DennisMM wrote:Thanks very much, Fievel.
Even if I had the money, my living/dining room is only 10x12 feet. A big screen would be even more obnoxious than the medium-sized box I have now.
DennisMM wrote:Nice looking turntable.
Fievel wrote:Rear Projection TVs
2. Sony KDS-55A3000 (Score of 72) (LCoS)
MonkeyM666 wrote:I hope that your Sony didn't have that stupid Sony light on the front of it like the new ones. stupid...
Fawst wrote:Just a heads up on the 720/1080 debate. At this point, 720 is almost "dead." I don't believe there are many new sets in the 2008 lineups that don't have 1080p resolution. Pioneer and Panasonic both have zero 720p sets in their upcoming plasma lines.
And, er, to be perfectly honest... if you're buying a plasma, you're wasting your money if you don't get one of those two brands. Nothing comes close, unless you're fine with spending less money on a blah set just so you can say you have a plasma...
Lord Voldemoo wrote:DennisMM wrote:Thanks very much, Fievel.
Even if I had the money, my living/dining room is only 10x12 feet. A big screen would be even more obnoxious than the medium-sized box I have now.
plasma or lcd on the wall would be the way to go.
damned expensive though, for 1080p
Hey guys, I have no clue about this stuff. If I DID buy something cheaper than 1080p, what is better...1080i or 720p?
TheBaxter wrote:Lord Voldemoo wrote:DennisMM wrote:Thanks very much, Fievel.
Even if I had the money, my living/dining room is only 10x12 feet. A big screen would be even more obnoxious than the medium-sized box I have now.
plasma or lcd on the wall would be the way to go.
damned expensive though, for 1080p
Hey guys, I have no clue about this stuff. If I DID buy something cheaper than 1080p, what is better...1080i or 720p?
as long as we're just talking TVs, and unless you're considering CRT rear projection (which you probably shouldn't be considering), 1080i won't be an option. all digital TVs, meaning all plasma, LCD, and digital rear projection sets, are progressive, so they'll be 720p, 768p, or 1080p.
unless you're looking at 50" or larger, or you're going to be sitting really damn close to it, you will probably not be able to see a difference between 720p and 1080p.
AtomicHyperbole wrote:Well, keep that HD-DVD player, V_B, as you're going to be able to play China's own brand of HD disc soon as it's compatible.
IMDb wrote:Blu-ray Surge
With the high-definition video format now reduced to the single Blu-ray technology, it is expected that 29.4 million Blu-ray players will be installed in homes worldwide by the end of the year, according to a study by Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices Services. As of January 1, 10.6 million Blu-ray players had already been sold, most of them included in Sony's PlayStation 3 consoles. Of the additional 18.8 million units expected to be sold this year, 13 million are likely to be included in PlayStation 3 consoles, 4 million in stand-alone set-tops, and 2 million in personal computers. Strategy Analytics projected that by 2012, 265 million homes worldwide will be equipped with high-definition TV sets and that 132 million Blu-ray players will be connected to them. David Mercer, principal analyst for Strategy Analytics said in a statement that those figures, plus "Hollywood's need for a new growth engine, represent huge incentives for the industry to coordinate marketing activities and demonstrate unified support for the successor to DVD."
IMDb wrote:In its first five days in the stores, the Blu-ray version of Fox's Hitman accounted for 12.6 percent of total sales; for No Country for Old Men, it was 9.8 percent, according to Nielsen VideoScan First Alert and reported by Home Media Magazine. Prior to the demise of the HD DVD format, the number of high-definition disk sales rarely topped 2-3 percent of total sales, the trade publication observed. (An exception: sales of the HD DVD-only release of Transformers hit 4 percent.)
TheBaxter wrote:IMDb wrote:In its first five days in the stores, the Blu-ray version of Fox's Hitman accounted for 12.6 percent of total sales; for No Country for Old Men, it was 9.8 percent, according to Nielsen VideoScan First Alert and reported by Home Media Magazine. Prior to the demise of the HD DVD format, the number of high-definition disk sales rarely topped 2-3 percent of total sales, the trade publication observed. (An exception: sales of the HD DVD-only release of Transformers hit 4 percent.)
those are pretty impressive numbers, and goes to show just how important the end of the format war was to giving HD content a chance to compete with DVD. those numbers will surely grow once BR player prices drop and more people own one.
stereosforgeeks wrote:TheBaxter wrote:IMDb wrote:In its first five days in the stores, the Blu-ray version of Fox's Hitman accounted for 12.6 percent of total sales; for No Country for Old Men, it was 9.8 percent, according to Nielsen VideoScan First Alert and reported by Home Media Magazine. Prior to the demise of the HD DVD format, the number of high-definition disk sales rarely topped 2-3 percent of total sales, the trade publication observed. (An exception: sales of the HD DVD-only release of Transformers hit 4 percent.)
those are pretty impressive numbers, and goes to show just how important the end of the format war was to giving HD content a chance to compete with DVD. those numbers will surely grow once BR player prices drop and more people own one.
It's a little disappointing that the 12.6% went to Hitman and not No Country, but it's good news regardless for the medium.
Nordling wrote:BLu-Ray has seriously curtailed my movie purchases. I'd hate to buy a movie to have it come out on Blu-Ray months later. Right now is similar to the time when DVD first arrived and I stopped buying laserdiscs.
It's hurting me, too, because there's some primo releases in the next few weeks (SWEENEY TODD, TWBB) that I badly want.
Lord Voldemoo wrote:Nordling wrote:BLu-Ray has seriously curtailed my movie purchases. I'd hate to buy a movie to have it come out on Blu-Ray months later. Right now is similar to the time when DVD first arrived and I stopped buying laserdiscs.
It's hurting me, too, because there's some primo releases in the next few weeks (SWEENEY TODD, TWBB) that I badly want.
I'd have thought that there would be almost simultaneous release for big releases at this point. I guess the format war isn't long dead, but I'd have thought they would be more on the ball in getting blu-ray versions out quickly.
Evil Hobbit wrote:July will bring Batman the Movie to blu-ray. That's right! Adam West spanky pants in High-def.
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Tyrone_Shoelaces wrote:Musicians embrace Blu-ray format. More specifically, Neil Young is going to release everything he ever recorded on Blu-ray. Not sure about the downloading stuff to the disc part. I thought that stuff was stored on the player.
Criterion wrote:Dear Criterion Collection Newsletter subscriber,
We’ve got some exciting news for this fall, and we wanted you to hear it first.
Our first Blu-ray discs are coming! We’ve picked a little over a dozen titles from the collection for Blu-ray treatment, and we’ll begin rolling them out in October. These new editions will feature glorious high-definition picture and sound, all the supplemental content of the DVD releases, and they will be priced to match our standard-def editions.
Here’s what’s in the pipeline:
The Third Man
Bottle Rocket
Chungking Express
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Last Emperor
El Norte
The 400 Blows
Gimme Shelter
The Complete Monterey Pop
Contempt
Walkabout
For All Mankind
The Wages of Fear
Alongside our DVD and Blu-ray box sets of The Last Emperor, we’ll also be putting out the theatrical version as a stand-alone release in both formats, priced at $39.95. Our Blu-ray release of Walkabout will be an all-new edition, featuring new supplements as well as a new transfer; we will also release an updated anamorphic DVD of Nicolas Roeg’s outback masterpiece at the same time.
Peven wrote:I would prefer to see a hi-def edition of "Life Aquatic" or "Darjeeling Limited" among Wes Anderson films. still, that is a tasty list to start with
stereosforgeeks wrote:Peven wrote:I would prefer to see a hi-def edition of "Life Aquatic" or "Darjeeling Limited" among Wes Anderson films. still, that is a tasty list to start with
I thought Darjeeling would be among one of the first as well.
Peven wrote:stereosforgeeks wrote:Peven wrote:I would prefer to see a hi-def edition of "Life Aquatic" or "Darjeeling Limited" among Wes Anderson films. still, that is a tasty list to start with
I thought Darjeeling would be among one of the first as well.
well, its just that the color palate of Darjeeling and Life are the most diverse, bright and vivid of Wes's films i think they would be the prettiest tranfers
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