Blu Ray...

higherthanamile · 02-08-2010, 07:46 PM

Santa showed up about a month late, but he came through.

Stepped into the world of blu ray and it's just a feast of sight and sound if you're a movie lover like myself.

I had already set my speakers at specific heights and distances based on the size of the room we watch in, but Holy shuckin' fit. The separation and clarity of sound alone is amazing enough.

The player recognizes just about every format under the sun, and has a USB input, so I got an 8GB jump drive to plug into the back because this thing also connects to the internet wirelessly for Netflix and a ton of other downloadable content. It does what the PS3 does without the gaming platform for about half the price, maybe 2/3rd's if you need an HDMI cable.

I want HD on everything now.

Kompressor · 02-08-2010, 08:43 PM

Yea Blu Ray/HD is sweet, but it's also becoming obsolete.

Samsung’s Impossibly Thin 3D TV Tempts Hollywood Producer

LAS VEGAS — If you had any doubt that the big thing in televisions this year will be 3D, then Samsung’s CES press conference would have finally convinced you. The company is throwing its rather large manufacturing weight behind 3D in the home, bringing not just TVs but 3D Blu-ray players and home theater systems into stores this year.

The TVs were the focus today, and consist of LEDs, LCDs and even a plasma model. The star, though, and the one that Jeffrey Katzenberg couldn’t keep his hands off (more on that in a second), was the 9000-series. This 3D TV features a proprietary 3D engine that, like Toshiba’s new sets, can convert 2D video to 3D (although Samsung presented this as a temporary solution until more 3D video is available). The 9000-series will come in screen sizes from 19” to 65”, but that wasn’t why Katzenberg was fingering the thing and gawking at it as the presentation wore on. One look at the photo will tell you the answer — the TVs are thin, as in a third of an inch thin. Turn one of these sideways and it all but disappears. Add to that a gorgeous steel body and you get a TV that even an impossibly rich movie mogul will covet.

Better still, the 9000 series will come with a large touch-screen remote. And why waste that second screen when you aren’t actually doing any controlling? Samsung lets you watch live TV on the remote itself while the big screen continues to play your 3D movie.

Samsung is jumping on the App Wagon, too, and in the spring there will be a range of free apps (they’re not called applications any more) in its own store, called “Samsung Apps”. The store will be open, so anyone can write software for your TV, and paid content will follow in the summer, followed by software for other platforms such as phones.

So why was Katzenberg on stage? Because his company Dreamworks has, along with Technicolor, teamed up with Samsung to get some 3D content onto the televisions. After a rather monotonous speech, he announced the company’s first 3D Blu-ray title, Monsters vs. Aliens. These 3D movies will, he optimistically predicted, “reduce piracy”.

Grieves · 02-09-2010, 12:21 AM

3d is fucking bogus...I want no part of it, at all...

Kompressor · 02-09-2010, 05:16 AM

Shocking news, Grieves hates something he and the rest of the world barely knows anything about!

Being · 02-09-2010, 06:32 AM

HD is obsolete because all the major producers and companies have decided to phase out HD and phase in Blu Ray, so its def the way to go.

3d wont be the main format for quite a while imo so no worries htam

Grieves · 02-09-2010, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by Kompressor

Shocking news, Grieves hates something he and the rest of the world barely knows anything about!

I've seen my fair share over the years, (including theme park attraction, imax 3d, at home units, display models at public science centers) as the technology has advanced, up to and including avatar....

I know enough to know that I do not like "viewing" movies in that realm, much less fucking sitcoms or the shit they have on tv, can you imagine how annoying infomercials will be in 3d...

Flamingnun · 02-09-2010, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by Being

HD is obsolete because all the major producers and companies have decided to phase out HD and phase in Blu Ray, so its def the way to go.

3d wont be the main format for quite a while imo

Bluray is HD, it's HDDVD's that are getting phased out, because it's such a useless format.

And we've just got our first dedicated 3D channels over here in the UK, so it's becoming mainstream. Does look pretty gimmicky currently though.

Xil · 02-09-2010, 02:55 PM

The push for higher 2d resolution is nowhere near complete, theres still a lot more clarity at our fingertips and future generations of computers/gaming systems will keep driving a demand for higher resolutions.

3d won't supersede hd/higher definitions, it'll jsut augment it, if that.

Oceans 80 · 02-09-2010, 06:52 PM

^huh? their is more clarity?!?!

blu-ray movies are clearer than my natural vision...i wish i could see half as good as a blu-ray movie looks

i bet i'd be blown away with perfect vision + blu-ray movie...

Being · 02-09-2010, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by Flamingnun

Bluray is HD, it's HDDVD's that are getting phased out, because it's such a useless format.

And we've just got our first dedicated 3D channels over here in the UK, so it's becoming mainstream. Does look pretty gimmicky currently though.

thats what I meant, my bad for not clarifying.

But imo, its going to take a long time for it to be anything but gimmicky or an add-on to Blu-ray etc.

Sir-Ex · 02-09-2010, 11:40 PM

I think 3d can have its place. For things like sitcoms and regular tv shows, I honestly don't see the need. But as an option for things like videogames I think it totally has the potential to make it a more immersive experience. As long as it remains optional for most things I don't see a problem.

Xil · 02-09-2010, 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by Oceans 80

^huh? their is more clarity?!?!

blu-ray movies are clearer than my natural vision...i wish i could see half as good as a blu-ray movie looks

i bet i'd be blown away with perfect vision + blu-ray movie...

TV's are getting bigger and bigger. I've seen 1080p content on everything from a 16" to a 70" tv, and while the smaller ones you can't tell the difference, it does get fuzzy areound the edges on the larger one.

Also for computing its about screen real estate. More resolution means i can have more things going on on the screen at once. Even at 17" a 1920x1080 resolution monitor could still be used more effectively if it was a higher resolution (imo, this is from using my laptop which is 1080p and 16.4" diagonal)

Terry · 02-10-2010, 01:29 AM

Hmm. More and more I feel I'm the only one who owns a regular tv and monitor, and am fine with it.

xMSx · 02-10-2010, 01:42 AM

Originally Posted by Terry

Hmm. More and more I feel I'm the only one who owns a regular tv and monitor, and am fine with it.

Me too, but I make friends that have Blu Ray

Sir-Ex · 02-10-2010, 01:51 AM

Higher fidelity means a more fidelous experience!

Štulic · 02-10-2010, 03:21 AM

I wonder if I'll be alive when the first 3D holographic projector enters the (then obsolete) TV market.

Sir-Ex · 02-10-2010, 12:01 PM

It's very likely since they already exist. It's just a matter of making the technology more compact and affordable.