Films/DVD Asylum

Dude, you haven't gone Blu ???

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In Reply to: RE: Really? posted by Harmonia on March 02, 2010 at 18:13:20

I know there is a lot of crap on Blu-Ray (how many Adam Sandler movies do we really need in hi-def?), but so many good titles are coming out on a regular basis. So go Blu now!

Cheers. Doug

Follow Ups:

Spit on me too - Victor Khomenko 11:59:18 03/03/10 (2)
Even worse - I don't even have plans.

How's THAT for defiance?

No HDMI either.
- Why not? If you use a projector, BD is mind-blowing (nt) - Doug Flynn 18:26:00 03/03/10 (1)
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  - My mind goes past the images - Victor Khomenko 06:23:13 03/04/10 (0)
    I notice image quality when it gets in the way. As soon as it reaches acceptable level, it matters no mo. I am a movie lover, not a videophile.
    
    Edits: 03/04/10
Don't need to convince me and besides.... - Harmonia 10:33:53 03/03/10 (3)
...I am not a dude, I am famously...a dudette. ;-)

Ever since Criterion jumped on board and the catalogue has gotten deeper (silents, classics, foreign etc) I've just been waiting for the right machine, which is probably going to be the Oppo BDP since it can be made region free and thus provide a 1 box solution.

I don't even have a "big" screen, although I do have a widescreen HDTV. That big screen will be coming in the next few months.

I don't buy DVD now if it's coming on BD.
- Be forewarned that Oppo has serious dependability problems. To me, - tinear 20:30:44 03/03/10 (1)
  that's the kiss of death for any consumer product. If it ain't workin,' who cares how great it is?
  - Tin, I hang at AVS Forum... - Harmonia 19:12:26 03/05/10 (0)
    ...where they're as anal and obsessed with HT as we inmates are with audio. Haven't seen chatter that the Oppos BDP has serious problems, just the usual, handled by firmware upgrades. It's still their fair-haired child at AVS.
    
    Were you basing this on the beta testers? I haven't seen anything at AVSforum that leads me to think the BDP83 is less reliable than average the average BDP. Care to point to a specific thread somewhere? You'll be doing firmware upgrades and possibly encountering "handshake" issues with almost any BDP, it's inherent in the changing nature of the BD format. Oppos are generally held to be more reliable than most.
- Ah, Criterion - Doug Flynn 18:30:10 03/03/10 (0)
  Yes, their catalogue is wonderful. Mostly it's region A, and as I'm stuck here in region B, I am also looking at a multi-region player. I've got my eye on the Oppo BDP-83. Not sure if it's a major step up from a cheap Momitsu multi-region BD player. Have to do more research...
RE: And. - patrickU 00:34:44 03/03/10 (0)
The older we get the un-sharp we see.
BD compensate it.
So it is always more than only one +.

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