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Originally Posted by bunkaroo
You should mention their mistake to them. ;)
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Sounds like the perfect opportunity to educate their manager, should you desire to do so.
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Originally Posted by bunkaroo
Sounds like the perfect opportunity to educate their manager, should you desire to do so.
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OK so you knew this question was coming.
Honestly, would your actions be the same if it was an A3 instead of a BDP-S300? |
Originally Posted by bunkaroo
OK so you knew this question was coming.
Honestly, would your actions be the same if it was an A3 instead of a BDP-S300? As I stated before, I will always help out customers as they tend to believe me (a customer) over an employee (who wants to sell them something). I have MANY times answered questions for owners of both formats including what studio supports who, why can't I play this movie, what is HDMI etc. Just a few days ago on Black Friday I was helping out an older couple who had a Sony BDP-300 player in his hands. He wanted to know why Ratatattiou would not a Combo like his Happy Feet HD DVD he bought. |
Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
Again, nothing. I have bit my tongue many times when looking at both format players at stores when they start spouting off incorrect statements. There is just not point. The employee usually rolls his eyes and continues to believe whatever he wants to, even if its wrong. Out of the few times I did this in the past (correcting employees), only one of them has said "Thanks, I didn't know that" they other ones continued on saying they were correct and that I was wrong. Not worth my time anymore.
As I stated before, I will always help out customers as they tend to believe me (a customer) over an employee (who wants to sell them something). I have MANY times answered questions for owners of both formats including what studio supports who, why can't I play this movie, what is HDMI etc. Just a few days ago on Black Friday I was helping out an older couple who had a Sony BDP-300 player in his hands. He wanted to know why Ratatattiou would not a Combo like his Happy Feet HD DVD he bought. |
Ratatouille.
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:brickwl2:
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What is wrong with them using component cables? If you meant composite, that would be bad, but component is about as good as HDMI.
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Originally Posted by Drexl
What is wrong with them using component cables? If you meant composite, that would be bad, but component is about as good as HDMI.
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Originally Posted by Tutut
Component is restrected to HD-Ready (1080i/720p).
"HD-ready" traditionally refers to a television that can display hi-def resolutions, but does not have a built-in HD tuner. |
Btw, for those that haven't purchased Bad Santa yet, the PQ on this is very nice. Colors are quite sharp and there is a good amount of detail.
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Originally Posted by tonymontana313
Btw, for those that haven't purchased Bad Santa yet, the PQ on this is very nice. Colors are quite sharp and there is a good amount of detail.
For those that have seen it...whats better, the Directors Cut or Unrated Version? The Blu-Ray has both versions. |
Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
Looking forward to buying this at the next BOGO. This movie is just way to funny.
For those that have seen it...whats better, the Directors Cut or Unrated Version? The Blu-Ray has both versions. |
Originally Posted by tonymontana313
Btw, for those that haven't purchased Bad Santa yet, the PQ on this is very nice. Colors are quite sharp and there is a good amount of detail.
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Originally Posted by Josh Z
Did they clear up the edge enhancement that marred the DVD?
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Blu-ray Owns 73% of HD Market in Europe LONDON (Reuters) - High definition movie DVDs in the Blu-ray format have outsold the rival HD DVD standard in Europe this year, breaking the 1 million barrier and constituting 73 percent of all HD movie discs sold. Citing industry sales data, the Blu-ray disc association said in a statement on Tuesday Blu-ray movie disc sales had topped 1 million units and when counting Blu-ray gaming discs the total number produced for sale in Europe exceeded 21 million units. Sony's PlayStation 3 game console includes a Blu-ray Disc drive. Hollywood and electronics manufacturers are hoping that new high-definition DVDs, with better picture quality and more capacity, will revive the slowing home DVD market. But the launch of the next-generation DVD players has been complicated by the fact that there are two competing technologies available, Blu-ray and HD DVD. HD DVD was developed by Toshiba Corp (6502.T: Quote, Profile, Research) while Sony Corp (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) backs the Blu-ray standard. Of the high definition movie discs bought by consumers so far this year in Europe, 73 percent were in the Blu-ray Disc format and 27 percent were HD DVD, according to sales data provided by Media Control Gfk International. Blu-ray said the best selling titles were 300, Spider-Man 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Home Media Research said in October Blu-ray Disc DVD titles had outsold rival HD-DVD titles by almost two-to-one in the first nine months of the year in the United States. |
Originally Posted by kefrank
1080i/720p is HD, not HD-ready. 720p, 1080i, and 1080p are all high definition resolutions according to the HD spec.
"HD-ready" traditionally refers to a television that can display hi-def resolutions, but does not have a built-in HD tuner. http://www.eicta.org/fileadmin/user_...1160752163.jpg For 720p/1080i TV sets. and this new one for 1080p devices : http://www.pioneer.eu/images/eur/HDready1080p.gif What I meant is, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players can't output 1080p from component, this definition is HDMI only. |
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Originally Posted by Tutut
What I meant is, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players can't output 1080p from component, this definition is HDMI only.
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Originally Posted by Tutut
BD+HD-DVD in Europe represent 1% of the DVD market. :)
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I thought HD Ready just meant that a tv needs an hd source connected to it.
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question regarding import BluRay discs are they region coded? I want to pick up ABBA the Movie from the UK - will my PS3 be able to play it?
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Originally Posted by Tutut
What I meant is, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players can't output 1080p from component, this definition is HDMI only.
the "HD-ready 1080p" logo, i would imagine, means that the tv is HD-ready and it can display 1080p resolution. no resolution is specified on the other logo, because none was needed until 1080p came along, since 720p/1080i was the only option. i'm not intending to come down on you, but rather to just clarify the terminology for everyone and dispel the marketing myth that 1080p is the only "true" or "full" hi-definition. 720p, 1080i, and 1080p are all high definition, per the standard. |
Originally Posted by tonymontana313
Yes! I really love the look of the transfer on the director's cut. I haven't checked out the unrated cut and I understand that is a different encode all together.
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