i got pans lab. and blade runner 5-disc edition.

5/13/2008 1:56:11 PM

is this any 2 blu ray's or select titles?

5/13/2008 1:57:18 PM

select titles, as i stated.

5/13/2008 2:05:30 PM

a full-featured, stand-alone Blu-ray player that is priced cheaper than the PS3 has been spotted at Wal-Mart
http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/13/samsungs-bd-p1500-blu-ray-player-in-stock-in-the-wild/

5/14/2008 6:11:14 PM

been a while ... sorry

New Releases for May 27, 2008
* Dragon Ball Z - Dead Zone/World's Strongest
* Dragon Tiger Gate
* Rambo
* Rambo (Box Set)
* Rambo III
* Rambo: First Blood Part II
* Strauss: Die Fledermaus

Next week is a good/dangerous week

5/27/2008 4:11:35 PM

http://www.switched.com/2008/06/04/wal-mart-throws-in-100-gift-card-with-blu-ray-player-purchase/

Next week you'll be able to get $100 gift card with the purchase of any Blu Ray player at wal-mart.

6/5/2008 10:20:56 AM

There Will Be Blood is out!

6/5/2008 10:21:48 AM

http://www.jr.com/promotion/listContent.jsp?promoName=bluraypromotion&subFolder=1099&JRSource=chemail.weekendSale.20080606

6/6/2008 12:16:47 PM

bttt

7/9/2008 10:47:24 AM

Which Blu-Ray player should I buy? All are $399. Reviews are quite favorable to the Panasonic, but it's been out since December of last year, longer than the other two models. The Sony one is brand new. All are 1080p

- Panasonic - Blu-ray Disc Player, Model: DMP-BD30K (http://tinyurl.com/57xzp3)


- Samsung - Blu-ray High-Definition Disc Player with 1080p Output, Model: BD-P1500 (http://tinyurl.com/6lwfwg)


- Sony - Blu-ray Disc Player with 1080p Output Model: BDP-S350 (http://tinyurl.com/6dyyra)

8/4/2008 6:12:26 PM

Sadly, a PS3.

Don't worry though, I'm sure the price of standalone players will drop now that HD DVD is dead!

8/4/2008 6:35:14 PM

my dad has the Panasonic but he got it last Christmas like you posted. I have no idea if its any good, tvs suck so bad i doubt you could find much fault with a DVD player.

Lets operate under fixing the least common denominator.

8/4/2008 6:37:29 PM

I'm guessing there hasn't been any major improvements to BluRay quality in the last year or so... just making the decoding or whatever process faster? I remember people saying early high-def DVD players were extremely slow.

I guess I have 30 days to see if it doesn't suck. It's going to be hooked up to my pioneer elite PRO-111FD, 50" 1080p plasma

8/4/2008 6:49:55 PM

good choice on the pioneer

8/4/2008 8:12:38 PM

GORGEOUS:

http://www.usa.denon.com/beyond/products/DVD-3800BDCI.html

My search is over. 99% certain I'll be purchasing this one quite soon. Playback flat out blew everything else away.

8/7/2008 9:20:21 PM

You go right ahead and spend $2000 on a blu-ray player...

8/8/2008 12:18:57 AM

oh by the way, I watched hitman the other day, there was a mini-argument over that movie toward the end of page 1 and beginning of page 2.

and it was shitty, just as i suspected.

8/8/2008 12:40:20 AM

^^ Hey it's not a waste of money just because the format will be effectively dead within the next decade and obsolescent within 5 years.

[Edited on August 8, 2008 at 1:38 AM. Reason : booze made me do it.]

8/8/2008 1:37:54 AM

^^^ ok! thanks!

8/8/2008 9:43:34 AM

why do i keep hearing that blu-ray is a doomed format??? i don't get it...

8/9/2008 2:34:05 AM

^ because by the time blur-ray(and hd tv sets) becomes affordable for the average consumer we'll most likely have something new.

8/9/2008 2:42:44 AM

and what's that expected time scale?

8/10/2008 2:32:47 AM

^^you know, when Blu-ray movies MSRP at the same cost DVDs did in 1999.

8/10/2008 4:13:23 AM

That's great, too bad it's 2008 now and there's an absolutely immense stock of normal DVDs at $5 along with any number of alternatives to actually purchasing DVDs.

"It's the same price as normal DVDs used to be" is an absolutely idiotic argument.

8/10/2008 12:37:34 PM

Anyone heard about a Blu Ray player supporting SACD playback on the horizon? I couldn't find anything (other than the PS3, which I suppose technically qualifies as a Blu Ray player).

8/10/2008 5:27:03 PM

the difference between red book audio CD and SACD is all in your head; it's not like the difference between up-scaled DVD and Blu-Ray.

8/11/2008 3:43:49 AM

DVD's work fine for me and honestly I couldn't really give a crap about upgrading my entire media system right now to reap the benefits of high quality Blu-Ray content.

[Edited on August 11, 2008 at 4:58 AM. Reason : -]

8/11/2008 4:57:51 AM

were you guys saying the same thing about dvd's when they first showed up?

I'LL STICK TO MY VHS TAPES

[Edited on August 11, 2008 at 5:48 AM. Reason : fjdsfd]

8/11/2008 5:48:22 AM

Well see between vhs and dvd there were a lot of reasons to upgrade. Quality, features, ability to quickly jump to content positions, etc.

With Blu-Ray there's just not that huge list of reasons. Most people go to Walmart/Best-Buy/whatever and see a movie in dvd and blu-ray formats and would rather just buy the cheaper of the two. Regular ole dvd quality is good enough for them.

So unless all of a sudden content providers pull all their dvds off shelves and switch everything to blu-ray overnight, fat chance on getting a mass format exodus like there was from vhs to dvd.

8/11/2008 6:01:07 AM

sarcastically digging at blu-ray like you did before is just stupid. you'd rather get cheaper lower quality dvd's, we wouldn't, who gives a fuck either way.

8/11/2008 6:15:30 AM

I wasn't being sarcastic.

If you're talking about that little bit I italics then that was just alluding to the number of blu-ray movies that have come out that really aren't that great in quality. Hell just go buy a progressive scan dvd player for a ghetto fix for your old dvd collection.

Like I said. The majority of the public aren't going to jump on this right a way for minor benefits.

8/11/2008 6:26:03 AM

much of the same crew that upgraded to HD will make the jump. FUCK ERRYONE ELSE

actually i don't care at all, like i said.

8/11/2008 6:27:34 AM

Quote :

"Anyone heard about a Blu Ray player supporting SACD playback on the horizon? I couldn't find anything (other than the PS3, which I suppose technically qualifies as a Blu Ray player)."

80gb PS3 according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3

8/11/2008 9:46:22 AM

Quote :

"If you're talking about that little bit I italics then that was just alluding to the number of blu-ray movies that have come out that really aren't that great in quality. "

Yeah i just watched "Escape from New York" last night and the quality was pretty bad. Apparently it's still better than the dvd though. You can't exactly re-film a movie so i'd imagine the quality can only get so much better.

On the other hand my Blu-ray of Casablanca is just beautiful despite the 4:3 OAR. They need to release Wizard of Oz in HD already. I bet that the 35mm digital scan would look amazing, especially with the technicolor.

[Edited on August 11, 2008 at 10:01 AM. Reason : .]

8/11/2008 9:59:09 AM

^^ yeah other than the PS3 is what I was wondering about though.

8/11/2008 10:11:51 AM

for those of you who still don't believe the PS3 is a top-of-the-line Blu-ray player.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10016208-1.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Crave

Quote :

"It goes without saying that the folks who work at Criterion Collection are film buffs. And anyone who has watched one of the company's lovingly remastered DVDs can attest to the fact the company really cares about making films look as good as they can. That's why we took notice when a poster at AVS Forum pointed out an interesting tidbit in Sound & Vision's recent profile of Criterion Collection's new high-def home theater--Criterion's reference Blu-ray player is a PS3."

8/14/2008 3:19:29 PM

Quote :

"If it's good enough for Criterion and CNET, it should be good enough for you."

hahahahahahahahahahaha

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Quote :

"If the image quality experts ??????? at Criterion and CNET both agree that inexpensive cables generally perform just as well as more expensive cables, we're betting those cables are okay for your [the layman's] home theater too."

[Edited on August 15, 2008 at 3:47 PM. Reason : ]

8/15/2008 3:45:04 PM

Criterion doesn't know shit about image quality ... my bad

on that note:

Quote :

"The Criterion Collection has revealed that they will offer an upgrade program for those Criterion DVD owners looking to upgrade their current collection to Blu-ray. Simply send in the DVD disc you want upgraded along with a check for $25 ($20 upgrade fee plus $5 shipping) and they'll send you the Blu-ray version of the title (disc only)."

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=1697

8/26/2008 3:29:01 PM

Heros season 1 and 2 are out on blu-ray Wednesday.

8/26/2008 10:28:58 PM

^today. (Tuesday) actually.

8/26/2008 11:49:06 PM

Nightmare Before Christmas FTW!!!

8/27/2008 12:08:06 AM

Too bad the 2nd season of Heroes sucked so bad, cuz I really liked the first a lot.

and yes, NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS!!1!!11

8/27/2008 12:30:17 PM

I was thinking about getting a Blu-Ray this afternoon with some gift cards I got from Circuit City for my bday...

Was looking at

Samsung - Blu-ray High-Definition Disc Player with 1080p Output, Model: BD-P1500

-------

I'm pretty novice at this and it took me like 5 years to even buy a DVD player when they came out, but I have some $$$ and am so used to HD-everything on TV that I want the same for movies.

Thoughts?

9/11/2008 12:17:00 PM

Unless there's some specific issue you think you'd have with using a video game console as a DVD player, you're better off buying a PS3.

9/11/2008 12:32:56 PM

Hmmm... that seems viable.

I can sell my 360 (I REALLY don't need 2 gaming systems). How much do you think I would get for a 1 year old 360?

I mean I'd be paying, what, $340 anyway for that BluRay player so it's probably less expensive to sell my 360/newer games and just get the PS3 anyway...

I'll do some research. Thanks for the suggestion. I see that the PS3 is one of the few that is Blu-Ray 2.0 compatible for the future...

*** Do places like Gamestop buy Xbox360's? Or just games? I really don't feel like using Craigslist/EBay...

[Edited on September 11, 2008 at 12:51 PM. Reason : x]

9/11/2008 12:48:35 PM

you'll get hosed trading it in. just craigslist it.

9/11/2008 3:32:35 PM

If you were going to keep the 360 when buying the Blu-Ray player, I don't see why you'd sell it at this point. You're just going to lose money on everything you've ever bought for it especially since it just recently price dropped. No harm in hanging onto it.

9/11/2008 3:53:49 PM

the biggest downside to the ps3 as blu-ray is the lack of an IR remote... even if you have a $400 universal remote, it can't control the ps3 without buying an adaptor for the ps3 or buying the ps3 remote

9/11/2008 4:59:51 PM