Posted by Derek Janssen on 09/19/07 20:10

Lloyd Parsons wrote:

> In article <rPeIi.4894$603.1787@trndny02>,
> Derek Janssen <ejanss1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Lloyd Parsons wrote:
>>
>>>If being the best technology was what sold, the PS3 would be flying off
>>>the shelves, and Sony would be making buckets of money off it. Yet that
>>>isn't the case at all. The sales are sluggish and that is with Sony
>>>practically giving them away, losing bunches of bucks with each and
>>>every sale.
>>>
>>>Heck, they can't even get someone to write a game for it that makes
>>>gamers go 'wow!'
>>
>>And ironically, some polls show 2/3 of gamerz weren't even aware it WAS
>>a Blu player.
>>(Well, we know one who did, but let's forget about him for the moment.)
>
>
> I read somewhere that the % of PS3 owners that know it is a BD player
> was quite low, and that of that number, even fewer used it that way.
>
>
>>>BTW, if BD were to have the new profile in place and all the movies took
>>>advantage of it, they would still be behind HDDVD. No internet
>>>connection required for BD's next profile,
>>
>>(Nope, just Ethernet, sorry.)
>>
>
> Not mandatory, only optional. Currently other than the PS3, only one
> other BD player has it.
>
>
>>>and Warner likes it and uses it with some of their releases with more
>>>planned.
>>
>>Well, that was pretty much over the fact that they'd invested so much
>>R&D cash into the "TotalHD" disks that were supposed to bring peace out
>>of the war--
>>And which are now being quietly backshelved and retired by the company
>>without undue embarrassment.
>>
>
> Yeah, TotalHD flopped quick didn't it? :-0
>
>
>>Recent rumor has it that Toshiba was in fact more interested in bribing
>>Warner out of neutrality (so they could leverage Paramount/Dream with
>>"Uh, yeahh, we're in talks with Warner at the moment..."), but,
>>um...think we can guess whether there's any love there. -_-
>>
>>
>>>When 300 released on both, the BD camp made a big deal out of the sales
>>>ratio. But that was when the HDDVD version was a combo disk at a higher
>>>price.
>>
>>And before Universal and Warner retired their combo disks, and
>>re-released all previously DVD-combo movies on solo-HD disks.
>>Well, there's our first official casualty of the War--Better get up that
>>new tomb at Arlington. :)
>>
>
> Other than the price difference, I never understood why the combo was a
> bad idea, still don't. Buy a movie now, play it on your current DVD
> player, and later with a HDDVD player. Made good sense.
>
>
>>>Of course, pathetic is just the perfect description of the total hi def
>>>dvd market at the moment anyway.
>>
>>...Don't own a screen, huh? ^_^
>>
>>(It's said that techies With the new toys should never ask the techies
>>Without for sympathy, as it's a lost cause, but...trust us on this one.
>>Old-school DVD fans know the first taste of addictive Mainstream Video
>>Crack when they see one, and they know a future Outbreak before it hits--
>>And if we're talking "Gullible customers who don't know better", let's
>>talk about mainstream middle-class Circuit City customers browbeaten
>>into thinking they have to by a widescreen HDTV before February '09 just
>>to watch TV.) >:)
>>
>>Derek Janssen (oh yeah, we're about to see "Nobody owns those big
>>screens anyway" retired REAL quick)
>>ejanss@comcast.net
>
>
> I guess you either don't read here often or have a short memory span,
> but here's what my toy room has :
>
> JVC 61" HD-iLA (1080i 'cause they didn't have 1080p then)
>
> Toshiba HD-A2 HDDVD player
>
> Sony BDP-S300 BD player. This is my last Sony purchase. This player
> spec'd out TrueHD on page 48 of the owner's manual, but it doesn't
> decode it and it appears no firmware upgrade to implement it is gonna
> happen. This in spite of the fact the board is the same as in the S1.
>
> My procrastinator's delight AV system:
> Harman Kardon AVR247 (main receiver)
> Yamaha RX-V661 (as a pre/pro for the BD and HDDVD players)
>
> Dish Network Vip622 HD-DVR Satellite Receiver.
>
> For info, I ended up with both AVRs 'cause while trying both out, I kept
> them past the 30 days. So I thought, what the hell! The HK is superior
> in most ways (IMO) to the Yamaha, but it doesn't currently do 7.1 LPCM
> via HDMI nor layer Dolby iix over 5.1, but the Yamaha does.
>
> So HDMI from the players to the Yamaha, video out HDMI via switch to the
> TV, audio out the 8 channel pre outs to the 8 channel analog inputs on
> the HK. Makes for one sweet sounding system and my fingers love the
> workout they get on the remotes! :-)

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