Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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June 2006
June 2006
About this new Funai-OEM made player - sold under the Magnavox name, Best Buy's Insignia brand, Sylvania (coming in July) etc - most of the parts are supplied by Sony, and chipset/processing is provided by Panasonic's Blu-ray tech. So, it should function well, but obviously not manufactured to include all of the premium features found in more deluxe BD players.
It's profile 1.1 (so handles the BonusView stream too), but will not connect to the internet (profile 2.0) to access special online content available on certain BD titles. So, consider if not having online capability is "a big loss" or not, and then decide to buy or not. I expect the player to be reduced in price (perhaps down to $200) by either Fall, or definitely by the 4th quarter holiday sales period.
And this is just one lower-priced player. Next year, we will have 11 Chinese companies making BD players, along with South Korea's Daewoo Corp, along with newer models by the major brand names.
And coming NEXT MONTH are two new BD players by Sony, one with 2.0 built-in, and a lower-priced model that's 2.0 capable, will need a firmware update later in the year, after Sony releases it for that player.
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-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)
It's profile 1.1 (so handles the BonusView stream too), but will not connect to the internet (profile 2.0) to access special online content available on certain BD titles. So, consider if not having online capability is "a big loss" or not, and then decide to buy or not. I expect the player to be reduced in price (perhaps down to $200) by either Fall, or definitely by the 4th quarter holiday sales period.
And this is just one lower-priced player. Next year, we will have 11 Chinese companies making BD players, along with South Korea's Daewoo Corp, along with newer models by the major brand names.
And coming NEXT MONTH are two new BD players by Sony, one with 2.0 built-in, and a lower-priced model that's 2.0 capable, will need a firmware update later in the year, after Sony releases it for that player.
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-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Member since:
October 2007
October 2007
Just wait until Christmas 2008, thats when the prices will tumble. I just payed 2600.00 for a trip to Disney (hey I have a 9 year old..... and me of course the BIGGEST kid in my house) So my Blu Ray player will have to wait. I must be patient this time, and I will have one by 2009.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
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March 2008
March 2008
I cannot walk out of Walmart with a Blu-Ray player with just $199.99 + tax.
Hence this thread is not true.
Hence this thread is not true.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
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September 2007
September 2007
LH, what do you think about the samsung 1500?
I believe walmart will have it next week for 349.00 with the 100 gift card awell. tha tplayer looks kind of pretty.
I believe walmart will have it next week for 349.00 with the 100 gift card awell. tha tplayer looks kind of pretty.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Member since:
January 2008
January 2008
Quote:
True $100 isn't in your bank account, but you can buy a few Blu-ray movies to go along with it on Walmart's $15 Blu-ray sale, and maybe have money left over to buy a better toaster.
So this differs from the 'five free titles' we saw at the start of of the year how?
Thursday, June 5, 2008
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September 2007
September 2007
lol, you can use it for underwear, groceries, dog food and/or feminine products. lol
Thursday, June 5, 2008
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January 2008
January 2008
I honestly was never too impressed with the online features of HD-DVD. I mean, there were cool and all that but nothing I could live w/o. However, I think the broadband access is very important for the firmware updates. W/O those I would had never being able to watch all the HD-DVD movies flawlessly for some newer movies (as we all know) were not compatible with prior firmware versions so I'll be still waiting for a 2.0 profile real $200 or below blu-ray player before considering buying one, and not some "gimmick" (sorry for the "g-word" Sky, 
) sale to drive people into purchasing Wal-Mart merchandise.
BTW Tim, not all of us are hunters so I can surely survive w/o gun racks and beef jerky. he he.
) sale to drive people into purchasing Wal-Mart merchandise.BTW Tim, not all of us are hunters so I can surely survive w/o gun racks and beef jerky. he he.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Member since:
June 2006
June 2006
Deadmeat said -
What about your untruthful claims for SUC-processed SD-DVD? Where you claimed that DVDs thru SUC will output "native 960p HD" images - which is FALSE, since (1) the only "native" resolution with SD-DVD is 480i, and (2) 480i DVD super-upconverted to 960p is NOT "HD".
This thread's meaning is truthful based on the special offer associated with it - the Walmart promotion.
kucoloco... sorry, I haven't read any reviews yet on the new Samsung BD 1500 player model. As long as it doesn't suffer firmware-update problems (that plagued their 1200 model, but not the 1400 to my knowledge), then it should be a real winner.
wii-lite... remember, you can add firmware updates thru the mailed CD-Roms companies offer, if your player doesn't have the capability to connect to the internet. As for us PS3 owners, the best (and safest) method is to download the update to a USB storage device (flash drive usually), then plug it into the player. Tony mentioned earlier this year that updating his PS3 directly from the internet was a catastrophe, when (if I remember right) his unit 'lost' the connection and he had to send it to Sony for repair/replacement (because of the glitch caused when he lost the connection during the update). So be cautious.
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-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)
[Post edited by Love Hendrix! on Jun 5, 2008]
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"Hence this thread is not true."
What about your untruthful claims for SUC-processed SD-DVD? Where you claimed that DVDs thru SUC will output "native 960p HD" images - which is FALSE, since (1) the only "native" resolution with SD-DVD is 480i, and (2) 480i DVD super-upconverted to 960p is NOT "HD".
This thread's meaning is truthful based on the special offer associated with it - the Walmart promotion.
kucoloco... sorry, I haven't read any reviews yet on the new Samsung BD 1500 player model. As long as it doesn't suffer firmware-update problems (that plagued their 1200 model, but not the 1400 to my knowledge), then it should be a real winner.
wii-lite... remember, you can add firmware updates thru the mailed CD-Roms companies offer, if your player doesn't have the capability to connect to the internet. As for us PS3 owners, the best (and safest) method is to download the update to a USB storage device (flash drive usually), then plug it into the player. Tony mentioned earlier this year that updating his PS3 directly from the internet was a catastrophe, when (if I remember right) his unit 'lost' the connection and he had to send it to Sony for repair/replacement (because of the glitch caused when he lost the connection during the update). So be cautious.
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-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)
[Post edited by Love Hendrix! on Jun 5, 2008]
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Member since:
October 2007
October 2007
Went to Wal-Mart yesterday, they had both the Sony (?) BD-1300 (?) and the Magnavox the Magnavox was $298 and there was no mention of any offer...one or two weeks earlier I had seen some HD DVDs and they are now gone...
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Member since:
June 2006
June 2006
Well, Wal-Mart beings a 10-day Father's Day Blu-ray promotion tomorrow (<view for details).
Also, the very latest newer Sony Blu-ray players (2 'Sapphire' models) won't appear in stores until July at the earliest (from what I've heard previously).
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-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)
Also, the very latest newer Sony Blu-ray players (2 'Sapphire' models) won't appear in stores until July at the earliest (from what I've heard previously).
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-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)
