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Killzone3 on 05 August 2007
Delusional said:
I think i'll go with the hd dvd player for now. couple years down the road, then, i can think about what to get next. for the past 1.5 years, i have already gotten philips divx dvd player and panasonic upconvert dvd player. electronics change very quickly so even if the hd dvd player lasts only 2 years, it's well worth it :)

 Do you even understand that right NOW hddvd does not get 50% of the movies, half the market is BR exclusive.

 your money, yours to burn.

 



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roadkillers on 05 August 2007
nathantay said:
Delusional said:
I'm considering the Toshiba HD-A2 but how much better is high definition 720p vs. upconverted 720p?  Does anyone know?  I currently have a cheap Panasonic DVD-S52.

Don't listen to these PS3 idiots they think the HD format war will be decided by a video game machine. Buy the A2 and spend half the price of a bluray player and get the same guality. I bought the A1 player at launch but my freind has the A2 and it upconverts better than any player I've used. Also the HD players are region free so most American bluray exclusives you can import from another country and watch on your player. Check out AV forums if you want solid info on HDdvd or Bluray, video game forums will be biased because of the PS3. 


Come on man was that first sentence needed? To tell you the truth dont get a PS3 just for the Blu-ray (PS3 owner) I watched 300 and didnt see a difference from DVD and blu-ray.



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Killzone3 on 05 August 2007
roadkillers said:
nathantay said:
Delusional said:
I'm considering the Toshiba HD-A2 but how much better is high definition 720p vs. upconverted 720p? Does anyone know? I currently have a cheap Panasonic DVD-S52.

Don't listen to these PS3 idiots they think the HD format war will be decided by a video game machine. Buy the A2 and spend half the price of a bluray player and get the same guality. I bought the A1 player at launch but my freind has the A2 and it upconverts better than any player I've used. Also the HD players are region free so most American bluray exclusives you can import from another country and watch on your player. Check out AV forums if you want solid info on HDdvd or Bluray, video game forums will be biased because of the PS3.


Come on man was that first sentence needed? To tell you the truth dont get a PS3 just for the Blu-ray (PS3 owner) I watched 300 and didnt see a difference from DVD and blu-ray.


 300 was made to be gritty, even so you should see a difference.

You wreally ant to see difference between Br and DVD watsh the Pirates movies. 



Cobretti on 05 August 2007

digital media is the future. Sad but true. THis format war is pointless fighting.

and I agree with Delusional, I like to keep my gaming consoles as pure gaming consoles and dvd players as dvd players etc..



roadkillers on 05 August 2007
Cobretti said:
digital media is the future. Sad but true. THis format war is pointless fighting.

and I agree with Delusional, I like to keep my gaming consoles as pure gaming consoles and dvd players as dvd players etc..

Well there is a point to the "WAR". If Sony makes money off of it, it does matter to them.



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Delusional on 05 August 2007

i rarely buy dvds anyways. most of my fav movies are from universal and warner. i don't see why hd dvd and bluray can't coexist. just seeing how there are companies producing both version, seems like manufacturing costs are low to do a slight process change. there's always just the dvd version and do upconvert if needed, but i'd go for the cheaper version for now.



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z64dan on 05 August 2007

if you really wanna watch planet earth cheap, just get NetFlix and rent them.