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![]() gadgetmeister Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: This Old House Local Time: 03:44 AM
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Offline | I actually realized I don't need any new cables as the PS3 will play DVDs, so I'll move the optical and HDMI cables over from that. I'll have to fire that up on the odd occasion that we want to watch a UK DVD, but that doesn't happen often. |
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![]() gadgetmeister Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: This Old House Local Time: 03:44 AM
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Offline | Another reason I'm glad I went the Blu Ray route... TidBITS Blog Post: DRM Foils iTunes Movie Rentals for Some Apple TV Owners |
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| Yo! Ol' Man! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: High over Holden Local Time: 03:44 AM
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Offline | If that's the reason then you haven't really escaped... Blu-Ray Sucks, Boycott Blu-ray, BluRay, BlueRay, Blue Ray | bluraysucks.com And btw - You're the guy with the newest toys so you probably won't have the problem... The issues with copy protection and poorly implemented (or written) software had been a headache for me. HDMi pass thru issues - the DVI issue as described ... Oh yeah - don't miss it. “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” - Alexis de Tocqueville Nigel the Silver |
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| MINI2 Master | Seems like a dumb article...why would you buy an appletv just to hook it up to a computer monitor? You might as well just use your computer! So..how many minutes does your blu-ray player take to actually play a disk? How do you feel that it is already outdated and doesn't meet the newest current spec? Granted I am happy the format war is over, but hd-dvd was at least smart enough to figure things out the first time. |
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![]() gadgetmeister Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: This Old House Local Time: 03:44 AM
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Offline | Minutes..?? Try 3 seconds from pushing the disc into the slot when it's on standby. The PS3 blows away almost all the stand alone players in this respect even ones up in the $800 range. How's it outdated..? Did they announce the PS4..? What newest spec..? BD-Live..? There are two titles released that have BD-Live features, but there are *no* players on the market yet. PS3 has an internet connection (wired or wireless) and will be updated to BD-Live (Profile 2.0) in May, right about the time that the first stand alone players hit the market.My whole reason for buying the PS3 as a Blu Ray player was that it is the fastest booting, most upgradable Blu Ray player. Yes, it seems that Blu Ray came to market before they'd finalized everything, but that's the reason to get an upgradable player. The PS3 is upgradable and is currently one of the best BD players, especially if you're looking for a player under $500. Did you buy an HD DVD player..? |
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| heterochromic & loving it | Interesting article here about how Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD wasn't so much the hardware format war that has been portrayed in the mainstream press, it was more of a software standards war. Granted, the author goes a bit overboard from time to time with his anti-Microsoft ax (what else would you expect from a hardcore mac-head ), but in general from what I understand from reading lots of articles from different sources in the industry, the gist of what he says is all correct...Lessons from the Death of HD-DVD — RoughlyDrafted Magazine -Ricardo |
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Offline | Exactly. Cheapest, fastest booting, most upgradable, oh and games too. I've only ever been considering the PS3 as the Blu Ray player. The choice was between that and AppleTV. Glad I went with PS3 / Blu Ray. Assassin's Creed has filled the week of recovery nicely..! Don't know when I'll get another week of sitting on the couch to finish the second half though. ![]() |
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![]() gadgetmeister Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: This Old House Local Time: 03:44 AM
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Offline | PS3 Movies reviews: Spiderman 3: Nice effects, I suppose it shows off Blu Ray pretty well which is why they bundle it (and it's a Sony release too so it costs them next to nothing). Cheesy story, but what do you expect with this franchise. Shooter: Watched our first Netflix Blu Ray rental last night. I liked this movie and again, a lot of the effects show off Blu Ray nicely. Big explosions in one scene. Regular DVDs: I guess it's because my plasma is 'only' 720p, but the PS3 does a good job of upscaling regular DVDs. I don't have anything on DVD and Blu Ray to do a direct comparison, but the DVDs look good to me. Maybe I should see if Netflix has anything on Blu Ray that I already own on DVD and do that comparison... |
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![]() #1 Stink Clown | A good movie to watch but something that I saw artifacts in is The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. It would be an interesting test. Of course we are still using our DVD player from 1996. ![]() ![]() "Buy you a soda after the game?" |
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| | #3218 (permalink) |
| Goin to fast to look back Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Merrimack, NH Local Time: 03:44 AM
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Offline | Yea I got the damn thing and it was DOA.... Flashing red light no nothing Gotta send it back for an exchange......POS.... No woonder that I like the Wii so much. |
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