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Hi-Def Media Lovefest: The war is over and we can all go home.
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Cheesemeister
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Pirates 3 $24.99
Pirates 2 $0.00 BOGO
Pirates 3 coupon -$10.00
Disney Blu-Ray coupon -$5.00
Subtotal $9.99
7.0% sales tax $1.75
TOTAL $11.74
Pirates 2 $0.00 BOGO
Pirates 3 coupon -$10.00
Disney Blu-Ray coupon -$5.00
Subtotal $9.99
7.0% sales tax $1.75
TOTAL $11.74
Christoff Yurievich
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you know what I hate about all of these BOGO's and stuff? I got all the good movies a few months ago and I paid full price for them.
I don't have my excel file handy but last I checked I have spend almost $1000 on Blu-Ray movies since I bought my PS3 in August and I haven't updated it since the middle of December. I'm probably around $1200 by now.
I don't have my excel file handy but last I checked I have spend almost $1000 on Blu-Ray movies since I bought my PS3 in August and I haven't updated it since the middle of December. I'm probably around $1200 by now.
mysticstylez
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picked up a PS3 today and I popped in the Spiderman 3 BD, and it's still letterboxed, anyway to make it proper widescreen.
mysticstylez said:
Umm ... that is proper widescreen. TV widescreens are at a 16:9 (1.78:1) aspect ratio.
The two most common film aspect ratios today are 1.85:1 and 2.39 ... both being wider then your set, and thus creating letterboxing.
Here's an example of a 2.39 image on widescreen TV:
The Main Event
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mysticstylez said:
Are we in 2008?
KZObsessed
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"Nintendo wins the format war!" :lol
mysticstylez
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nm
mysticstylez
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Onix said:Umm ... that is proper widescreen. TV widescreens are at a 16:9 (1.78:1) aspect ratio.
The two most common film aspect ratios today are 1.85:1 and 2.39 ... both being wider then your set, and thus creating letterboxing.
Here's an example of a 2.39 image on widescreen TV:
thank you for not being a dick like others, i'm not educated that well with this stuff.
xS1TH L0RDx
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FFObsessed said:
:lol :lol :lol hilarious
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
captive said:
Yes I can. You're off my ignore list, along with chemo and crayon.
Also, I went to pick up my daughter today, and got a package from my sister in PA. My Blu Ray collection just doubled. :0
I got the movies from the 5 free movie deal for my Ps3 (hence Stir of Echoes and Flight of the Phoenix). Not a bad haul, considering I only paid half price for one of them (Ricky Bobby) and the rest were free. I'm pretty happy that I got those movies, since I was worried that it would take a lot longer from the stories I'd heard. My BR collection is now at 12, half of my HD DVD collection. A few more BOGOs and it should zoom right by it.
mysticstylez said:
no problem. I was joking on my second post BTW ... just thought it was funny how fast people attacked.
It is curious they didn't make the TV standard wider though. I can only assume it was either because 4:3 content would just look ridiculous on it (even wider pillarboxes) ... or for some technical reason that made it harder to produce TV's that way (or both).
Didn't see HBO in the past 5 or so pages.
http://www.dailytech.com/HBO+Also+Goes+Bluray+Disc+Exclusive/article10295.htm
Posted yet?
http://www.dailytech.com/HBO+Also+Goes+Bluray+Disc+Exclusive/article10295.htm
Posted yet?
"Paramount's current plan is to continue to support the HD DVD format"
"Universal's current plan is to continue to support the HD DVD format"
Heh, both statements are basically word for word. As it's been mentioned, not much of a denial for BR support. Hopefully it's sooner rather than later.
"Universal's current plan is to continue to support the HD DVD format"
Heh, both statements are basically word for word. As it's been mentioned, not much of a denial for BR support. Hopefully it's sooner rather than later.
Cosmic Bus
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Do any current Blu-Rays have firmware updates on the discs themselves? A friend is having absolutely no luck getting Sunshine to play on his PS3, and doesn't have internet access to download the latest version. I tried grabbing the file from Sony's site and putting it onto a flash drive for him, following the directions to a tee, but the system won't recognize that there's any update file present. Suggestions?
Cosmic Bus said:
Only one I can think of was R&C ... though that was a few revisions old. You may want to see if others are having issues with Sunshine, I'm not sure many have found it yet. Maybe all PS3's are having problems?
As for other suggestions, make sure you set up the folder structure correctly for the flashdrive. Worse comes to worse, have him bring his PS3 by your place to hook it up online.
polyh3dron
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:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lolSnah said:
mr stroke
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Mrbob said:
ya apears like it-
check this thread-
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=165135&page=15
:lol So I am sitting here watching Farris Bueller on Universal HD and a Blu Ray commerical comes on. It is one I haven't seen before and has testamonials from directors (cars dude) and customers. One of the customers says "yeah some of my friends have HD DVD but blu ray just looks so much better" (or something like that). Thought that was pretty funny.
plagiarize
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so it's nintendo's fault.dallow_bg said:
this is more retarded than the hate nintendo gets here on GAF.
Christopher
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Holy shit who is this dude? :lol another anti Sony fan - grow the fuck up.
Onix said:Umm ... that is proper widescreen. TV widescreens are at a 16:9 (1.78:1) aspect ratio.
The two most common film aspect ratios today are 1.85:1 and 2.39 ... both being wider then your set, and thus creating letterboxing.
Here's an example of a 2.39 image on widescreen TV:
That image is 240x180. Divide by 60 in each and that becomes 4x3...
Am I missing something in this explanation?
The Main Event
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M3wThr33 said:
This should show it better:
1.78:1 (16 divided by 9) movies on a widescreen television:
2.35:1 movies on a widescreen television:
Outcast2004
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It IS proper widescreen. That's the theatrical ratio... the way it's meant to be seen.mysticstylez said:
The Main Event
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Kintaro said:
I'm all for optical formats. But what he's saying is true though. The average consumers don't give a damn about these formats..........well yet.
M3wThr33 said:
lol ... you're right ... I fail (I misread the caption on the pic)
The letterboxing isn't that dramatic on a 16:9 screen.
Crap. I can't find a really good pic that verifies aspects. Here's something (though it only goes up to 2:25 ... not 2.35, 2:55, etc.) to demonstrate the size of the bars.
HOWEVER, those are not representative of the effect on the pictures viewpoint ... they are cheap crops. You should see MORE of the picture ... not less.
Those are all on a 16:9 display
Warm Machine
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16:9 was chosen because it more or less matches human vision aspect.
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