Why haven't you bought a Blu-ray player yet?
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Basically, I'm not willing to add the cables to my cluttered rats nest behind my TV. I don't want another device taking up space; I want a good all-in-one.
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M$Now I don't think I even need a DVD player anymore. Takes up too much room, too many cords.
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M$Besides, Blu-Ray is a passing trend that will be dead in 2-5 years as the onset of companies backed by big television and the movie studios bring HD versions to the masses through services like Hulu.com . Movies viewing will be like cloud computing or "Cloud Entertainment Service" where you will be able to view the highest quality version, in Blu-Ray, Virtual-Ray, or Whatever-Ray, of the movie at your leisure by paying you monthly movie subscription fee. NetFlixs and Blockbuster are already doing it on a small scale.
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There might already be players under 75.00, but only crappy foreign brands and I don't swing that way. I only like name brands for electronics, and with good reason.
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Since I think I pay for almost every single movie channel My Direct TV, and they now have all converted to HD, I'm finding that i very rarely even pop a DVD in.
Also, TV shows are so much better than most movies that I never run out of stuff on my PVR/Tivo to watch. I still haven't caught up with like three or four amazing shows.
So, my Blu-Ray decision was determined by:
1. A stupid battle over formats for years
2. Abusive pricing
3. The rise of amazing TV shows
4. Direct TV moving to HD for almost every movie channel
5. The power of my PVR/Tivo
6. The coming digital HD download revolution.
Basically, the electronics folks made it impossible for me to embrace this technology.
Frankly, I don't know if I would even take the time to setup a Blu-Ray player if they gave it to me for $100!
Anyone who buys into Blu-Ray is going regret it in three or four years when downloading movies are available 20 different ways (xbox, fios, cable, satellite, Apple iTunes/TV, dedicate box, etc).
I'm thinking of buying an XBOX for streaming HD movies at this point.
More here:
http://www.jakeludington.com/hddvd/20061204_xbox_video_marketplace_and_hddvd_comparison.html
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It's funny you say that because I have exactly the opposite experience. Just after football season is over, I'm canceling FiOS TV and just watching OTA HD and Blu-ray discs.
The main reason is the cost, while FiOS TV is $68/mo -- it should be noted that they have as many national HD channels as DirecTV -- Netflix only charges $21 for all I can watch. Netflix has every Blu-ray movie and many TV shows from Discovery and HBO, so I'll be able to watch the same content for less than 1/3rd the price. No, I don't mind waiting a few months to see shows from HBO etc.
Of course I'll have to continue signing up for DirecTV every fall for the NFL Sunday Ticket -- right now I subscribe to FiOS TV all year long and DirecTV just during football season.
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Most, if not all, upscalers will not produce a full 1080p picture. Blu-ray discs are the only true 1080p picture that you can currently get. Additionally, anything that is downloaded is typically broken up into a bunch of pieces in order to pass through your ISP bandwidth restrictions. Most streaming HD video is anywhere between 480i and 720p. Netflix HD streaming claims 1080i but thats only if you have an ISP that provides 10-15 mbps or higher. Again, most Netflix HD will come through around 720p.
Hate to disagree Splatham, but I get 720P from my DVD player that cost $50 and it looks fine to me. Also, I don't care how the service downloads it, I know it is HD when I play it. I do not stream and if I did, 720p is fine for me. As a matter of fact I will go out on a limb and say if a double blind study were done, the majority of "Average Joes" wouldn't be able to tell the difference between content in 720p and 1080p on the same sets.
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