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I do agree that having any form of DRM is pathetic and laughable. I imagine it'll only take a couple of weeks for someone to hack through BD+ and that'll be the end of it.
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As to updating, I think I've seen some mention of upping 1.0 to 1.1, but I wouldn't put money on it. As to 2.0, you might be able to find a firmware update for some players, but for the most part, I think you're out of luck.
I guess we can all just wait until profile 3 comes out, or 4, or 5...gotta love these unfinished products....LOL
<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
<span class=“Bold”>JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.</span></span>
<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
<span class=“Bold”>Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.</span></span>
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And I think Profile 2.0 is the end of the line
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<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
<span class=“Bold”>JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.</span></span>
<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
<span class=“Bold”>Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.</span></span>
<span class=“Italics”>JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.</span>
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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
LOL...nice one, ADM.
As to updating, I think I've seen some mention of upping 1.0 to 1.1, but I wouldn't put money on it. As to 2.0, you might be able to find a firmware update for some players, but for the most part, I think you're out of luck.
I guess we can all just wait until profile 3 comes out, or 4, or 5...gotta love these unfinished products....LOL
LOL...nice one, ADM.
As to updating, I think I've seen some mention of upping 1.0 to 1.1, but I wouldn't put money on it. As to 2.0, you might be able to find a firmware update for some players, but for the most part, I think you're out of luck.
I guess we can all just wait until profile 3 comes out, or 4, or 5...gotta love these unfinished products....LOL
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<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
<span class=“Bold”>JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.</span></span>
<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
<span class=“Bold”>Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.</span></span>
<span class=“Italics”>JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.</span>
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So, I guess I should buy a PS3, huh.
I really can't tell if you are being sincere or sarcastic. I wouldn't, But hey, It's your money...In any case, you should look at everything that's available to you and decide for yourself. Don't be a hater, Just be happy with what you've got.
In terms of Bluray. If you steer clear of 1.0 profile you SHOULD be okay. As far as I know you can't go from 1.0 to 2.0 outside of PS3.
I know I'm probably in the minority but I really hope Bluray loses. I really can't stomach the thought of Sony being in control. But I guess we'll just see how things pan out.
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Originally posted by: Johnny Ringo
You really shouldn't be asking us.
I really can't tell if you are being sincere or sarcastic. I wouldn't, But hey, It's your money...In any case, you should look at everything that's available to you and decide for yourself. Don't be a hater, Just be happy with what you've got.
In terms of Bluray. If you steer clear of 1.0 profile you SHOULD be okay. As far as I know you can't go from 1.0 to 2.0 outside of PS3.
I know I'm probably in the minority but I really hope Bluray loses. I really can't stomach the thought of Sony being in control. But I guess we'll just see how things pan out.
You really shouldn't be asking us.
So, I guess I should buy a PS3, huh.
I really can't tell if you are being sincere or sarcastic. I wouldn't, But hey, It's your money...In any case, you should look at everything that's available to you and decide for yourself. Don't be a hater, Just be happy with what you've got.
In terms of Bluray. If you steer clear of 1.0 profile you SHOULD be okay. As far as I know you can't go from 1.0 to 2.0 outside of PS3.
I know I'm probably in the minority but I really hope Bluray loses. I really can't stomach the thought of Sony being in control. But I guess we'll just see how things pan out.
Well i would recommend the PS3. In terms of picture quality the PS3 is amazing for both bluray & DVD. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to test out a couple of bluray players, a samsung and philips, and quality wise they were really inferior to the PS3. the price was slightly more than the PS3 at the time and i just couldn't justify the extra bucks for worse quality. After all not only do you get a player but also a great games console (even though the games available at the moment are pretty crappy). i also think that some of the 1.0 profile players can be upgraded to 2.0 through a firmware update.
i do have to admit that i'm not a sony lover in the slightest but bluray is winning the format war at the moment and i hope that bluray comes out on top because microsoft are pushing the HD-DVD format and i hate Microsoft hell of a lot more than Sony.
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Originally posted by: Johnny Ringo
You really shouldn't be asking us.
I really can't tell if you are being sincere or sarcastic. I wouldn't, But hey, It's your money...In any case, you should look at everything that's available to you and decide for yourself. Don't be a hater, Just be happy with what you've got.
In terms of Bluray. If you steer clear of 1.0 profile you SHOULD be okay. As far as I know you can't go from 1.0 to 2.0 outside of PS3.
I know I'm probably in the minority but I really hope Bluray loses. I really can't stomach the thought of Sony being in control. But I guess we'll just see how things pan out.
You really shouldn't be asking us.
So, I guess I should buy a PS3, huh.
I really can't tell if you are being sincere or sarcastic. I wouldn't, But hey, It's your money...In any case, you should look at everything that's available to you and decide for yourself. Don't be a hater, Just be happy with what you've got.
In terms of Bluray. If you steer clear of 1.0 profile you SHOULD be okay. As far as I know you can't go from 1.0 to 2.0 outside of PS3.
I know I'm probably in the minority but I really hope Bluray loses. I really can't stomach the thought of Sony being in control. But I guess we'll just see how things pan out.
You cannot buy a 1.0 profile player anymore. 1.1 profile was REQUIRED as of November.
At this point, there's no reason to believe that Blu-ray even has a chance of losing. Only two studios are left in the HD-DVD camp. HD-DVD has essentially lost the battle.
Blu-ray outsells HD-DVD 6:1
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Originally posted by: adywanWell i would recommend the PS3. In terms of picture quality the PS3 is amazing for both bluray & DVD. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to test out a couple of bluray players, a samsung and philips, and quality wise they were really inferior to the PS3. the price was slightly more than the PS3 at the time and i just couldn't justify the extra bucks for worse quality. After all not only do you get a player but also a great games console (even though the games available at the moment are pretty crappy). i also think that some of the 1.0 profile players can be upgraded to 2.0 through a firmware update.
I really dig my PS3... its a great Blu-ray/DVD player... ok game machine... way sweet media center for streaming movies and music from your pc. You get a lot of bang for only $400 USD
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Originally posted by: lordjedi
You cannot buy a 1.0 profile player anymore. 1.1 profile was REQUIRED as of November.
At this point, there's no reason to believe that Blu-ray even has a chance of losing. Only two studios are left in the HD-DVD camp. HD-DVD has essentially lost the battle.
Blu-ray outsells HD-DVD 6:1
Originally posted by: Johnny Ringo
You really shouldn't be asking us.
I really can't tell if you are being sincere or sarcastic. I wouldn't, But hey, It's your money...In any case, you should look at everything that's available to you and decide for yourself. Don't be a hater, Just be happy with what you've got.
In terms of Bluray. If you steer clear of 1.0 profile you SHOULD be okay. As far as I know you can't go from 1.0 to 2.0 outside of PS3.
I know I'm probably in the minority but I really hope Bluray loses. I really can't stomach the thought of Sony being in control. But I guess we'll just see how things pan out.
You really shouldn't be asking us.
So, I guess I should buy a PS3, huh.
I really can't tell if you are being sincere or sarcastic. I wouldn't, But hey, It's your money...In any case, you should look at everything that's available to you and decide for yourself. Don't be a hater, Just be happy with what you've got.
In terms of Bluray. If you steer clear of 1.0 profile you SHOULD be okay. As far as I know you can't go from 1.0 to 2.0 outside of PS3.
I know I'm probably in the minority but I really hope Bluray loses. I really can't stomach the thought of Sony being in control. But I guess we'll just see how things pan out.
You cannot buy a 1.0 profile player anymore. 1.1 profile was REQUIRED as of November.
At this point, there's no reason to believe that Blu-ray even has a chance of losing. Only two studios are left in the HD-DVD camp. HD-DVD has essentially lost the battle.
Blu-ray outsells HD-DVD 6:1
Wow, that is amazing! 6 to 1?? I never thought we'd see that so soon. I'm not sure if those numbers will continue but its still a real kick in the teeth to HD-DVD that shows how many fence-sitters jumped in the Blu-Ray yard after the Warners announcement.
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Seriously though, if anything close to those figures keeps up in the next week or two I'm going to start calling "fence-sitters" stubborn.
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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Well, I consider myself a fence sitter, and it's not because I'm stubborn. I'm just not ready to dive into HD formats. I have no HDTV. My DVD collection is still going strong. Don't get me wrong. I'm sure I will eventually. I just really have no desire to at the moment, especially with two formats still out there. It's not likely things will change, but anything could happen.
Well, I consider myself a fence sitter, and it's not because I'm stubborn. I'm just not ready to dive into HD formats. I have no HDTV. My DVD collection is still going strong. Don't get me wrong. I'm sure I will eventually. I just really have no desire to at the moment, especially with two formats still out there. It's not likely things will change, but anything could happen.
Since you have no HDTV and have no plans to purchase an HD format, I would not call you a fence-sitter. I'm talking about the people like ADigitalman who are willing to buy an HD format but are "waiting out" the "format war."
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anyway, here's my perspective on the whole thing:
If VC-1 is as good as a whole lot of people are saying it is, it won't go away for a while (if at all) as long as blu-ray is still around as a format. Microsoft will continue making royalties off of sales of bd's using that codec. Toshiba is screwed, yes, but let's not forget that blu-ray players are backward compatible with dvd and so toshiba will keep making some sort of royalty off the sales of bd players. Time Warner must've not really ever had much faith in hddvd since they've been format neutral for just about as long as blu-ray's been on the market. Maybe the aforementioned standard dvd royalties coupled with whatever deal they signed with the BDA made it that much easier to just drop hddvd altogether. WB probably also looked at the really big picture and saw hddvd exclusivity as prolonging the race and keeping either format from really taking off, though who is to say what would've happened had they not sided with blu-ray?
One thing I said several months ago is that once one of these formats wins and becomes the new standard, it'll be all we ever really need. I still stand by that because just as vhs, beta and laserdisc were the first analog tv formats, hddvd and blu-ray are the first hdtv formats. I'm convinced that the reason there even was a format race in the first place is because these companies realize hi-def is the future of television. I mean, how soon are we going to see televisions produced in a large quantity that have a resolution greater than 1080p? We're finally beyond NTSC and PAL which means we can watch movies at 24 frames per second just as they are in the theater. From what I've read here and there, people used to watch 16mm prints of movies on a projector at home. It would seem we finally have in these new formats the television equivalent of that.
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What? Does this mean if I don't put some sort of copy protection on my home videos that they won't play? As soon as the price becomes reasonable (and it will be sooner than later now with the Warner decision), I had planned on burning my standard definition camcorder videos to a blu-ray disc because I'll be able to fit so much more on a disc and not worry about compressing it. I don't care about whatever copy protection there is for commercial movies, I just want to burn my own discs. Oh and if I ever was to legally purchase a blu-ray disc, I would expect it to play.
Also, where is some good information on the region coding for the new players? I know HD doesn't have it and Blu-ray has 3 but are they also set to restrict the current dvd regions.
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