Well, you are assuming they have HD-DVD which they do not... and I am not aware of the 360 (because I dont have both) being able to upconvert... and IF it can, I dont know if it does it exactly the same.

so yeah... there you go again, just rambling for the sake of arguement as usual..

2/13/2008 4:36:38 PM

yea I was wondering where the hddvd came from

2/13/2008 4:43:28 PM

HD DVD just updated their firmware to 2.0

A30/A35 bumped to 1080p/24

2/13/2008 5:08:42 PM

Quote :

"Well, you are assuming they have HD-DVD which they do not... and I am not aware of the 360 (because I dont have both) being able to upconvert... and IF it can, I dont know if it does it exactly the same. so yeah... there you go again, just rambling for the sake of arguement as usual.."

xbox360 1080p
PS3 1080p

Xbox360 upconverts
PS3 upconverts


There you go again talking out of your ass for the sake of talking. You make it sound like your friend is using his xbox360 on an old Standard Def tv.

2/13/2008 6:49:27 PM

Quote :

"and I am not aware of the 360 (because I dont have both) being able to upconvert"

It upconverts over VGA and HDMI.

2/13/2008 6:49:46 PM

/

[Edited on February 13, 2008 at 9:38 PM. Reason : er]

2/13/2008 9:38:30 PM

I just bought the upconvert DVD player, but it only upconverts to 1080 i/p if you use hdmi. I guess I'm stuck with 480p since my tv doesn't have hdmi.

It's just to tide me over until Blu-ray players improve.

2/14/2008 12:01:07 AM

^ buy my 34'' hdtv.. it has HDMI.

golovko, you suck at life dude.

2/14/2008 11:59:42 AM

callifag....stfu.

2/14/2008 2:17:15 PM

^how it's possible that you're still allowed to post in these forums is beyond me.

2/14/2008 3:32:11 PM

25gb BD discs are only $15/each now!

http://www.yesbuy.net/blu-ray-bd-r-2x-blank-media-ridata-1.html

2/14/2008 3:52:59 PM

^^____________ stfu....

2/14/2008 4:59:50 PM

got my 5 free blu rays in today. got the system on christmas.

so about 6 weeks.

not bad

2/14/2008 5:32:03 PM

http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/14/toshiba-gearing-up-to-drop-hd-dvd/

2/14/2008 11:25:25 PM

I GET TO TELL MY KIDS I HAD BETA MAX! SWEET!

2/15/2008 8:04:41 AM

Putting it out of it's misery.



<3 the internet

2/15/2008 8:50:17 AM

wow i could probably sell by blu ray player for more than i got it for since i only paid $80 for an open box

2/15/2008 9:28:33 AM

Wow cool

You figured out how Profit works.

2/15/2008 9:55:20 AM

http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/15/wal-mart-to-officially-discontinue-hd-dvd-sales-by-june/

ruh roh

2/15/2008 11:52:25 AM

Last chance to sell your HD DVD stuff while it still has some value... Otherwise, enjoy your $150 player than can play a handful of movies.

2/15/2008 12:54:53 PM

It's for real, now...you get Walmart, you own the universe...

http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/15/technology/wal-mart_blu-ray/index.htm?cnn=yes


This is all the convincing I need. Time to go buy a player.

2/15/2008 1:25:43 PM

QFT, if walmart doesn't push it, it's over

2/15/2008 1:54:50 PM

wow.

question, without me looking too much around on the internet for the answer. was the 360 going to support Blu-ray in the future? Maybe it has no choice now, but what are any timetables for that?

2/15/2008 3:34:54 PM

360 can only do hd-dvd with a add on

ms has said nothing about having a BR add on at some point.

2/15/2008 3:48:47 PM

actually ...

http://www.destructoid.com/a-microsoft-blu-ray-partnership-you-never-say-never--67212.phtml

Quote :

"We've been talking to Blu-ray all along because we have the best piece of software in the business, called HDi. It is the backbone that powers interactivity in HD-DVD and we have that available to potentially partner with others"

and ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN0851332620080108

Quote :

"It should be consumer choice; and if that's the way they vote, that's something we'll have to consider"

Nothing's concrete, but there are certainly rumblings in the M$ camp.

2/15/2008 4:44:25 PM

Quote :

"question, without me looking too much around on the internet for the answer. was the 360 going to support Blu-ray in the future? Maybe it has no choice now, but what are any timetables for that?"

There is always the option that Microsoft could say "no, we don't think our game console should be an HD movie player too". Nintendo's isn't.

2/15/2008 5:08:37 PM

Quote :

"Last chance to sell your HD DVD stuff while it still has some value... Otherwise, enjoy your $150 player than can play a handful of movies."

i wouldnt call 400+ movies a handfull

2/15/2008 6:40:14 PM

when over half of the titles consist of garbage you'd never watch in the first place and another quarter consist of movies you'd never watch twice, I'd consider what's left to be a handful.

2/15/2008 7:55:10 PM

[Edited on February 15, 2008 at 8:12 PM. Reason : 100% of HD DVD owners are still rationalizing picking the losing format]

2/15/2008 7:57:46 PM

yo mark(gloveco)....if like 47 percent of the movies are garbage you would never watch, and the other 28 percent consist of movies you'd never watch twice, then yeah, thats a handful of movies

2/15/2008 8:00:44 PM

72% of all the statistics in this thread were made up on the spot.

2/15/2008 8:08:09 PM

.

Above this line exists the magical spot from which statistics flow.

Due to the price of standalone BD players, I believe it will be some time before I get one for my mom. She is one of the people that wouldn't be able to use a PS3 to play a BD because of stereotypes that consoles cannot play movies. She is afraid of the complexities of the cable box just for HD and digital cable. She won't have satellite because "The dish is ugly" although it's really because she is afraid.

My mom is afraid of technology.

2/15/2008 8:23:20 PM

you're mom is a luddite

2/15/2008 10:13:56 PM

Quote :

"stereotypes that consoles cannot play movies"

Not familiar with that one - just the fact that they do play them, but not very well.

2/15/2008 10:22:15 PM

My PS3 has been great.

Don't see why anyone wouldn't be one right now instead of forking out that for a Blu-Ray player....

2/16/2008 3:05:48 AM

It's official now. Toshiba just announced on Japanese TV that they are dropping HD DVD and exiting the format war.

http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSL1627196120080216

http://www.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/dailynews1.html

http://gigazine.net/index.php?/news/comments/20080216_toshiba_hddvd/

Quote :

"Toshiba Corp is planning to stop production of equipment compatible with the HD DVD format for high-definition video, allowing the competing Blu-Ray camp a free run, public broadcaster NHK reported on Saturday."

[Edited on February 16, 2008 at 8:20 AM. Reason : :]

2/16/2008 8:15:13 AM

Quote :

"when over half of the titles consist of garbage you'd never watch in the first place and another quarter consist of movies you'd never watch twice, I'd consider what's left to be a handful."

Are we talking blu ray or HD DVD?

the last handful of movies I bought were HD DVD because they're great movies and aren't available on blu ray yet and probably won't be for some time.

[Edited on February 16, 2008 at 10:24 AM. Reason : .]

2/16/2008 10:24:13 AM

Quote :

"Don't see why anyone wouldn't be one right now instead of forking out that for a Blu-Ray player...."

2/16/2008 10:29:36 AM

I just put a 45 dollar bid on a HD-A35 player. Hopefully with Toshiba throwing in the towel no one else will bid on this.

I'll take my Planet Earth, Transformers, Bourne Tril and watch in 1080/24 all day long for 45 dollars.


That'll tide me over until BR players are sub $200.

2/16/2008 12:57:19 PM

you're nuts

these things will be $20 in a few weeks

2/16/2008 1:04:54 PM

doubtful. DVD players don't even go that cheap on Ebay.


I have a lot of HDDVDs that I received as promo gifts (work in radio) and I don't even have a HDDVD player. And this is a good up-converter for my normal DVD collection.

I won't buy any HDDVDs but it'd be nice to get a great upconverter and something to play my current HDDVDs on for 45 bucks plus 10 ship.

2/16/2008 1:10:46 PM

is this thread really still active?

2/16/2008 1:59:12 PM

yes, b/c hd is on it's way out. seems that way anyway.

2/16/2008 4:29:41 PM

Quote :

"Not familiar with that one - just the fact that they do play them, but not very well."

Dude, you really need to get over your snobbery. The fact is, if you're buying a Blu-ray player today, the PS3 far and away your best choice, by any metric you choose to measure by. Best picture quality, sound quality, loading speed, and upgradeability. Will there be a better Blu-ray player one day? Of course, but if you're talking about buying one today, you're settling for an inferior product if you're not buying the PS3. But whatever, I'm sure you know more than a guy who's built a $6 million home theater

http://blog.audiovideointeriors.com/208great/

2/16/2008 5:59:14 PM

Uh... he's also got a Scientific Atlanta digital cable box and everyone knows those are pieces of shit.

Not to mention the fact that there's a BDP-S1 sitting two shelves above the PS3.

[Edited on February 16, 2008 at 6:13 PM. Reason : .]

2/16/2008 6:10:26 PM

And a Samsung Blu-ray player! The PS3 must just be there for show, it's oh so pretty you know

2/16/2008 6:33:54 PM

How about the PS3 must be there for games?


it has games, right?

2/16/2008 6:40:36 PM

My whole point was that you went out of your way to say

Quote :

"I'm sure you know more than a guy who's built a $6 million home theater "

When the guy has a non-PS3 Blu-ray player sitting right there.

2/16/2008 6:41:05 PM

I might not know more than a man who built a 6million dollar home theater, but I bet my penis is a hellva lot bigger.

2/16/2008 6:42:24 PM

^^And I don't see how that changes the fact that Wyloch is dead wrong about the PS3s capabilities as a Blu-ray player. Unless, like I said, he's got more refined tastes than Mr. Kipnis up there.

2/16/2008 6:47:14 PM