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| Dracula Member  Women's necks are too damned sexy for me! 756 Posts 3/06 |  Posted - Sep 19 2007 : 2:20AMIs it another VHS vs Beta situation? What's a consumer to do? [Link] |
| budtugley Senior Member One man's trash can be the next man's treasure. 1187 Posts 1/04 | Posted - Sep 19 2007 : 4:47PM [Link] |
Bill  All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Sep 19 2007 : 8:23PM Now, many of the movie studios are either owned by Electronics companies or have interests in those companies. So, if you choose one format or the other, you will not be able to watch all movies. After getting an HD DVD player for Christmas, this situation caused me to buy a Blu-ray player too. [Link] |
| Dracula Member Women's necks are too damned sexy for me! 756 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Sep 20 2007 : 1:15AM [Link] |
| BigMatt Member Sunrise Adams, Queen of Cute. 498 Posts 12/04 | Posted - Sep 21 2007 : 9:35PM [Link] |
| Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Sep 21 2007 : 10:06PM [Link] |
| Johnothan Pedak Senior Member Catastrophe 1594 Posts 6/07 | Posted - Sep 22 2007 : 3:43AM [Link] |
| Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Sep 22 2007 : 10:24AM However, the movies that were shot for clarity & brightness (or are animation) and were mastered well, almost have a 3 dimensional quality to them. It's not the 3D that we typically think of, where things come out of the TV, it's more as if the TV's a diarama. The picture appears to have depth. [Link] |
| Darth-Morpheous Deactivated User 1701 Posts 3/02 | Posted - Sep 22 2007 : 2:27PM Personally I like HD-DVD better. I think the quality is better. I'm not too well versed in the tech aspects of it. I'm hoping to see more porn in HD in general. [Link] |
| Dracula Member Women's necks are too damned sexy for me! 756 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Sep 22 2007 : 2:39PM [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Sep 22 2007 : 7:18PM [Link] |
| Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Sep 22 2007 : 10:23PM I still have a Laserdisc player and a bunch of Laserdiscs of movies that were never released on DVD. Until my machine dies, those Laserdiscs will work fine. I have the same attitude with my HD DVD's and Blu-ray discs. [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Sep 23 2007 : 9:32AM Edited by - randomprecision on 9/23/2007 9:34:09 AM [Link] |
| caroline-NL Member 543 Posts 3/07 | Posted - Sep 23 2007 : 4:37PM Is it another VHS vs Beta situation? What's a consumer to do?" Forget the Blue Ray and HD-DVD war and buy a Beta VCR. Because "Beta is better". You can find and buy many porn classics on Beta for a few Dollars. [Link] |
| kenny62 Member 21 Posts 11/02 | Posted - Sep 25 2007 : 9:44AM [Link] |
| TheRizDawg Member 118 Posts 12/04 | Posted - Sep 25 2007 : 1:42PM Is it really THAT MUCH better than regular DVD to even cause an uproar? Let's face is, Regular DVD is GOOD ENOUGH. The quality is fabulous! I have a 52" tv and my regular DVD's look crystal clear beautiful on it and the sound is crystal clear mint! Is HD-DVD or Blue-Ray really THAT MUCH BETTER than "almost perfect"? Seriously? [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Sep 25 2007 : 3:06PM I'd also say that the larger your screen, the more you'll benefit. That's assuming you have an HD screen. I don't imagine a SD screen improves at all with HD. Of course, this is talking about Hollywood movies. Not porn. [Link] |
| TheRizDawg Member 118 Posts 12/04 | Posted - Sep 25 2007 : 5:30PM I find it hard to believe HD or Blue Ray will even come close to Regular DVD sales... unless, of course, they put ou a multi format player that isn't too expensive. But Regular DVD is such a strong format with awesome quality. I think HD and Blue Ray is just another one of those things where some people get it just to be the bigshot on the block in your neighborhood. I have the bigger electric panel. I have the bigger addition. I have a bigger fence. I have a Blue Ray DVD player. :) lol. [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Sep 25 2007 : 9:03PM As to whether or not people will notice? I have no idea. Some people are happy with 120 MP3 so there are obviously a lot of people who wouldn't. But what's the point anyway? The whole point is to get a better presentation. I think those who care about the picture and sound will notice. I'm wondering if there are any DVD players on the market that have completely eliminated the layer change? It's noticeable on both of my (admittedly cheap) DVD players. It isn't apparent on my PC DVD drive however. I don't know. If you're wondering how big the improvement is, why not go check it out? I'm sure they have an adequate display somewhere if they really want people to buy. [Link] |
| Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Sep 25 2007 : 11:04PM While the resolution of DVD is very good, especially on small to medium sized screens, it doesn't compare to the picture quality of a good high definition picture (such as the first two Pirates of the Caribbean movies), especially on a large screen. [Link] |
| TheRizDawg Member 118 Posts 12/04 | Posted - Sep 26 2007 : 12:26PM Bill, as for the difference... all I meant was that with VHS vs DVD you can see such a huge difference... but is the difference between regular DVD and HD DVD that noticable?? With VHS vs DVD, you are comparing analog signals to digital signals. With HD and Blue Ray vs DVD, everything is already digital signals. I've seen some of the units in stores and the difference just doesn't jump right out at you the way VHS vs DVD does. In either case, I don't mean to sound argumentative... I just really like this discussion because I love technology. [Link] |
| Roger Herraw Member 415 Posts 2/06 | Posted - Sep 26 2007 : 7:13PM [Link] |
| Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Sep 26 2007 : 8:20PM I have to admit to getting a kick out of people on the tech messageboards complaining about a grainy picture when they are the exact same people who absolutely insistent that movies be shown in the original aspect ratio, "the way that the director intended" (this is not directed toward you Roger). Well, by the same argument, if the director intended the movie to be grainy, then it should be shown that way. At the same time, it's not a bad idea to wait a little until reviews are available, before buying a high definition disc. If the film is going to be grainy anyway, you may as well save a few bucks and get the SD version. [Link] |
| skronker Notable Legendary Icon Scopophiliac 9780 Posts 9/02 | Posted - Sep 26 2007 : 10:37PM [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Sep 27 2007 : 3:43AM I don't mind as long as it isn't an artifact introduced by the transfer process or the player or display device. If it's how the movie is supposed to look, how can it be bad? [Link] |
| ShiWarrior Senior Member 1170 Posts 8/01 | Posted - Oct 21 2007 : 1:04PM its more comecial already! [Link] |
| laramaze Member DO me right or GO home 10 Posts 10/07 | Posted - Oct 22 2007 : 6:41AM If Blu-ray wants to take the edge away from HD it needs to do what mac did to windows, make HD and blue ray run on the same machine, therefore being more consumer reasonable, and watch HD sink in the water. That's just my two cents. I have no idea what patents or trademarks are in place. But when Mac tried to own firewire, windows said f- you we'll call it IDE, and still use it. and you guys are right HD is super grainy!!! [Link] |
| Lonborg Member 114 Posts 1/03 | Posted - Oct 29 2007 : 4:36AM Edited by - Lonborg on 10/29/2007 4:40:52 AM [Link] |
| PL Senior Member God hates us all, you know it's true, God hates this place. - Slayer 1726 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Oct 29 2007 : 3:16PM For my sake, I hope HD wins  World Class Adult Reviews [Link] |
| Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Oct 29 2007 : 7:36PM Enjoy your new player. [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Oct 29 2007 : 8:05PM My regular TV is crummy and old and I have no intention of upgrading it as I don't have any new console gaming systems or players. I watch all of my movies on my computer. Has anyone got anything to tell me about computer hardware related to playback of "next gen" discs? [Link] |
| PL Senior Member God hates us all, you know it's true, God hates this place. - Slayer 1726 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Oct 29 2007 : 9:31PM Supposedly this Xbox drive should work on my PC with USB 2.0. I'll poke around and see if I can get it working, I'll report back. World Class Adult Reviews [Link] |
| PL Senior Member God hates us all, you know it's true, God hates this place. - Slayer 1726 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Oct 29 2007 : 9:35PM I watched Batman Begins in HD... Fuckin WOW! In full 1080p. It's gonna be hard to watch regular DVDs again. Although I think the player is supposed to up-convert. Don't know how well they will look though, need to test. World Class Adult Reviews [Link] |
| PL Senior Member God hates us all, you know it's true, God hates this place. - Slayer 1726 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Oct 30 2007 : 11:01AM Additionally, I couldn't take screen shots of the video. Why, I don't know. Looked good, but not as good as I was expecting. Looked a little better than a regular DVD in progressive scan on my setup. Not worth the time and effort at this point. So I think I'll be watching any and all HD DVDs on my 42" in 1080p.... World Class Adult Reviews [Link] |
| Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Oct 30 2007 : 8:41PM The A2 is the model that was released shortly before Christmas last year. It will soon be replaced by the A3. For the most part, it's a good player. However, when using it with some TV's with a DVI input, it has a colorspace problem, which causes picture detail to be lost in the nearly blacks and nearly whites. I have this player as well as a TV with a DVI input and experience this problem (you'd think that a Toshiba HD DVD player would work perfectly with a 3 year old Toshiba HDTV, wouldn't you), so I use component cables which work perfectly well. Analysts have long predicted that $200 was the magic price point for next generation format acceptance. Now we get to see if they are right. [Link] |
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| Roger Herraw Member 415 Posts 2/06 | Posted - Oct 31 2007 : 9:17AM [Link] |
| Roger Herraw Member 415 Posts 2/06 | Posted - Nov 1 2007 : 10:01AM November 1, 2007 Walmart's Secret Friday Sale We may have found another reason why Walmart didn’t want their Black Friday advertisements leaked. In a report from the NY Times, Wal-Mart Jump-Starts Discounts for Holidays, Walmart will be running Black Friday-esque deals weeks before Black Friday. This Friday, starting at 8am on November 2nd, 2007, Walmart will have 5 items on sale for “Black Friday Prices†at Walmart retail stores. Those items will be: Fisher Price Nascar Ride-On - $144.72 Sanyo 50" Plasma HDTV - $998.00 Acer Laptop w/ Celeron Processor & 1GB RAM - $348.00 Blood Diamond HD-DVD - $14.96 12 Monkeys HD-DVD - $14.96 Big Lebowski HD-DVD - $14.96 Toshiba HD-A2 DVD Player - $98.87 [Link] |
| PL Senior Member God hates us all, you know it's true, God hates this place. - Slayer 1726 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Nov 1 2007 : 12:33PM LOL I seen an even bigger list of movies too... I think I'll have my wife pick up a couple of HD-DVDs for me at the 14 dollar price tag. World Class Adult Reviews [Link] |
| Lonborg Member 114 Posts 1/03 | Posted - Nov 1 2007 : 4:46PM [Link] |
| Roger Herraw Member 415 Posts 2/06 | Posted - Nov 1 2007 : 6:08PM [Link] |
| Roger Herraw Member 415 Posts 2/06 | Posted - Nov 1 2007 : 6:52PM [Link] |
| PL Senior Member God hates us all, you know it's true, God hates this place. - Slayer 1726 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Nov 1 2007 : 7:51PM And with no paperwork, it's tough. I guess you could have BB/CC or whoever call? World Class Adult Reviews [Link] |
| Roger Herraw Member 415 Posts 2/06 | Posted - Nov 1 2007 : 8:39PM and bringing it to the stores, but some were turned down for price matching. here's the AVS thread [Link] |
| jh30 Member 149 Posts 4/03 | Posted - Nov 11 2007 : 5:40AM [Link] |
| Lonborg Member 114 Posts 1/03 | Posted - Nov 13 2007 : 2:46AM [Link] |
| Theguru Member Adult DVD Empire 45 Posts 8/06 | Posted - Nov 15 2007 : 11:26AM 3 XXX Blu-ray items and 2 NR rated Blu-ray items 18 XXX HD items and 2 NR rated HD items *The NR rated items are Girls Gone Wild or softcore titles. [Link] |
| phatbasey Senior Member 1390 Posts 1/05 | Posted - Nov 15 2007 : 11:45AM [Link] |
| howie Member 144 Posts 11/03 | Posted - Nov 15 2007 : 4:27PM Yes, HD DVD and Blue-Ray both can output at 1080p. However, keep in mind that some of the earlier hi-def porn disks were authored at 720p. [Link] |
| howie Member 144 Posts 11/03 | Posted - Nov 15 2007 : 4:29PM Island Fever 3- 720p Island Fever 4- 1080p Lady Scarface- 1080p Dreamgirlz- 1080p Teen America- 720p Curse Eternal- 1080p Debbie Does Dallas Again- 1080p Pirates- 720p Camp Cuddlypines Power Tool Massacre- 720p Girlvana - 1080p [Link] |
| Fufluns Deactivated User 21 Posts 6/07 | Posted - Nov 15 2007 : 5:10PM 1080p30 or 1080p60 [Link] |
| howie Member 144 Posts 11/03 | Posted - Nov 16 2007 : 12:24AM 1080p30 or 1080p60" That depends on which player that you have. I have an Toshiba A2 which is 60fps. However, if you have the higher end models, thee most recent firmware upgrade enabled 24fps. [Link] |
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