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Pitysister 06-12-2008 06:28 PM

blu ray....
 
so i recently snagged a ps3...just for the blu ray capabilities. shit looks amazing.

so far my favorite looking movies are underworld 2...and house of flying daggers...i snagged xmen 3 today...gonna watch it tonite..

oceans 13 pq was not as good...lots of fucking reds in there...was kinda annoying.


anybody else dig blu ray or hddvd???

Ross86 06-12-2008 06:51 PM

What's HD DVD? :D Too bad they were a little too slow developing the technology.

Blu Ray is awesome. I wish the stuff was cheaper though. By "the stuff", I mean every aspect. The change to digital filmography is pretty cool....I just finished an introduction to film class and I learned a lot, although I didn't learn anything about blu ray from that class. It's definitely cool technology. I remember the first time I saw Blu Ray playing and also the first time I heard DTS.

Pitysister 06-12-2008 07:44 PM

the first thing i noticed was better quality sound with blu ray...the house of flying daggers soundtrack was amazing.

TALO 06-12-2008 08:34 PM

Bueray kicks ass. I only have one movie right now , but we rent them all the time. Can't wait until columbia house gets into it.

MONSTAFACE 06-13-2008 05:23 AM

hd dvd is just about done for. long long story but to some it up that and blu ray was in competition. blu ray was able to get more stuff and there you have it. hd dvd is gonna be extinct

Ross86 06-13-2008 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by MONSTAFACE (Post 58741)
hd dvd is just about done for. long long story but to some it up that and blu ray was in competition. blu ray was able to get more stuff and there you have it. hd dvd is gonna be extinct

From what I remember, it was largely an issue of capacity issues. Both players use a blue laser with a shorter wave length. Data is more condensed on a blu ray (or hd dvd) disk than a CD. Blu ray capacity is 25gb single side, 50gb double side. HD DVD came out with with their single layer disc which had a capacity of 15gb. Eventually they came out with a dual layer single sided disk with a capacity of 30gb, but at that point blu ray had already gained more of the market. Blu ray also had a 50gb double sided disk and HD DVD was behind in coming out with their dual layer double sided disk which had a capacity of 60gb. So shit, if you had to choose, HD DVD would be better because of the larger capacity. That's the only different between the two technologies. Yeah, HD DVD started its decline in January...I remember all of the headlines. It's toast. I think the whole reason that blu ray (Sony) survived was because it was a step ahead the whole time. I'm pretty sure all of that is right...that's how I remembered it anyway.

Interesting fact: They actually tried to negotiate some kind of merger or do something to keep from having a run off like this in 2005. But...........it didn't work out, obviously.

gsxrclub80 06-13-2008 05:42 AM

How much is the ps3 now-a-days? I was thinking about buying one just for the blu ray. I heard the ps3 is cheaper than buying an actual blu ray player??? that's insane...not that big of a console gamer (pc way better) but you get a gaming system to eff around with + blu ray...good dealski!!! until next yr when there's something better out

TALO 06-13-2008 05:49 AM

Ya HD is done. Local stores here are selling the movies 2 for $25 and the players are going for $100. But unless you don't want any new movies why would you buy it ? All the major Studios ( paramount , disney , Warner....etc) have all said they are only coming out with BluRay.

Pitysister 06-13-2008 06:59 AM

my ps3 was $400....but walmart had some deal...buy any blue ray player and get a $100 gift card...so i took that and bought some movies :)

i don't game either...but i love movies. :)

widdoes2504 06-13-2008 10:24 AM

That is one hell of a deal Pity and congrats on the new rank!

Pitysister 06-13-2008 10:25 AM

i'm gonna catch you soon :)


apparently walmart online is still having that deal...i'd hop on it.

widdoes2504 06-13-2008 10:31 AM

I didn't know we were in a race :biglaugh:

Pitysister 06-13-2008 10:42 AM

that's because you are not strong in the force.


:)

hrdgain81 06-13-2008 11:31 AM

Do as you like fellas, but i will never purchase a sony product ever again.

Just picked up a 52" samsung lcd, 1080p, 120hz, 5ms response time, regular DVD's rival any blue ray that i've seen thus far with this tv.

widdoes2504 06-13-2008 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Pitysister (Post 58789)
that's because you are not strong in the force.


:)

:biglaugh:

TALO 06-13-2008 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by hrdgain81 (Post 58807)
Do as you like fellas, but i will never purchase a sony product ever again.

Just picked up a 52" samsung lcd, 1080p, 120hz, 5ms response time, regular DVD's rival any blue ray that i've seen thus far with this tv.

I've got a 42" Toshiba 1080p LCD and the blueray player does make a big difference (I didn't think it would), even on the bigger tv's. Plus they convert regular dvd's to a higher quality...

If so against sony I'm sure other companies will have blue ray players , if they don't already.

Pitysister 06-13-2008 12:12 PM

toshiba, samsung, and magnavox all have players out.

HIThopper 06-13-2008 08:05 PM

400 bucks for a ps3? they are like $1000 over here ,great deal.

Ross86 06-13-2008 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by HIThopper (Post 58857)
400 bucks for a ps3? they are like $1000 over here ,great deal.

$1000??? I'll buy one and ship it to you for...$995. Save 5 bucks. :D

TALO 06-14-2008 04:57 AM

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Originally Posted by HIThopper (Post 58857)
400 bucks for a ps3? they are like $1000 over here ,great deal.


Shit , can't you purchase from the U.S or Canada ? Checkout futureshop or bestbuy online or any of those stores even ebay.

HIThopper 06-14-2008 06:43 PM

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$1000??? I'll buy one and ship it to you for...$995. Save 5 bucks.
LMAO that damn funny Ross :)

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Shit , can't you purchase from the U.S or Canada ? Checkout futureshop or bestbuy online or any of those stores even ebay.
Na I dont really game that much at all anymore,plus I think you Yankees have different wall a/c connections to us too.I'm not sure if the price has come down yet but they were like $1000au when they came out.I'll def check those sites tho.

Ross86 06-14-2008 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by HIThopper (Post 58899)
I'm not sure if the price has come down yet but they were like $1000au when they came out.

What's $1000au? That's like $10 US dollars, right? :)

hrdgain81 06-15-2008 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Pitysister (Post 58819)
toshiba, samsung, and magnavox all have players out.

Doesnt matter what brand it is, blueray is sony's brain child, so I would be supporting the anti-christ if I broke down and bought a blueray player ... I'll hold off for as long as I can, but I have a feeling that wont be very long.

TALO 06-15-2008 02:30 PM

If you have an ipod you can dl movies to that , then hook it up to your tv. Shit you can even rent them off their site now.

Ross86 06-15-2008 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by hrdgain81 (Post 58960)
Doesnt matter what brand it is, blueray is sony's brain child, so I would be supporting the anti-christ if I broke down and bought a blueray player ... I'll hold off for as long as I can, but I have a feeling that wont be very long.

Microsoft is the anti-christ. Sony is Microsoft's red headed step child.

Quote:

At a recent COMDEX, Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated: "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving twenty-five dollar cars that got 1000 miles to the gallon." In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:

1. For no reason whatsoever your car would crash twice a day.

2. Every time they repainted the lines on the road you would have to buy a new car.

3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason, and you would just accept this, restart and drive on.

4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn, would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.

5. Only one person at a time could use the car, unless you bought "Car95" or "CarNT." But then you would have to buy more seats.

6. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, reliable, five times as fast, and twice as easy to drive, but would only run on five per cent of the roads.

7. The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would be replaced by a single "general car default" warning light.

8. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt.

9. The airbag system would say "Are you sure?" before going off.

10. Occasionally for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key, and grab hold of the radio antenna.

11. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of Rand McNally road maps (now a GM subsidiary), even though they neither need them nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately cause the car's performance to diminish by 50% or more. Moreover, GM would become a target for investigation by the Justice Department.

12. Everytime GM introduced a new model car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.

13. You'd press the "start" button to shut off the engine.

hrdgain81 06-16-2008 05:51 AM

^^ I cant disagree totally, Microsoft is pretty bad, but atleast they are a US company, so even if they are raping me for my money, atleast some of it stays here.

But I'm a capitolist bastard, so i shouldnt be complaining either way ahahaha.

TALO 06-21-2008 08:40 PM

I finally received (i before e except after c :))my 5 free blue rays !!!

Pitysister 06-22-2008 08:07 AM

ha, nice...what did you get?

widdoes2504 06-23-2008 03:58 AM

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Originally Posted by TALO (Post 59489)
I finally received (i before e except after c :))my 5 free blue rays !!!

Very nice. :)

TALO 06-23-2008 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Pitysister (Post 59499)
ha, nice...what did you get?


Superman , Hearts of War , American Phsyco , Pirates and one more that I can't rememeber..

widdoes2504 06-24-2008 03:22 AM

Enjoy :)

MONSTAFACE 06-24-2008 11:20 AM

since i got my brother a 360 i think i might just get a ps3 for myself. since i go to the damn movies all the time i dont know how many movies i will be buying for it, but i havent seen the picture yet. so hopefully its as good as everyone days


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