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

["Vern Green" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

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. 

 

I actually thought the way you did when I bought my TV. My wife, really wanted an HD system after looking and comparing them in the store. I tell you, now that I have it, man there are some remarkable television shows n HD, it's hard to watch the normal channels.

 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.  

 

Well, that is not entirely true, I know more than one person I work with who simply love to watch movies. They want to see them in the best quality they can, that is their form of recreation and release. Not the one you or I would choose. I think the same could be said for anyone willing to pay more than $1,000 for a guitar. Why would someone do that? When you answer that question, I think you will find the answer to why someone would spend over a $1,000 for an entertainment player.

 

For me, I think my DVDs play and look great in standard format. I have an upconversion DVD player and the results are good enough for me.

 

 

> Outside of that I would not know.
>
> Here are some more recent articles.
>
> http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9716539-7.html
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> http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/LG-Blu-Ray-HD-DVD-Player-LG-BH200/sem/rpsm/oid/194971/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do
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>
>
> 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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