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Love Hendrix!

Feb 15, 2008 - CST 9:25 AM
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Love Hendrix!
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June 2006
GKing... no trolling needed to point out the obvious Blu-ray strength to you again - CONTENT... CONTENT... CONTENT... - just Facts.

wolvinator said -

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"why would people keep buying an xbox when they can get a game system and a hi def player in one for the same cost."


Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've heard for many years now that one of the driving forces for the XBox series success is the VERY popular HALO game, now in it's 3rd version. Just this one series has provided HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS in revenue for Microsoft.

-LH (The Loverboy)

Skyhawk

Feb 15, 2008 - CST 9:26 AM
Skyhawk
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October 2007
I just thought of something!

What if the PS3 is actually a Trojan horse? Sure, the high sales volume may be due to people buying it as a Blu-ray player today. But when they start releasing games for it that take advantage of the capacity and bitrate of Blu-ray, along with its high-end processor - what if people discover within the next couple years it plays games too?

This may just be the perfect Sony end game - game machine disguised as a Blu-ray player. Get it into homes, and when the price of 2.0 profile SA Blu-ray players comes down, mom and dad decide to get the SA and let the kid have the PS3 eventually and are forced to buy games for it!? OMG, what a marketing strategy!

Bigdmelt12

Feb 15, 2008 - CST 9:28 AM
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February 2008
k prick, what if people were like wait ill just use the ps3 since i dont feel like spending upward 500 bucks on a blu ray player

GKing74

Feb 15, 2008 - CST 9:39 AM
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February 2008
Hendrix
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GKing... no trolling needed to point out the obvious Blu-ray strength to you again - CONTENT... CONTENT... CONTENT... - just Facts.

Never said that it didn't have more content. That's just the Blu-ray troll chant and it gets annoying.

Dave27

Feb 15, 2008 - CST 9:41 AM
Dave27
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February 2008
whats the point in having content..... content..... content if you dont have quality ..... quality .... quality ....

tony1569

Feb 15, 2008 - CST 9:43 AM
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November 2007
Bigdmelt,

Here's your proof,

http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/12/sony-cuts-playstation-3-production-cost-in-half/
[Post edited by tony1569 on Feb 15, 2008 - CST 9:44 AM]

Love Hendrix!

Feb 15, 2008 - CST 10:06 AM
says... Thanks for visiting DVDTOWN, and enjoy the news!
Love Hendrix!
Member since:
June 2006
GKing said -

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"Never said that it didn't have more content. That's just the Blu-ray troll chant and it gets annoying."


Well, you better get used to this 'annoying' and VERY common phrase (often seen in TV commercials etc) -

"Available Tuesday on DVD, and Blu-ray Hi-Def"

-LH (The Loverboy)

Mike37

Feb 15, 2008 - CST 10:11 AM
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December 2007
You know... content doesn't really matter to me. They both have their ups and downs. Example...

HD-DVD: I Now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry. I do not need to see Adam Sandler in HD

BR-DVD: 50 First Dates. I DO NOT need to see Adam Sandler in HD.

GKing74

Feb 15, 2008 - CST 10:12 AM
GKing74
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February 2008
That's more of an ad tagline. Bit of a difference there cupid.

Love Hendrix!

Feb 15, 2008 - CST 10:17 AM
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Love Hendrix!
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Dave27 said -

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"whats the point in having content..... content..... content if you dont have quality ..... quality .... quality ...."


It's unfortunate that you haven't yet experienced the high-quality HD image of Blu-ray discs(?). Those of us who own Blu-ray discs feel that the audio and video quality of most releases is outstanding (similar to HD-DVD). Here's a few examples (brief quote from reviews)...

> WARRIORS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH
"Presented in 1080p on a dual layer 50GB Blu-ray disc, 'Warriors of Heaven and Earth' is certainly technically impressive. Encoded with the MPEG-2 codec, the film boasts bold colors, sharp contrast levels, and good shadow delineation. Unlike other some other martial arts films released in high-def, there's no source noise, crush issues, or compression artifacts. And compared to the standard DVD edition, this Blu-ray transfer is simply amazing. Fine object and texture details are crisp and well rendered -- wind-blown sand looks great, patterns on costumes are clearly defined, and I could identify every tiny background element in this historical world. The landscapes and villages are equally noteworthy and small windows, mingled plant life, and clouds in the sky all display nice detail."

> Pixar's RATATOUILLE
"In my recent Blu-ray review of 'CARS,' I raved about that disc's five-star video quality. It's a tough act to follow, but somehow 'Ratatouille' looks even better. Pixar and Disney present the film in 1080p/AVC MPEG-4 video at its original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.40:1, and every single pixel is, well, perfect. This is simply the best high-def presentation I've ever seen of an animated feature.

A direct digital-to-digital conversion, the transfer is as delicious as the greatest French feast you've ever had. The film's color palette is just gorgeous, with delicate shades of pinks, blues and greens contrasting wonderfully with deeper crimsons and purples. The finely-tuned shadings and gradients are so smoothly rendered that the image leaps off the screen. This is gloriously three-dimensional animation, and the sense of depth and texture to the image is exactly what high-def is all about. All other elements of the presentation are superb as well -- blacks, contrast and sharpness are spot-on. Likewise, the encode looks perfect, with no pixelization, macroblocking or banding/posteriztion.

Simply put, the picture quality of this Blu-ray edition of 'Ratatouille' is absolutely flawless."


-LH (The Loverboy)
[Post edited by Love Hendrix! on Feb 15, 2008 - CST 10:18 AM]

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