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Ail on 10 April 2008

I think the OP has just demonstrated he has never watched a movie in HD



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skip on 10 April 2008
Xeno said:
Well, I don't own an Xbox 360 or a PS3. I'm not a big fan of Windows, either. I'm not speaking as a fanboy but as a potential investor. Honestly, would you bank on Blue Ray as being a profit-generating source for Sony? Do you think Blue Ray will be able to compete against DVD, or will it go the way of Super Audio, Mini Disc, and Beta? Will streaming video make high definition null and void? Even if Sony is able to stream movies via Netflix, Sony was banking on Blue Ray as a major selling point for its PS3. If Sony promotes streaming movies, it will shoot itself in the foot.
 why would they be shooting themselves in the foot by allowing netflix.  There is not a single hd download service that doesn't suffer from compression artifacts, lower resolution, and lower sound quality. 

 



Xeno on 10 April 2008
Ail said:
I think the OP has just demonstrated he has never watched a movie in HD
 
I have a few friends who have adopted an HD television (720p). It looks nice, but it isn't as significant an improvement as VHS to DVD was. Being a digital satellite subscriber -- as well as an owner of an analogue antenna (for some local channels) -- I can notice a nice improvement of digital over analogue. I think my TV has 540 lines of resolution (enhanced definition), and -- to tell you the truth --720p is not that much nicer. If you go to your local Best Buy or Circuit City, they tend to have rooms where you can sit down for as long as you want and watch a movie in 1080p with a state-of-the-art audio system. Again, it's enjoyable, but I just don't see it as enough reason to replace my DVD player (which plays DIVX, MP4, and many other formats) with a Blue Ray player. I have an Avel DVD player, and I can actually stream movies from computer to my TV, via the DVD player. The quality is great.

 



Instant_Karma on 10 April 2008

@skip I agree that streaming services have their share of problems. I've read that many of these "HD" video downloads don't even qualify as true HD, the HD movies on XBLM barely qualifying as an HD format. On Topic: Digital distribution simply cannot replace physical media in its current condition, however, it could easily replace rentals. Also, are you getting the best experience in video and sound through digital downloads? What of special features like behind the scenes, commentary, etc.? Personally, I could care less seeing as I haven't bought a movie in years. However, I just wanted to make a point of what is really sacrificed through digital distribution. As a PS3 owner, I like having the blu-ray format. Yes, the slow drive speed possesses its share of problems, but the space available gives room for potential (not that the space is used effectively).



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MontanaHatchet on 10 April 2008

*Looks side to side*

It's Blu-ray.



 

 

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epsilon72 on 10 April 2008

@Xeno - It's probably much easier for people to see the difference higher definition makes compared to dvd's vs. the quality of poor mp3's compared to lossless. Most people probably couldn't even tell the difference between a craptastic pair of Sony loudspeakers and a pair of B&W's.



Username2324 on 10 April 2008
Xeno said:
Well, I don't own an Xbox 360 or a PS3. I'm not a big fan of Windows, either. I'm not speaking as a fanboy but as a potential investor. Honestly, would you bank on Blue Ray as being a profit-generating source for Sony? Do you think Blue Ray will be able to compete against DVD, or will it go the way of Super Audio, Mini Disc, and Beta? Will streaming video make high definition null and void? Even if Sony is able to stream movies via Netflix, Sony was banking on Blue Ray as a major selling point for its PS3. If Sony promotes streaming movies, it will shoot itself in the foot.

Since when is Sony promoting streaming? You really don't know anything do you? How is streaming SD video going to make High Definition null and void?

I'm sorry, but you've been put on my top ten dumbest members list.

 



Username2324 on 10 April 2008
Xeno said:
I was actually cheering for both DVD Audio and Super Audio. Somehow, neither of them really managed to put a dent on the CD domination of the marketplace. In fact, people seem content with lower quality music such as MP3s. The MP3s are very convenient in that they allow a person to store 160+ songs on a single CD. The fact that people are willing to sacrifice quality for convenience leads me to believe that streaming video may win over high definition video. I don't own either an HD DVD or a Blue Ray, so I have no dog in the fight. However, just because Blue Ray won, I'm not sure if people will be compelled to make Blue Ray a mainstream format, such as DVD. By the way, I do own two Sony televisions, and they are great. However, looking at Sony's history with formats, I'm not sure they're going to pull this one off.
CD domination is gone, replaced by iPods and the like, which can hold high quality music formats. Now before you say "That's whats going to happen to Blu-ray" understand that a song is typically 3-5MB whereas a HD Movie is 20-30GB it's not going to happen anytime soon, I think you just joined to post this topic to try to dis on Blu-ray.

You have neither format, you obviously know nothing about Blu-ray, so just stop.

 



Shura on 10 April 2008

"Well, I don't own an Xbox 360 or a PS3"

This is a videogame site, so, if you say something than looks against blue ray (something about sony) or microsoft/window, you are a 360/ps3 freaky fanboy.

Dont worry "username2324" is a freaking ps3 fanboy.



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Xeno on 10 April 2008
Username2324 said:
Xeno said:
Well, I don't own an Xbox 360 or a PS3. I'm not a big fan of Windows, either. I'm not speaking as a fanboy but as a potential investor. Honestly, would you bank on Blue Ray as being a profit-generating source for Sony? Do you think Blue Ray will be able to compete against DVD, or will it go the way of Super Audio, Mini Disc, and Beta? Will streaming video make high definition null and void? Even if Sony is able to stream movies via Netflix, Sony was banking on Blue Ray as a major selling point for its PS3. If Sony promotes streaming movies, it will shoot itself in the foot.

Since when is Sony promoting streaming? You really don't know anything do you? How is streaming SD video going to make High Definition null and void?

I'm sorry, but you've been put on my top ten dumbest members list.

 


 I was actually responding to your post when you said:

"Your such a freaking 360 fanboy, you do realize that Netflix is also playing to use the PS3 right? You also know that Netflix already streams movies to PCs right? You also realize that people want to use their HDTVs correct?"

 

You need to pay attention to what you type. I was saying if Sony is going to have downloading of movies, it would defeat the purpose of a Blue Ray player.