Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Buy an HD-DVD Player

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Vern Green wrote:

> Well, the big reason I would think for not having two machines sitting 
> in your stereo cabinet. I am not sure how it all works, but there could 
> also be a limit in the number of HDTV inputs you can have on a product, 
> so if you have HDTV and HD-DVD, you would not have HDMI connection for a 
> third product, (though you might still be able to use component 
> connections)

That's a good point about the connectors.  One thing I know:  Ordinary DVD 
looks great.  I grew up watching a crappy 13" B&W set that could get four 
channels on a good day.  We had no cable and no VCR.  It will not be easy 
to convince me that I need HD anything.  It's amazing that someone would 
pay more than $1000 after taxes to get a device that plays both Blu-ray 
and HD-DVD.  Either that person has a lot of money to throw around, or he 
(usually 'he') has equated his value as a person with some of the objects 
he possesses.  My 7-year-old Sony Trinitron WEGA set has a great picture 
(especially with 16:9 aspect ratio) and that will never change.  So I'm 
going to stick with that set for awhile, probably until it fails.  By then 
it won't be too price to get really nice HD equipment.

These companies really screw us with the new technology.  They try to 
manipulate our feelings about it using their advertisements and product 
placement.  Pretty soon you feel like a complete loser because your TV 
"isn't big enough."  Then they get your money.  I'm not that easily 
fooled.

I do agree though, as I've said before, that if I didn't already have a 
decent TV, I'd buy some kind of HDTV.  I also think that $99 for an HD-DVD 
player is a good deal.

Mike


> Outside of that I would not know.
>
> Here are some more recent articles.
>
> http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9716539-7.html
>
> http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/LG-Blu-Ray-HD-DVD-Player-LG-BH200/sem/rpsm/oid/194971/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do
>
>
>
> On 11/2/07, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> > I'm a little confused about this.  The article is from 2005, but I
> > remember hearing back around that time that there would be no dual-format
> > player.  Development was being blocked somehow.  Now I see this in the
> > news:
> >
> > http://www.dealerscope.com/story/story.bsp?sid=81550&var=story
> >
> > Which says that Samsung's dual player costs $999.  This despite the fact
> > that you could buy both a Blu-ray player and an HD-DVD player for about
> > $500.  So what good is a dual player?  It takes up less space?  It is
> > selling now:
> >
> > http://www.google.com/products?q=BD-UP5000
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Vern Green wrote:
> >
> > > I don't think this is one of those things that we are going to have to
> > > decide on. There are going to be dual format players. It was just like
> > > the DVD R- and DVD R+ technologies. Now, do we even worry about those
> > > formats?
> > >
> > > The same thing will happen with these formats. You will likely have dual
> > > format players first, and then dual format burners later on. In fact, I
> > > found this on a quick search.
> > http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/06/samsung-planning-dual-format-hd-dvd-blu-ray-disc-player/
> > > I am not buying either format this time. I am waiting until I can get a
> > > dual format player before I buy anything.
> >
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> F Vernon Green

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