SAL player worth getting is the Panasonic BD30 right now that is more complete at the moment, that can be had for about $417 on amazon and $499 at B&M stores. It does all of the audio codecs that the other cheaper players don't. Rocky's idea of the PS3 is a better choice.

[SLAYER]

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I wouldn't be so quick to say BOGO sales will end. Blu-ray is still going against DVD and digital distribution.

Anywho..CES roundup:

CES: Philips Intros $349 Blu-ray Player

Philips has announced its latest Blu-ray player, the BDP7200, which it says will retail for the value price of $349.

The first Profile 1.1 compliant player from Philips, the deck boasts full 1080p/24 and Deep Color support, and the ability to control connected devices using the EasyLink HDMI Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) protocols.

Although the company's press release makes no mention of audio codec support, the eagle-eyed folks over at Engadget snapped this pic from behind the demo unit, which would seem to indicate a lack of 7.1 audio support.

Philips says the BDP7200 will hit store shelves this April.

CES: Panasonic Intros First BD-Live Blu-ray Player

CES: Samsung Unveils BD-P1500 Blu-ray Player

CES: Samsung Bows New Dual-Format Blu-ray/HD DVD Player

CES: Sharp Unveils Second-Gen Blu-ray Player

[Virix]

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.......yes, the sound did suck on HD-DVD for this movie, but Paramount did a **** jog encoding it to the right sound encode.

The Dolby Digital + track on transformers was pretty good imo. TrueHD would have been better though...