Blu-Ray

[Fez Hammersticks]

Seriously, is it worth paying an extra $10 for a movie; is Blu-Ray really that much of an upgrade from a picture quality standpoint?

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Audio (if you have a nice surround sound system) is better also.

 

[Petey]

Seriously, is it worth paying an extra $10 for a movie; is Blu-Ray really that much of an upgrade from a picture quality standpoint?

It's amazing. Yes it's worth the $10 dollar difference. Though if you have Netflix, I think they carry Blu-Ray too.

-Petey

 

[bbwchingy0007]

It would depend on the quality of your own set-up; obviously you will need a good HDTV and sound system for it to make a big difference. If you do, it's definitely worth $10 - in England it's more like a $20 surcharge.

 

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

worth it if you have HiDef with HDMIs.

 

[ghoti]

Why would you want to watch standard DVDs if you own a Blu-Ray player and an HD setup?

 

[Jurassic]

Why would you want to go out and purchase all of your movies again on Blu-Ray? I can understand buying newer movies on Blu Ray but don't trash your collection and waste all that money. The jump from VHS to DVD was a bigger deal than the one from DVD to Blu ray.

 

[PapaG]

worth it if you have HiDef with HDMIs.

Yep. Component connection is a wash; spend the extra $100 for a Monster HDMI cable on a 1080 HDTV and you will think you are in the movie.

 

[PapaG]

Why would you want to go out and purchase all of your movies again on Blu-Ray? I can understand buying newer movies on Blu Ray but don't trash your collection and waste all that money. The jump from VHS to DVD was a bigger deal than the one from DVD to Blu ray.

After just pimping Blu-Ray in my previous post, I will also agree with this statement. No need to spend a bunch of money on upgrading a collection, but if you have $400 to spend on a decent Blu-Ray player plus a 6.0 or above HDMI cable, it's worth it.

 

[Denny Crane]

We used our PS3 to play Blu Ray discs on the 58" plasma TV, with HDMI connection to a high end sound system. It was utterly like being in a theater. I have a HD DVD player that plays my normal DVDs better than the PS3 does and HD DVDs. DirecTV with HD. HDMI everywhere.

By far, and hands down, Blu Ray is the superior and quite noticable quality experience.

Is it worth buying EVERYTHING in the Blu Ray format? I say no. The HD DVD player does a nice enough job on regular DVDs and I found it's worth buying regular DVD format for most movies but Blu Ray for movies with lots of CGI, special effects, and high end sound tracks. Like Transformers or Spiderman or the latest Rambo movie. For your typical Sandra Bullock movie, plain ol' DVD is fine.

 

[ghoti]

Why would you want to go out and purchase all of your movies again on Blu-Ray? I can understand buying newer movies on Blu Ray but don't trash your collection and waste all that money. The jump from VHS to DVD was a bigger deal than the one from DVD to Blu ray.

I assume replacing most movies would cost more than $10.

The OP was asking about buying new movies.

 

[Petey]

Yep. Component connection is a wash; spend the extra $100 for a Monster HDMI cable on a 1080 HDTV and you will think you are in the movie.

Please don't tell you spent 100$ on a Monster HDMI cable?

They carry digital signals. It doesn't matter what type of HDMI cable you use. You'd have to be extremely unlucky to get one of substandard quality even for 5 dollar versions.

-Petey

 

[Denny Crane]

Here's a page on a site running drupal:

http://www.theps3faq.com/?q=node/10

 

[TucsonClip]

I bought two HDMI cables for $8 dollars total and they are the same quality that Monster uses. Dont get sucked in by Moster and waste $92 perfectly useful dollars.

 

[DynastYWarrioR6]

We used our PS3 to play Blu Ray discs on the 58" plasma TV, with HDMI connection to a high end sound system. It was utterly like being in a theater. I have a HD DVD player that plays my normal DVDs better than the PS3 does and HD DVDs. DirecTV with HD. HDMI everywhere.

By far, and hands down, Blu Ray is the superior and quite noticable quality experience.

Is it worth buying EVERYTHING in the Blu Ray format? I say no. The HD DVD player does a nice enough job on regular DVDs and I found it's worth buying regular DVD format for most movies but Blu Ray for movies with lots of CGI, special effects, and high end sound tracks. Like Transformers or Spiderman or the latest Rambo movie. For your typical Sandra Bullock movie, plain ol' DVD is fine.

I watch everything and play everything for that matter on my ps3

 

[Denny Crane]

I watch everything and play everything for that matter on my ps3

I found the PS3 does a shitty job of playing regular DVDs. FTW.

 

[TucsonClip]

I found the PS3 does a shitty job of playing regular DVDs. FTW.

Yes, the PS3 doesnt do the best job of playing DVD's (it gets very dark) the same goes for playing .avi's and other video files I have shared from the external HD in my room (very dark as well).

 

[Blazerfan22]

Yes, the PS3 doesnt do the best job of playing DVD's (it gets very dark) the same goes for playing .avi's and other video files I have shared from the external HD in my room (very dark as well).

What, The PS3 was the rated the Best Blu ray player within this last year. Its a sony Blu-Ray Player. <aybe need setting's changed.

Blu-Ray is well worth it!!! We just watched Polar Express 3-d With my 5 year old last night and it was amazing. Crystal clear 1080P 3-D action.

 

[TucsonClip]

What, The PS3 was the rated the Best Blu ray player within this last year. Its a sony Blu-Ray Player. <AYBE p setting?s need changed.<>
Blu-Ray is well worth it!!! We just watched Polar Express 3-d With my 5 year old last night and it was amazing. Crystal clear 1080P 3-D action.

Notice I said DVD's and .avi files not Blu Ray, because the PS3 plays Blu-Ray exceptionally well.

 

[PapaG]

Please don't tell you spent 100$ on a Monster HDMI cable?

They carry digital signals. It doesn't matter what type of HDMI cable you use. You'd have to be extremely unlucky to get one of substandard quality even for 5 dollar versions.

-Petey

My Monster cable was a part of my Sony Blu-Ray/TV package. Not all HDMI cables are the same though. It's all about how much information flows through the cable; a higher capacity = better quality, especially in the audio.

 

[ghoti]

I found the PS3 does a shitty job of playing regular DVDs. FTW.

Did you change the settings? I haven't had any problems.

 

[BrianFromWA]

My Monster cable was a part of my Sony Blu-Ray/TV package. Not all HDMI cables are the same though. It's all about how much information flows through the cable; a higher capacity = better quality, especially in the audio.

I think to be called "HDMI", the cables have to meet very stringent specs. It's not like the differing levels of shielding in coax cable, it's basically just $90 for the Monster label.

 

[Denny Crane]

Did you change the settings? I haven't had any problems.

Yep, downloaded all the updates, etc. I had the HD DVD player and PS3 play the same disk on the same TV (with HDMI) and the quality difference is HUGE.

 

[Denny Crane]

My Monster cable was a part of my Sony Blu-Ray/TV package. Not all HDMI cables are the same though. It's all about how much information flows through the cable; a higher capacity = better quality, especially in the audio.

I think to be called "HDMI", the cables have to meet very stringent specs. It's not like the differing levels of shielding in coax cable, it's basically just $90 for the Monster label.

The cables are just cables. An ethernet cable will do 1Gigabit or 100Megabit because the cable doesn't matter - it's the equipment at both ends that matters. In this case, it's HDMI equipment. There are various flavors of the HDMI spec, and older equipment to the 1.0 spec will not do the better audio or video (1600p).

The real difference in cables is shielding, the connectors, and maybe the metals used (don't corrode as easily). At 4 feet, there's going to be zero difference in the cables' ability to give you the best HDMI has to offer. At 15 feet, the quality absolutely matters, but who needs a 15 foot cable?

 

[Petey]

I think to be called "HDMI", the cables have to meet very stringent specs. It's not like the differing levels of shielding in coax cable, it's basically just $90 for the Monster label.

Yes.

You can even find re-branded monster cables online for $15. I hard purchased 4 of them, 2 years ago.

-Petey

 

[hasoos]

Blue Ray is already out dated. They are going to be streaming HD movies to your TV through various means which do not require physical media. Some companies like NetFlix, already are.

 

[Petey]

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10243&cs_id=1024008&p_id=4745&seq=1&format=2

Excellent deal on HDMI cable(s) if you need.

-Petey

 

[Petey]

Blue Ray is already out dated. They are going to be streaming HD movies to your TV through various means which do not require physical media. Some companies like NetFlix, already are.

Time Warner has already talked about bandwidth restrictions on my internet usage. I'm sure my cable provider and others will charge hefty premiums for the service. Part of why I think Blue Ray will be around for a while.

It's not like cable TV killed VHS, DVD did.

-Petey

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Thnx for all the info!

I don't think I'll re-buy my library to blu-ray. I have about 400 movies. But I do plan on buying some of the classics on blu-ray for better picture quality. Like 'The Shining,' 'The Godfather trilogy,' ect.

Ok, I'm using my PS3 but I plan on upgrading my blu-ray this weekend. Any recommendations on a player?

 

[ppilot]

My Monster cable was a part of my Sony Blu-Ray/TV package. Not all HDMI cables are the same though. It's all about how much information flows through the cable; a higher capacity = better quality, especially in the audio.

I'll repeat what a lot of others have been saying. Monster is the biggest rip-off in terms of home audio/video products. HDMI performance is pretty standardized as the difference between a $100 cable and $20 cable is zero. All the claims the thrown on the front the package is all salesmanship and don't affect anything. In fact a lot of tests have shown the cheap versions being even better.

About Blu-Ray, it's shelf life is going to be much shorter than Dvd's with increased availability of VOD. Also people realizing how much of a better deal it is to watch the movies using Netflix doesn't help things either.