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Posted by Lloyd Parsons on 07/24/07 18:01
In article <1185297758.215630.25980@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
Mark Burns <marcus520520@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Jul 21, 8:44 pm, Lloyd Parsons <lloydpars...@mac.com> wrote:
> > In article <g_xoi.58$j%...@newsfe07.phx>, "Frank" <nos...@email.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > you are taking a gamble with the HD DVD format. It could be the Betamax of
> > > HD.
> >
> > So could Blu Ray for that matter. With a total market share of about 2%
> > between them, it isn't much of a stretch to call them both failures or
> > successes.
>
> I am sticking with my two Oppos for the time being. The upconvert
> with a standard DVD is excellant when the source is a high bit-rate
> DVD-9, and very good even on the ones that I have experimented with
> DvdShrink. And it significantly improves those that I have converted
> over from VHS to 480i DVD.
>
> If the upconvert of the HD, or Bluray player for that matter, is as
> good as the Oppo or more expensive Denon, then it would not be a bad
> investment at the two hundred dollar price. But if they make it too
> good, then why would one want to spend money on the more expensive BR/
> HD movies? I am highly suspect until more comparison information is
> forthcoming.
>
> Also, I am not able to see the difference between 1080p and 720p from
> a viewing distance of three times the height of the monitor. It may
> be just me, but I had read that elsewhere and that has been my
> experience. I suspect that everything will be 1080p within the next
> couple of years, but at 720p prices. I probably still won't see a big
> reason to upgrade.
>
> To date, the best setup that I have seen was a 50" 720p Fijitsu plasma
> fed from a Denon upconvert player, about a $4000 setup. Awesome. My
> Vizio with an Oppo 970 (about $1200) ain't too shabby though either.
>
> Better to wait this one out, imho.
>
> Cheers...
I'm with you on 720p vs 1080i, with my 61" JVC HD-iLA, sitting at 10', I
can't tell the difference.
But one big reason to buy BD or HDDVD is the sounds! With most BDs
having at minimum a 5.1 LPCM lossless track, or another lossy new codec;
and HDDVD having TrueHD available, or again some other lossy codec; the
sounds are much better than most SDs.
While some report that they can't watch SD disks any more, I don't find
that to be the case at all. Both my S300 (BD) and HDA2 (HDDVD) players
upconvert beautifully.
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