In order:$50 HD-DVD player(which upconverts) or $50 Upconvert DVD player,Again the HD-DVD player,any TV,EVERYTHING does that (DVD,iPOD,even the 360 and PSP),Repeating DVD player,HD-DVD player,and TV.Indigo_Dingo post=7.68976.657612 said:Then theres the picture quality, linkages to relevant sites and content on the internet (direct with your player), Subtitle style options (I know this isn't really important, but I just think thats cool), advancement by frame (again, cool), and an increased level of fine tuning available in picture and sound settings.
Wasn't this what only Blu-ray could do? (HD-DVD did links and internet before blu-ray)Indigo_Dingo post=7.68976.657639 said:Yeah, an HD DVD player is a real good investment at a time like this.shatnershaman post=7.68976.657622 said:In order:$50 HD-DVD player(which upconverts) or $50 Upconvert DVD player,Again the HD-DVD player,any TV,EVERYTHING does that (DVD,iPOD,even the 360 and PSP),Repeating DVD player,HD-DVD player,and TV.Indigo_Dingo post=7.68976.657612 said:Then theres the picture quality, linkages to relevant sites and content on the internet (direct with your player), Subtitle style options (I know this isn't really important, but I just think thats cool), advancement by frame (again, cool), and an increased level of fine tuning available in picture and sound settings.
Advancement on a PSP or Ipod doesn't go by actual frames, it goes on seconds (I've got an iPod Video, I know). As for the regular DVD, yes, it does do that, however movement frames are always blurred. These are compensated and smoothed on a Blu-Ray player.
Yes, but a Blu-Ray does many of the settings and recommendations automatically - takes much of the work out of it.
http://reviews.cnet.com/blu-ray-dvd-players/CAB0SE post=7.68976.657677 said:Yours does that? Mine brings up the movies in a perfectly timely fasion
C(pun)the Cnet link and see the times.(One especially slow movie is Pirates of the Caribbean 3)Indigo_Dingo post=7.68976.657698 said:What the hell kind of movies are you watching? My Blu-ray copy of Sweeney Todd started playing 10 seconds after I put it in.
Well I thought it was a broad Blu-Ray thing but I can't find PS3 playback times (a least from a "Professional site" like Cnet.).CAB0SE post=7.68976.657751 said:Wait are we talking about standard players or the PS3? Mine is the second
I'm talking a fresh load... like from nothing to menu to movie starting.CAB0SE post=7.68976.657782 said:Ok, 20 seconds, but I had stopped the movie about a week ago because I wanted to play BF:BC, so there was some extra time because it had to find where I had previously stopped. It does that, I guess.
Don't have to my point is it isn't the 5 seconds it takes for Rush Hour 3 on DVD.CAB0SE post=7.68976.657805 said:Shoot, it was A Bridge Too Far, I like that one
Anyway, About 9 seconds until it was a selectable disc, 20 seconds until picture, then it did the FBI crap and went right on into the movie. I don't know, some of these just have built in menus that come up around the edges of the movie. Hold on, I'll try 300, but that's my last one.