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Topic: Impressions on watching blu-ray
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Scott Jentsch
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From: New Berlin, WI, USA
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 12-28-2009 12:35 PM
quote: Steven J Hart I watched my first two blu-ray disks yesterday. (Thanks to my wife) Ironman and Casino Royale. On Ironman, the image quality was certainly a step up from DVD, but it was the sound that really blew (blu) me away. I'd never before heard my home theater setup sound better than my real theater, but there it was. Major clarity and dynamics through an $800 Yamaha receiver.
Casino Royale on the other hand displayed truly stunning picture quality. The opening title sequences were awesome. You could see some film grain on some lower light scenes, but I'm sure thats what it looked like on 35 mm too.
You picked two good releases as your first Blu-ray movies! Casino Royale was not only a pretty good movie, it also shows off the Blu-ray format pretty well. Iron Man was also very good.
The Dark Knight will put your receiver through its paces, as will Disney/Pixar's Cars (basically anything by Pixar has incredible sound mixes). If you like classic movies too, Casablanca and The Searchers should be on your short list.
As far as rental availability goes, give Netflix a try! You get two weeks free to see how they do with delivery to your area, and I've never gotten a Blu-ray disc that couldn't be played (e.g. as a result of damage/scratches). We have one-day turnaround here in Milwaukee, WI and very little waiting for new releases for the most part. Your mileage may vary, but that's what the free trial can do for you.
Welcome to the next generation of home video! Just be prepared to never want to watch a DVD again if you don't have to....
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Bobby Henderson
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posted 12-28-2009 06:38 PM
I wonder if American Electric Power (the company who bought out Public Service company of Oklahoma) provides the electrical service for the Chickasha area. BTW, Chickasha is a half hour's drive down I-44 from Oklahoma City.
I haven't been too fond of AEP in recent years. They've really dragged their feet in dealing with nuisance trees growing up into power lines along back yard fences, alleys, etc. Lots of rural roads in Oklahoma have overgrowth rising into the power lines. It's a good bet some of this is a factor with the power surges and generally dirty power.
quote: Scott Jentsch Welcome to the next generation of home video! Just be prepared to never want to watch a DVD again if you don't have to....
My DVD collection is doing little more than gathering dust. So much for the virtues of Blu-ray players providing DVD backward compatibility! Oh well, it's better to have the capability there and not need than to need it and not have it.
I've said it's pretty easy to get spoiled to the quality of high definition compared to standard definition. I think this is true for both people who are avidly into home theater as well as mainstream viewers. Once you get used to watching the good stuff you really notice the drop to SD. It's that way with Blu-ray versus DVD and it's even that way for broadcast/cable SDTV and HDTV.
quote: Monte L Fullmer Oh, you watch, BR burners is gonna come out in throngs in both computer and standalone by then, along with the media that can be affordable.
Blu-ray burners are already fairly affordable, and you can find them in quite a few PCs priced under $1000. BD burners are even starting to become an affordable option for notebook PCs.
I'm skeptical about the BD cracking/ripping aspect. Blu-ray movies may not have totally secure copy protection, but it certainly is more difficult to copy a BD movie than a DVD movie. Add to that the much greater amount of time involved to rip and process all those gigabytes of data.
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