RedRocksU2
Blue Crack Addict
If you don't already have one, will you get one?
I bought a PS3 on Friday, but there probably should have been a "I already have a Blu-Ray player" choice that wasn't related to PS3.
Good chance to ask though, for those of you who do have Blu-Ray players, what Blu-Rays do you recommend? (not just because they're good movies, but because the Blu-Ray quality is outstanding or the features are amazing, etc.)
boom.So yes, you need an additional poll option for people who already own stand-alone blu-ray players.
The day will come at some point, no doubt, but for the bandwidth needed, it will still be a few years down the road.
And even then, I don't see Blu-Ray falling away, at least not immediately. Film buffs like to have physical copies of their movies; they should still have a niche in the market even after downloading comes of age.
Plus, Blu Rays pack like 30-40 GBs of material onto one disc, and renting an HD movie from the 360 marketplace is like 4-5 GB. It took me, with a pretty solid cable/DSL connection, about 15 hours to download the entire movie before I could watch it.
We're still a ways off.
I'd love to own a player at some point, but I'm in the 720 zone and don't have the funds to start buying/rebuying movies at this time. Not that it's ever going to replace 35 mm, but older films restored to high-def look as close to film-quality as possible.
Plus, Blu Rays pack like 30-40 GBs of material onto one disc, and renting an HD movie from the 360 marketplace is like 4-5 GB. It took me, with a pretty solid cable/DSL connection, about 15 hours to download the entire movie before I could watch it.
It's the price of Blu Ray discs too, but maybe that will eventually come down. I guess you can get some good sale prices sometimes. I just got a Blu Ray/standard DVD combo pack and it was so frustrating that all of the extras were only on the Blu Ray, and very good extras at that. It seems as if you can get a decent player now for 200 or less, so maybe it's worth it. I have an upconverting player now and I like that too, it's not like I'm some sort of fanatic about the picture ( I think the upconvert looks fine) but it's the extras too.
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It's the price of Blu Ray discs too, but maybe that will eventually come down. I guess you can get some good sale prices sometimes. I just got a Blu Ray/standard DVD combo pack and it was so frustrating that all of the extras were only on the Blu Ray, and very good extras at that. It seems as if you can get a decent player now for 200 or less, so maybe it's worth it. I have an upconverting player now and I like that too, it's not like I'm some sort of fanatic about the picture ( I think the upconvert looks fine) but it's the extras too.
I have a Sharp Aquos tv and they do make a Sharp Aquos Blu Ray player
Can anyone tell me if it's worth it to get a Blu Ray player for a 720p TV?
And if so what's the best brand?
Getting an upconvert DVD player for a 720 TV is more cost effective and still gives you a sizable upgrade. You can get a decent player for around $70 at Sam's or Best Buy, too.