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In Reply to: RE: Advice please.. posted by es347 on July 24, 2007 at 18:49:20
The Blu-Ray spec itself is still evolving to accomodate fancier picture-in-picture, networking and interactive features. Blu-Ray players introduced after Oct or Nov of this year should all be up to the new v1.1 spec, and v2.0 is on the horizon.
My understanding is that Sony's Playstation 3 is far and away the biggest-selling Blu-Ray player around, and regardless of whether many PS/3 owners actually use it to watch videos, you can bet movie studios will ensure future B-D movies are going to play on it, so in this sense, I think it's as safe a buy as you are going to get. It already has the storage and networking called for in the v1.1 and 2.0 specs, and my hunch is that it will need only a firmware update to be fully compliant. Anyhow, I felt confident enough that I laid down my $500 for one.
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Thanks for a well written and understandable reply. I have been considering the ps3 and posted earlier about that so thanks for the confirmation. So when you talk about a firmware upgrade, is that something that current ps3 owners can do sometime down the road? Are they upgradeable in that sense? Going back to my initial post, what are your thoughts regarding utilization of HDMI connectivity for satellite tv? Is it a noticeable upgrade from using component video cables?
thx.
es347
Yes, firmware upgrades for the PS/3 are readily available and are considered do-it-yourself material.
You might want to inquire about your specific HDMI-equipped satellite receiver, because I gather that some simply don't do HDMI very well. But for connecting my PS/3 and Toshiba HD DVD player to my late-model LCD TV, it's great: Minimal cable clutter and the signal remains digital throughout.
HDMI is a whole story in itself: I think it was probably brought to market prematurely, and you hear stories about devices not communicating at all, losing connection, or audio and video losing synch. But my gear is all new, probably using HDMI v1.3 throughout, and maybe that's why I've had no problems.
The Wikipedia entry for HDMI (below) gives you a rundown on what HDMI v1.0, 1.2, 1.3/a/b mean to you. (but basically, you probably want 1.3)
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