Vaulter98c
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Right now Bluray is suffering from what DVD did back when it first started catching on. Alot of movies are being released on bluray that are nothing more the DVD upconverts and people are getting ripped off. There are already 2 versions of Fifth Element. people complained about the crappy original version.
I don't see downloading to be feasable at all. I have yet to download anything at a streamable size that looks as good as over the air HD broadcast. OTA 1080i TV is about 7gigs for an hour of TV. I don't know anyone that can download 7 gigs in an hour. Ever Bluray disk I have put in my PC has come up with over 40gigs on it. You can compress video but it will look like compressed video.
and Streaming is important for digital downloads because it puts it in the same realm as on demand cable or satellite. You get the desire to watch a certain movie...having it readily available via digital download streaming where you can watch it instantly puts it above Bluray and any other physical formats. It puts digital download on the instant gratification bandwagon...which can be quite profitable for the companies doing it...and make it very difficult for Bluray and other physical media to compete.
Oh yeah, let alone seeing rainbows on LED DLPs and the LaserVue, and what I call the jigsaw-effect of every 960x1080 single-chip DLP RPTV.Wow that excerpt is awful. Anyone who knows home theaters in the slightest knows that just because your set is "1080P" and you have a dvd player with a HDMI cable, doesn't make high-def content superfluous--my BD-P2550 makes my SD-DVDs look damn good, all due to the Reon; certain Blu-Ray discs that meet the videophile's cut look better than any broadcast/downloadable HD content. Wow. That guy/girl is the type that cannot see a 60hz flicker on a CRT or the horizontal lines approximately every third on a Sony CRT. No credibility whatsoever. They need to attend some schooling at Bjorn's Audio Video in San Antonio, TX.
I put a BD reader in my HTPC a couple weeks ago. I was impatient, so I went to Best Buy and paid $120 instead of ordering the $90 one from Newegg. I have a 60" Pioneer Kuro plasma and I can definitely tell the difference between upconverted DVD video and a well done BluRay. The studios bear a lot of the blame for the slow adoption rate of HD disc formats. Shovel crap onto a different disc, and it's not going to generate demand. Put the time and care into the HD transfer, and people will notice.
I wonder just how many of these people who claim they can't see any differnece are actually sitting at the proper distance for viewing. Amaxing how close you are actually supposed to sit in re the size of your 1080P screen. For example with a 40 inch diagnoal screen, which is a popular size, you actually have to sit no more than 6 feet from the screen to get the proper effect. That is one standard couch length.
I wonder just how many of these people who claim they can't see any differnece are actually sitting at the proper distance for viewing. Amaxing how close you are actually supposed to sit in re the size of your 1080P screen. For example with a 40 inch diagnoal screen, which is a popular size, you actually have to sit no more than 6 feet from the screen to get the proper effect. That is one standard couch length.
To the inch (PDF file) http://hdguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/hdtv_distance_chart.pdf
Graphical chart http://www.carltonbale.com/2006/11/1080p-does-matter/
I think it goes beyond that. Many of these are the same people that talk about the awesome Samsung 22" LCD they got at Best Buy for $300, which in fact has rotten viewing angles, uneven illumination, and ridiculous color banding and dithering. But it must be good because its bright, cheap, and the sticker on the front says 2ms response time!
Some people just don't know, or don't care about the difference between a good looking image or a bad looking one.
I disagree. The root cause is Americans willingness to almost always choose cost over any other issue. The rise of Walmart and other discounters (aka dollar stores) proves that Americans will buy cheap crap if it's available over quality.As always, education (or lack thereof) is the root cause of the problem.
I disagree. The root cause is Americans willingness to almost always choose cost over any other issue. The rise of Walmart and other discounters (aka dollar stores) proves that Americans will buy cheap crap if it's available over quality.
Those are elements but the movie isn't about that. They are mostly a way to get a robot alone by himself in the apocalypse. Either way, great movie, and IMO not politically driven.
People who claim there is some kind of message in Wall-E really need to watch the special features on the disc. They were made human because it worked. Originally they were jello-like blobs As the story evolved they became human and the writers than needed a reason for them to be in space and no on Earth, so the whole big corporation ruling the world and the wold turning into a trash planet came to be. The humans being obese came from the jello-blob design with human features added to it. Wall-E is a love story, everything else is secondary.
One thing I didn't like is that all of the Blu-ray movies I watched were widescreen, so there were black bars above and below the picture on my HDTV until I stretched it or zoomed in.
I refuse to give credence to an article from someone who writes something like this:
Alrighty then....
And sony has not ever turned on the spyware in the players yet. Yep internet connect for verification of your movie. Rentals will probably fail and either you can't watch it or the unit will lock up and have to be taken in to get the disk out. Fing pirate....that is sonys view on all of their customers.
Downloads are NOT the future because 90% of people don't have a HTPC. Myself included.
Sony spent a fortune to win the war. The only looser was the consumer.
HD was not going to rip us off like blu...any HD had great chips to upconvert dvd.
Blu there are 2 that do great upconvert the rest, sony players are designed NOT to do great upconvert.
Hell if you can upconvert why would you pay their BS prices for a blu disk.
Yep they are way overpriced. players, movies all are a big rip off.
And sony has not ever turned on the spyware in the players yet. Yep internet connect for verification of your movie. Rentals will probably fail and either you can't watch it or the unit will lock up and have to be taken in to get the disk out. Fing pirate....that is sonys view on all of their customers.
Sony spent a fortune to win the war. The only looser was the consumer.
HD was not going to rip us off like blu...any HD had great chips to upconvert dvd.
Blu there are 2 that do great upconvert the rest, sony players are designed NOT to do great upconvert.
Hell if you can upconvert why would you pay their BS prices for a blu disk.
Yep they are way overpriced. players, movies all are a big rip off.
And sony has not ever turned on the spyware in the players yet. Yep internet connect for verification of your movie. Rentals will probably fail and either you can't watch it or the unit will lock up and have to be taken in to get the disk out. Fing pirate....that is sonys view on all of their customers.
I guess in the 1800s, you said vehicles are NOT the future because 90% of people don't have one? rofl
I build my own PCs and still can't wrap my head around how to use a HTPC.
I still don't know how to copy or "rip" a DVD to my hard drive. I tried to hook up my video card to my 42" 720p TV and it looked like total shit and I had no way to output sound to the TV.
Pain in the ass.
Use the internet, very useful info on there.
You're ok using the internet?
Wat? Is that where I find Google?
I've read up on that stuff and it's still not worth the hassle.
Thats the bit I dont understand, modern hardware is no hassle at all to get awesome results.
There are some great guides on the internet and there are tools for ripping and encoding movies that your Grandma could use.
Its your loss not mine, so it might be to your benefit to make a thread about it.