Comments on: Dvorak on Blu-Ray Bashing http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/05/27/dvorak-on-blu-ray-bashing/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:23:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Trigga_Tybalt http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/05/27/dvorak-on-blu-ray-bashing/#comment-151155 Trigga_Tybalt Wed, 28 May 2008 17:04:49 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/05/27/dvorak-on-blu-ray-bashing/#comment-151155 i must admit i haven't got any blu rays yet. i own a HD TV too so its not down to that. its just i haven't been able to justify the price tag of them over DVDs. i remember i only started buying DVDs when they had the good multi buy deals out and i think shops are starting to do them now so my opinion might change soon. i must admit i haven’t got any blu rays yet. i own a HD TV too so its not down to that. its just i haven’t been able to justify the price tag of them over DVDs. i remember i only started buying DVDs when they had the good multi buy deals out and i think shops are starting to do them now so my opinion might change soon.

]]> By: Paranoimia http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/05/27/dvorak-on-blu-ray-bashing/#comment-151136 Paranoimia Wed, 28 May 2008 13:31:49 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/05/27/dvorak-on-blu-ray-bashing/#comment-151136 @ Meresin - then you'd be one of the hard-core movie buffs I was referring to! :-) @ Meresin – then you’d be one of the hard-core movie buffs I was referring to! :-)

]]> By: Whooka http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/05/27/dvorak-on-blu-ray-bashing/#comment-151134 Whooka Wed, 28 May 2008 13:17:54 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/05/27/dvorak-on-blu-ray-bashing/#comment-151134 I've seen several articles proclaiming how people aren't jumping on the blu-ray bandwagon. The first thing that comes to mind is Blu-ray 'won' the format war only very recently. I don't know about other countries but here in the States we are in the midst of an ongoing economic recession (as much as current gov't officials dance around that 'R' word). I suspect many people being broke and now paying 2x as much as they did last year for gas to get them to their jobs that are most likely no longer in the smaller towns where they live thanks to offshoring of manufacturing jobs and places like Walmart, is requiring many people to forego alot of recreational purposes like blu-ray players and blu-ray format movies. Sure they will pony up for video games and consoles but that's because movies, unlike games, will eventually be 'free' on tv or available on pay per view and the like, so in times of cutting economic corners people will wait the additional two weeks and just watch a movie on cable/pay per view. The current economic climate in the States is no time to judge how anything is selling right now. Also, as far as Microsoft and other companies trying to excuse their short-sighted decision of embracing HD-DVD by claiming 'oh, who cares, everyone is just going to download HD movies in the very near future anyways', all I can say is maybe in Europe and other countries but no time soon here in the States with the slowest Internet backbone in the free world and ISPs already engaged in traffic shaping and other bandwidth curtailing activitites. No one is gonna want to wait the amount of time it'll take to download HD content, which it will have to be as streaming this sort of thing is almost impossible to achieve with a solid framerate over North America's antiquated infrastructure. As far as people who don't see a difference between DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-ray, I suggest you get a new, proper, LCD TV or the like. Blu-ray clearly (no pun intended) is the closest thing to cinematic 35mm as you're gonna get right now, at least in the films I've seen. It easily crushes the competition and has so for over a year now. get some new glasses! I’ve seen several articles proclaiming how people aren’t jumping on the blu-ray bandwagon. The first thing that comes to mind is Blu-ray ‘won’ the format war only very recently. I don’t know about other countries but here in the States we are in the midst of an ongoing economic recession (as much as current gov’t officials dance around that ‘R’ word). I suspect many people being broke and now paying 2x as much as they did last year for gas to get them to their jobs that are most likely no longer in the smaller towns where they live thanks to offshoring of manufacturing jobs and places like Walmart, is requiring many people to forego alot of recreational purposes like blu-ray players and blu-ray format movies. Sure they will pony up for video games and consoles but that’s because movies, unlike games, will eventually be ‘free’ on tv or available on pay per view and the like, so in times of cutting economic corners people will wait the additional two weeks and just watch a movie on cable/pay per view. The current economic climate in the States is no time to judge how anything is selling right now.

Also, as far as Microsoft and other companies trying to excuse their short-sighted decision of embracing HD-DVD by claiming ‘oh, who cares, everyone is just going to download HD movies in the very near future anyways’, all I can say is maybe in Europe and other countries but no time soon here in the States with the slowest Internet backbone in the free world and ISPs already engaged in traffic shaping and other bandwidth curtailing activitites. No one is gonna want to wait the amount of time it’ll take to download HD content, which it will have to be as streaming this sort of thing is almost impossible to achieve with a solid framerate over North America’s antiquated infrastructure.

As far as people who don’t see a difference between DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-ray, I suggest you get a new, proper, LCD TV or the like. Blu-ray clearly (no pun intended) is the closest thing to cinematic 35mm as you’re gonna get right now, at least in the films I’ve seen. It easily crushes the competition and has so for over a year now. get some new glasses!

]]> By: Disappointed http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/05/27/dvorak-on-blu-ray-bashing/#comment-151115 Disappointed Wed, 28 May 2008 09:23:10 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/05/27/dvorak-on-blu-ray-bashing/#comment-151115 The PC Magazine columnist has it right. Of course BD resolution is better, but it isn't that much better than an upscaling DVD player. Certainly it isn't worth paying five to ten (!) times the price for a slight improvement in picture quality. There are other factors, too, like region coding. Regionfree DVD players are cheap and commonplace. With BD you have to specifically check beforehand if the disc will play on your player. The PC Magazine columnist has it right. Of course BD resolution is better, but it isn’t that much better than an upscaling DVD player. Certainly it isn’t worth paying five to ten (!) times the price for a slight improvement in picture quality.

There are other factors, too, like region coding. Regionfree DVD players are cheap and commonplace. With BD you have to specifically check beforehand if the disc will play on your player.

]]> By: pyrolock http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/05/27/dvorak-on-blu-ray-bashing/#comment-151093 pyrolock Wed, 28 May 2008 04:19:54 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2008/05/27/dvorak-on-blu-ray-bashing/#comment-151093 BLUE RAY, the best thing is not only quality, but how well they stand up to punishment of every day life, such as scratches, finger prints, and so on. now when i lend out a movie or a ps3 game, i don't worry about if it's going to work when i get it back, unless they took a stake knife to it. don't believe me, look it up on youtube, blue ray scratch test or something like that. it sold me peace BLUE RAY, the best thing is not only quality, but how well they stand up to punishment of every day life, such as scratches, finger prints, and so on. now when i lend out a movie or a ps3 game, i don’t worry about if it’s going to work when i get it back, unless they took a stake knife to it. don’t believe me, look it up on youtube, blue ray scratch test or something like that. it sold me peace

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