Author Topic: DVD-busters: HD-DVD, Blu-ray discs and EVD (Read 74742 times)

pchin · « **Reply #300 on:** Feb 26, 2006 at 08:56 PM »

Clearing the picture on HDMI

THE GIZMO: Everything you need to know about HDMI.

Some tech news sources have been scaring the bejabbers out of early-adopter HDTV viewers with stories proclaiming that "millions of HDTVs may soon be obsolete."

Uhhh, not exactly. Let's clear the waters.

INS AND OUTS OF HDMI: You'll recall that security precautions built into the DVD format were quickly cracked, making it easy for computer-savvy hackers to copy the video discs.

Full article: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/philly/entertainment/columnists/13930502.htm?source=rss&channel=philly_columnists

pchin · « **Reply #301 on:** Mar 01, 2006 at 10:32 AM »

Blu-ray Disc player, movies ship May 23

"The Blu-ray Disc high-definition optical disc format will launch in the US on May 23 when the first player and movies ship, backers of the format said Monday.

Samsung will be first out of the gate with a Blu-ray Disc player. Its BD-P1000, which was first shown at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last month. The device will be available from May 23 at Best Buy, Circuit City and specialist retailers, the company said.

No price has been announced. At CES, Samsung said it plans to sell the machine for around $1,000, but the original launch date was slated for April."

Full article: http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?home&NewsID=13962

MAtZTER · « **Reply #302 on:** Mar 01, 2006 at 10:45 AM »

$1,000 for a dvd player....

hmmm....

mmmm.....

NAH....

willing to wait till next year

Munskie · « **Reply #303 on:** Mar 02, 2006 at 12:38 PM »

Quote from: MAtZTER on Mar 01, 2006 at 10:45 AM

$1,000 for a dvd player....

hmmm....

mmmm.....

NAH....

willing to wait till next year

yup..prices will drop for sure.....nice call sir matz

MAtZTER · « **Reply #304 on:** Mar 02, 2006 at 01:57 PM »

Quote from: munskie on Mar 02, 2006 at 12:38 PM

yup..prices will drop for sure.....nice call sir matz

Yes, nice call for people like me who are on a budget. Di tulad ng iba dyan, malalim bulsa

.

Your newly bought DVD player is almost $1k so I guess you wont have any problem buying another blu ray when it first comes out (ikaw pa). When you do, I will arrange an out of town trip (w/ ricky) to go to munskie's HT in AC

. hehe

fish tayo

pchin · « **Reply #305 on:** Mar 02, 2006 at 05:21 PM »

Pioneer unveils first 25GB Blu-ray drive

Pioneer will this month ship one of the first Blu-ray drives to hit the market, enabling PC users to store up to 25GB of data on media similar to CDs and DVDs. With plans for 200GB disks within a couple of years, Blu-ray could eventually supersede DVDs for making backups and distributing information in businesses

Full article http://www.pcw.co.uk/itweek/news/2151152/pioneer-unveils-first-25gb-blu

purple_jedi · « **Reply #306 on:** Mar 03, 2006 at 11:15 AM »

This is taken from audiorevolution...

Sony Pictures has announced the first titles for the Blu-ray format will be available in stores May 23, 2006. These titles include:
50 First Dates
The Fifth Element
Hitch
House of Flying Daggers
A Knight’s Tale
The Last Waltz
Resident Evil Apocalypse
XXX
The second offering titles will be available on June 13, 2006 and will include Kung Fu Hustle, Legends of the Fall, Robocop, Stealth, Species, SWAT and Terminator. Other titles to be released include Blackhawk Down, Bridge on the River Kwai and possibly others in the near future.

Samsung will be first to market with a Blu-ray player. Prices for this player and any pending Sony players are not yet available. HD-DVD players are slated for release on March 15, 2006 priced at $500 and $799 from Toshiba. It is safe to assume the very first generation Blu-ray players will be priced in the same ball park. Oddly, Sony isn’t first to market with Blu-ray players.

pchin · « **Reply #307 on:** Mar 03, 2006 at 10:41 PM »

Quote from: purple_jedi on Mar 03, 2006 at 11:15 AM

Oddly, Sony isn’t first to market with Blu-ray players.

Many nice tittles...at each release the list can only getting better!

Yeah SONY at the moment is probably sweating all over facing the pressure to release its PS3, the so called ultimate gaming machine. The delay is caused by cost & copy right issues

MAtZTER · « **Reply #308 on:** Mar 07, 2006 at 11:23 AM »

I got a hold of a 1997 Sound & Vision Mag, DVD players were about to be released that time.

And guess how much the new DVD players were back in 1997?

$1,000.

too

Mo®pHeOu$ · « **Reply #309 on:** Mar 07, 2006 at 12:21 PM »

Quote from: MAtZTER on Mar 07, 2006 at 11:23 AM

I got a hold of a 1997 Sound & Vision Mag, DVD players were about to be released that time, and guess how much the new DVD players were back in 1997?

$1,000.

too

naalala ko tuloy yung boss ko dati. He bought a DVD player I think around P50,000 pa nung time na yun. hehehe. sobrang mahal pa noon. Sikat sya nuon!!! hehehe Pero di na ngayon!!!

av_phile1 · « **Reply #310 on:** Mar 07, 2006 at 12:46 PM »

Not bad for a new product introductoy price. I'd imagine that would then fall after a year, assuming market acceptance is large enough. I suppose people who can afford HDTV sets at today's steep prices and the associated players with HDMI output should more than afford that level of pricing for DVDs.

I think that should also end the days of the pirates. HD-DVDs and Blu-rays are not piratable, according to what I've read.

pchin · « **Reply #311 on:** Mar 07, 2006 at 12:50 PM »

"An internal memo allegedly from LG’s U.S. sales VP Bob Perry says the company is planning to ship a disk player compatible with both Blu-ray and HD DVD in the late summer or early autumn.

In the memo, Perry also said LG’s BD199 Blu-ray player, which we saw the company demonstrating at CES in January, won’t ship as planned this spring because of “uncertainty in this early stage of the market for prerecorded high-definition optical disks.” LG is one of those companies that swings both ways with the new HD disks; it signed up with the HD DVD team as well as the Blu-ray group.

Too bad we have to wait six months just to see one of these dual-format players. Samsung was hinting around last fall about releasing a dual-format unit, but that company has backed away from that idea in recent months. So now LG is our only hope for one of these bi-discual players."

Story source: gizmodo.com

av_phile1 · « **Reply #312 on:** Mar 07, 2006 at 01:01 PM »

I'm not sure if it matters much to have dual-function players. There's a good change movie studios will release their titles in both formats. Like those game titles released in PS2, nintendo, x-box, PC, etc. I've read on one article on the net that it's not going to be a repeat of the Beta-VHS days. The studios and the brands are not about to repeat history. Rather, it's going to be a profitable co-existance of different formats like those games. Then again, that's still pure speculation.

pchin · « **Reply #313 on:** Mar 09, 2006 at 12:16 PM »

"LG is the second high-profile Blu-ray supporter to change position after Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ - news), the world's second biggest PC maker, decided last month to also support HD DVD alongside Blu-ray."

Full article

Munskie · « **Reply #314 on:** Mar 11, 2006 at 01:46 PM »

Quote from: MAtZTER on Mar 02, 2006 at 01:57 PM

Yes, nice call for people like me who are on a budget. Di tulad ng iba dyan, malalim bulsa .

Your newly bought DVD player is almost $1k so I guess you wont have any problem buying another blu ray when it first comes out (ikaw pa). When you do, I will arrange an out of town trip (w/ ricky) to go to munskie's HT in AC . hehe

hahaha.....matt...suicide lang talaga ako....ngayon dina pwede, me pamilya na. if ever these new format players come out, ill also wait for the prices to go down...

Quote from: MAtZTER on Mar 02, 2006 at 01:57 PM

fish tayo

mat...nung pinanood namin ng wife ko brokeback mountain....she told me...don't ever go out with your friends and go out fishing ah......hehehe

slowhand · « **Reply #315 on:** Mar 12, 2006 at 07:30 AM »

"A First Look at Blu-Ray"

pchin · « **Reply #316 on:** Mar 12, 2006 at 08:03 AM »

Nice article slowhand

Now many consumers' no.1 wish for Xmas will be PS3!!

Munskie · « **Reply #317 on:** Mar 12, 2006 at 08:07 AM »

read it mr. slowhand.......if im gonna purchase a blu-ray player, it might well be ps3 (part-time gamer)......i believe the guy that once you have seen hd content side by side with dvd 480p...its hard to be content with what we have now, being a movie/ht enthusiast.

slowhand · « **Reply #318 on:** Mar 12, 2006 at 08:37 AM »

yeah, I'm as psyched as you guys regarding Blu-Ray. What I'm most excited about is the high-rez audio that goes with the high-rez video -- I would not mind double-dipping all my fave concert videos!

Secondly, all the high-rez sports content that will eventually get packaged. NBA, Tennis... (I watched Wimbledon in HD once and I got too distracted figuring out the lace patterns underneath some of the women's dresses, hehe). Too bad F1 isn't broadcast in HD.

I've had native HD movies for a couple of years now, so am just looking forward to seeing more of them. Movies in native HD are not as immediately spectacular as sports and live video, but they have one quality that's really obvious and doesn't get much talked about... it's not just the clarity, it's the dimensionality. My wife says our HD movies actually look a bit darker than DVDs, but they look deeper and the people are more 3-D. The lighting that the director uses becomes more obvious. The less-compressed sound is also markedly superior.

so, yeah, bring it on!

pchin · « **Reply #319 on:** Mar 12, 2006 at 09:28 AM »

slowhand, glad to hear you already had native HD movies for a couple of years now. What TV display do u use? I presume it'-s the D-VHS. It's rare & hard to find these video sorces. Where do you get your HD movies from?

Many movies fans are very excited to see their favourite movies in HD format....but with the long wait & high price...hmm.. some of us will have to wait much longer before playing HD movies in our own living rooms become a reality

The best bet is getting a PS3...hopefully the initial cost upon release won't be as high as reported $:-\$

Munskie · « **Reply #320 on:** Mar 12, 2006 at 09:56 AM »

read it somewhere its gonna cost mga 30 plus....

kt · « **Reply #321 on:** Mar 12, 2006 at 10:11 AM »

so wat displays must be used here? is 720p display ok na?

pchin · « **Reply #322 on:** Mar 12, 2006 at 11:46 AM »

Quote from: link=topic=35793.msg553424#msg553424 date=1142128592

read it somewhere its gonna cost mga 30 plus....

Yep Munskie, it's an estimation ...no price confirmation yet. Based on the Merrill Lynch's report, at launch the unit cost is estimated at $900 which is discussed in Could your next HD player be the Play Station 3? under Home Theater: Sources

Since Xbox 360 is selling around $400, so it's not unreasonable we predict the price range could be around $500 or close to Toshiba's cheapest HD-DVD player. In peso that's about P30k range esp after shiping or could be much higher? $:-\$

pchin · « **Reply #323 on:** Mar 12, 2006 at 12:20 PM »

Quote from: kt on Mar 12, 2006 at 10:11 AM

so wat displays must be used here? is 720p display ok na?

For a display to be HDTV-capable, it must able to display a native resolution of at least 720p

slowhand · « **Reply #324 on:** Mar 13, 2006 at 08:19 AM »

pchin - yup, dvhs, shipped from the u.s.; i use a pj.

the thing for me to learn, though, is to download hd content from the alt sites and to build an htpc to play them.

kt · « **Reply #325 on:** Mar 13, 2006 at 08:58 AM »

bro pchin tnx for the info! so i guess my tvs ok na for this! hehe

pchin · « **Reply #326 on:** Mar 13, 2006 at 09:16 AM »

Quote from: slowhand on Mar 13, 2006 at 08:19 AM

pchin - yup, dvhs, shipped from the u.s.; i use a pj. the thing for me to learn, though, is to download hd content from the alt sites and to build an htpc to play them.

Front PJ? Congrat for owing a FPJ-for the ultimate cinematic viewing experience. Yes, HTPC is very popular nowdays. I hope to learn more about it

Quote from: kt on Mar 13, 2006 at 08:58 AM

bro pchin tnx for the info! so i guess my tvs ok na for this! hehe

kt, which year did u purchase your HDTV? Is there any digital output e.g. HDMI or AVI? There may be concern if your HDTV uses only analog connections (Component) , i.e. resolution may be downgraded as true HD movies may only run thru digital input.

kt · « **Reply #327 on:** Mar 13, 2006 at 12:12 PM »

bro pchin im using the toshiba 46hm94 dlp n it has hdmi connections already...but i guess its only 720p native

MAtZTER · « **Reply #328 on:** Mar 13, 2006 at 12:33 PM »

I just read from a magazine yesterday that all our current LCD, or DLP RPTVs have a limit of 720p res.

Only LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicone) technology has broken the 1k resolution barrier. JVC's DiLA has this

kt · « **Reply #329 on:** Mar 13, 2006 at 01:18 PM »

sir matz tnx for the info!