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Hi-Def Media Lovefest: The war is over and we can all go home.
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kaching said:
Stargate Ark of Truth finished filming months ago, unless she is doing something new (other then looking hot) she is doing nothing.
FYI: Ark of Truth is one of two new Stargate movies, first one finishes up the Ori-arc storyline, second one is standalone. And yeah Jewel is on SGA atm.
Gary Whitta
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Haha those idiots.terrene said:
George Claw M.D.
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Absolutely. In fact, I've watched it. That's why I found it so funny. Whoever made it, did an outstanding job. Also, lest anyone think I'm fanboy cheering, I'm applauding the comedic genius and execution of that video.bune duggy said:
Gary Whitta
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Trying to watch THE KINGDOM right now on my 360 add-on and after agreeing to accept a cookie I got stuck looking at a loading screen which never ended. Had to restart before the movie would finally play.
Cookies? Loading screens? All I want to do is watch a fucking movie. Fuck HD-DVD, Im glad it's dead.
Cookies? Loading screens? All I want to do is watch a fucking movie. Fuck HD-DVD, Im glad it's dead.
Gary Whitta
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Never had this problem with the PS3... and frankly I'm glad I didn't shell out more on a dedicated HD-DVD player given recent developmentsManaByte said:
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Go To Avs and find a thread about a samsung blu-ray sometime
. Both sides will have there flawed players. Actually I will save you some time:http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=943967
If you go Hd-dvd you gotta go with a XA-2//A-35
If go blu its between the panasonic or the station.
I am glad you judge all from one
Sidenote: Up to 73 discs now.
Nicodimas said:.
Go To Avs and find a thread about a samsung blu-ray sometime
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=943967
If you go Hd-dvd you gotta go with a XA-2//A-35
If go blu its between the panasonic or the station.
I am glad you judge all from one
Sidenote: Up to 73 discs now.
The problem being that HD-DVD players are only made by Toshiba ... and all gen 3 models are shit for serious A/V. The XA-2 is the only decent player they've made, but it obviously ain't cheap (in case you don't know, the A-35's deinterlacing is broken ... so the 1080p output is basically useless).
That's the problem with have no CE support (no to mention, cost-cutting since they're subsidizing the HW). No competition and cut-rate sales = iffy design and features.
So while BD has flawed players too, they also have some good ones ... and they will continue to get better, both as current CE's improve their designs ... and as more and more manufacturers jump in.
The xa-2 is not just decent player Onix as you know, its outstanding. I think both sides know the amount of support + Reon made it that way. (I own it so i may be skewed $450+7 movies deal)
The only thing it lacks is something absolutely mind-boggling to me. Playback on movies after you turn it off. It has the memory why not FW update this!
I have not heard that before. Considering many people argue the 1080p is better than the xa-2, I hope that is not true. I think you are thinking of the a-30 because they use different chips which i do know about it having issues.
I am glad you did not try to argue for the sammies though...:lol
When Toshiba joins the market with a duel player I hope they undercut the hell out of it.
The only thing it lacks is something absolutely mind-boggling to me. Playback on movies after you turn it off. It has the memory why not FW update this!
I have not heard that before. Considering many people argue the 1080p is better than the xa-2, I hope that is not true. I think you are thinking of the a-30 because they use different chips which i do know about it having issues.
I am glad you did not try to argue for the sammies though...:lol
When Toshiba joins the market with a duel player I hope they undercut the hell out of it.
Christoff Yurievich
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So will a release of El Mariachi benefit from HD seeing as it was shot on 16mm film but got the expensive transfer to 35mm? Or is it something like 28 Days Later?
Sony's big on box sets, they should do one for this film series.
Sony's big on box sets, they should do one for this film series.
Film is way beyond our current HD-1080p market. It is something like 20 million pixels right?
Best i could find:
http://books.google.com/books?id=_O...wAu&sig=hOI9MtKIOMLftfS956cbIPg_tdM#PPA133,M1
Best i could find:
http://books.google.com/books?id=_O...wAu&sig=hOI9MtKIOMLftfS956cbIPg_tdM#PPA133,M1
ManaByte said:
My Pioneer Elite decided to keep The Lives of Others last night. I had to hard reset it to get the disk out, which means waiting nearly a minute to simply eject a disk.
Standalones have a lot of benefits, but they are nowhere near ftw yet.
Nicodimas said:
It's a fine player, but it's not like it is the be-all, end-all (issue you mentioned, lack of DTS-MA decoding, borked 24fps SD output, etc). Unfortunately, it is the best we'll ever see.
IIRC, it actually does have a number of actual 'bugs', but I'd need to find the official thread for it.
Unfortunately, all gen3 players use the same deinterlacing (based on the a-25), its other parts that are different.
Its 1080p60 HD-DVD output is broken, as is its 720p, 1080p60 and 1080p24 DVD output. You may want to look it up over at AVS. There have been numerous threads about it and other issues, though you can find it listed in the OP of the 'official A-35 thread' (along with the other known problems)
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=925599
I'm really not trolling HDM ... I attempt to remain objective about this shit. Sammy's new players have potential, but their current products (especially the 1st gen ... ugh) were crap.
When Toshiba joins the market with a duel player I hope they undercut the hell out of it.
I don't see how that's possible. They will only make a combo unit once HD-DVD really is dead. At that time, they won't have licensing fees to lean on, so they will need to actually make a profit on the HW.
With that in mind, I don't see how they can price things like they have while trying to establish HD-DVD. If they were to do something like this, it would be short-lived. Also, I would really fear for the quality of the unit, given their current offerings.
Great point ..I was thinking they would not have pay so much for there own tech and just the licensing to BRC. They have the tech and infrastructure there. I really do not know how this part works though at all to be honest..
It does and they really random now. No memory playback something which a 50 dollar dvd player has. I still hoping for one more FW update. Bass still a problem. Shutdown error(more of a batch error jan 2007 models <~ stay away). Complicated setup.
I flipped my first Xa-2 I got the Jan model. Loud fan got me to switch within a week.
Gary Whitta said:
It's not really any better with a standalone player - I think my A2 is one of the least consumer-friendly pieces of tech I own, from the long boot times, to network configuration issues, to the loading screens (it took around 60 seconds on Eastern Promises, which I rented from Netflix - BD standalones probably aren't much better when they are spinning up the Java VM, but I thought it was an HD DVD talking point that they load faster)...
jobber
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yeah...after looking at the movies blu has so far...
the only movie that interest me on blu is Jay and Silent Bob
rest is meh...not enough to warrant me to buy a $300 player
but when they're $100 at Walmart at 8am, I'll get one...until then
I'll stick with hd-dvd. I don't have enough room for another player near my tv.
it's internet content man...when you boot up, it loads the internet files
main thing hd-dvd boost and what blu backers saying is coming out...they'll have the same problem..
only way to get rid of it is disconnect the ethernet cable before booting up or clear out the files from the player's menu.
the only movie that interest me on blu is Jay and Silent Bob
rest is meh...not enough to warrant me to buy a $300 player
but when they're $100 at Walmart at 8am, I'll get one...until then
I'll stick with hd-dvd. I don't have enough room for another player near my tv.
Argyle said:
it's internet content man...when you boot up, it loads the internet files
main thing hd-dvd boost and what blu backers saying is coming out...they'll have the same problem..
only way to get rid of it is disconnect the ethernet cable before booting up or clear out the files from the player's menu.
Gary Whitta
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Well at least The Kingdom was worth the loading hassles, very entertaining movie.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.ht..._rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=358119301&pf_rd_i=193642011
Amazon has 89 HD-DVD titles starting as low as $14.99. I guess they're trying to clear out their stock.
Amazon has 89 HD-DVD titles starting as low as $14.99. I guess they're trying to clear out their stock.
Gary Whitta
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Question, why doesn't/can't the PS3 identify the title of a DVD or BD movie from the XMB the way it does games and demos? Seems like that should be a no-brainer; when I put in a BD I'd like to see a little animated icon or whatnot indicating the movie, not just a generic disc and "BD-ROM".
Firmware update?
Firmware update?
Gary Whitta
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No you're not, but I actually kinda like the thickness and rounded edges of BDs. It's comforting somehow.Stinkles said:
Gary Whitta
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Hmm I guess it's up to individual discs to either code that in or not then...captive said:
polyh3dron
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Sony's discs are the only ones that do it, and they only started doing it with the release of Black Book and whatever else came out that week.Gary Whitta said:
polyh3dron
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lol because Sony too is thick, slimy and slippery amirite? lulzStinkles said:
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Scratch protection. It's a good thing.
Lord Error
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I always thought BDs felt thinner (to the touch at least) than DVDs. I think the rounded edge makes them seem that way.
DVDs, I don't know how would PS3 know what the name of the movie on the disc? It displays whatever the disc label is, same as your PC would do if you put that disc in.
BDs have to have some PS3 specific files on them to support the icon+name feature. Some have them (I think those recently made by Sony), most are not.Gary Whitta said:
DVDs, I don't know how would PS3 know what the name of the movie on the disc? It displays whatever the disc label is, same as your PC would do if you put that disc in.
Warm Machine
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OokieSpookie said:
I've been saying for the last year at least that Toshiba and Sony have been awful at representing the benefits of their formats. 6 times better and more great tells people nothing. Print ads in magazines since release have been brutal and essentially the same between both formats. The only Disney one I've seen is where they cut the word "Blue" from sentances from Disney movies and piece them together. Not impressed by that one but there are likely others I'm not aware of.
Its a tough thing trying to show off benefits of the formats on peoples TVs if they don't have HD or no way of seeing the actual diff. Maybe they should have targeted commercials for movie theaters for that. Just recently the major displays at brick and mortar stores are using the formats to move TVs instead of their crappy looping piped in HD feed from 3 years ago.
Sony should be pushing BRD like mad around Super Bowl. That is one of the major times of year when people buy new TVs in North America.
jobber
Would let Tony Parker sleep with his wife
B.K. said:
still no half baked >_<
I wouldn't call it a clear out...probably a last ditch effort for Toshiba to make hd-dvd the better buy money wise.
$15 a movie + a $150 player vs. a $300/$400 player + $30 movies makes it seem hd-dvd is the better deal. The general, uneducated public doesn't know or probably care about the format war.
Gary Whitta
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They'll care as soon as they realize they can't play more than 2/3 of the movies they're interested in.jobber said:
jobber said:
Then they wouldn't be the audience looking to jump into next-gen media.
If they were, obviously, the logical choice is the victorious format that has the majority of the studio support and not the company looking to liquidate its remaining supply so it can join the winning side.
Gary Whitta
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Bluy/HDD because it's 1080p, HDTV is only 720p.BIG BUBBA said:
Yay another Amazon sale; just picked up Casino Royale ($20) and Big Fish ($15). Blu-ray buying is compulsive!
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