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In Reply to: Re: That may be true, but... posted by halfnote on February 28, 2006 at 20:13:00:
And I would add that the "home theater" experience is not necessarily an approximation of the real "movie theater" experience at all. It can be technically superior. I'm sure most of us have have attended theatrical screenings that have been less than satisfying... a movie that you love presented poorly. Bad projection, spotty print, crappy sound. Having the ability to "screen" films in your own "theater" lets you become the projectionist, sound engineer, etc. You can take it as far as you want to go. THAT's the difference... and what makes BluHD-super-ray-DVD so enticing!
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This is a serious question. With the players expected to sell in the $500-$800 range, at which point are you buying it? When the number of titles gets to 10? 100? 1000?I know in audiophile terms $800 is a pocket change, but still...
But I will wait until some of this format-battle nonsense is over. My money's on Blu-Ray, but I'm not going "all in" just yet. When DVD arrived, I waited until the second generation players hit the shelves. I suspect I'll do the same with the new format. I speculate that by this time next year, one of the formats will dominate, and there will be plenty of titles available (some of which I might want to actually own!). I now own around 100 DVDs, and there's at least a couple hundred more that I'd like to own... I won't be "repurchasing" any of the titles that I currently have, but if they get a good rollout going with the new format, I'm in!
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