steebo777

And it's depressing that's how it is. I for one was more excited for the TrueHD and DTSHD audio than the picture when HD-DVD/BR was first announced, and couldn't be happier playing it on my system. If only it was as easy for J6P to set up a solid surround sound system as it is a TV. The benefits are just easier to see than hear, and that's why J6P doesn't give a squat about lossless audio for the most part

Josh Z

According to this page:

http://www.dlptvreview.com/dlptv/sony-kdf46e2000.html

Your set has a native 720p resolution. Any input signal you feed into it will be converted to 720p for display.

Kingdom of Heaven is a Fox title, and Fox isn't very good about including bonus features on their Blu-rays, unfortunately.

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=27436

Josh Z

I would leave them set for 1080i. Your set's resolution is a little bit higher than 720p, so why waste those extra pixels?

Also, I'm pretty sure I've read that the XBox 360 add-on has problems downscaling to 720p, so your TV is likely to do a better job.

BuckNaked2k

I'm with you. For me, it's all about the sound.

I'd rather watch SD DVDs on a 480p display with a kick-ass 5.1 system, than HD discs on a hi-def display with only the TV's native speakers.

Adam Tyner

Most people don't want one.

I get asked a lot -- a lot -- about TVs from friends, family, and co-workers, and although the first question is always about the best visual bang for the buck, the second question is always, always, always if the built-in speakers are any good. Even with as frequently as that's happened, that always catches me off-guard.

steebo777

That's such a bummer when people ask that

Tom Army

there's also the year in the copyright. 2007 for the remastered and 2006 for the other POS

Hammer99

The security sticker on the top of the case indicates that it is remastered.

GreenMonkey

This depends on your display's modes though.

If your display is scaling 1080i or 720p to 768p - 1080i is likely better as you get a tiny bit of extra rez. Downscaling is better than upscaling.

If your display is capable of displaying 720p unscaled (Native rez setting) then 720p would be better IMO than the player and the TV both scaling.

My DLP projector is 1280x768 and it displays 720p unscaled, with the 48 extra lines being black (you can use them for a digital image shift feature).

For this reason I use 720p in my setup. I did notice 1080i looks a bit better on my 37" as it normally gets left in FULL SCREEN (aka scaling to 768p) mode.

ThriceDamned

I am very far from being J6P when it comes to movies, (dedicated home theater, 1200 DVD's/LD/Blu-Ray) and I value image FAR above sound. Having a beautiful, crisp image means infinitely more to me than the sound.

In fact, I'm so lame that I once accidentally set the system to stereo and didn't discover it until a friend pointed it out 3 months later. Granted, during that period I was heavily into classics who only have mono sound anyway, but even on the 5.1 movies I was watching I just didn't register the fact that the back speakers weren't doing anything.

For this reason, I am quite content (for now at least) to not upgrade to a hdmi receiver capable of utilizing the new lossless capabilities of high-def. But the high-def IMAGE!...I nearly cried in cinematic ecstacy the first time I turned on my 1080p projector and saw Casino Royale on Blu-Ray. I am now going format neutral and trying to get as many movies in high-def as I can.

steebo777

And I nearly cried the first time I popped in the Matrix and heard that gorgeous sound coming out of my speakers. But to each his own

ThriceDamned

Exactly. For me, who routinely have the sound of movies set quite low anyway, it just doesn't make much sense to spring for expensive equipment that will only incrementally add to my enjoyment of watching films. Although I would never in a million years make do with TV speakers and cherish my 5.1 sound, I'd say that for me, sound is about 25% against 75% for picture. For you it goes the other way to a greater or lesser degree. As you said, to each his own

The only thing I was trying to object to was the notion that if you weren't heavily into sound quality of films, it automatically made you a J6P. Granted, nobody said it out loud but I felt it was somewhat implied in a couple of posts (might be reading too much into this).