DVD players
10-08-2007, 09:18 PM
#16
Originally Posted by mxracerbrian
yeah paar i ran into the same battle when i first began to get into this whole hd biz
i have a sony dvd player with my hdtv and i honestly never use it. i just use the PS3 (blu ray) or the 360 with the hd player. they both look amazing. the one thing that gets gay about getting into this crap is it seems like you have to get everything....or nothing at all in order to make it look decent lol. god by the time you get all the monster cables, your blu rayz/hddvd, hdtv, reciever and other junk you have a million dollarz into something that will be outdated in 5 years lol
now that i think about it....ive wasted a lot of money haha
i have a sony dvd player with my hdtv and i honestly never use it. i just use the PS3 (blu ray) or the 360 with the hd player. they both look amazing. the one thing that gets gay about getting into this crap is it seems like you have to get everything....or nothing at all in order to make it look decent lol. god by the time you get all the monster cables, your blu rayz/hddvd, hdtv, reciever and other junk you have a million dollarz into something that will be outdated in 5 years lol
now that i think about it....ive wasted a lot of money haha
10-09-2007, 01:03 AM
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Originally Posted by ProjectCamaro
So you have the XBox HD DVD player? If so do you really like it and what's its pro's and con's? Also do you know if they make a black version of it so it'll match my Xbox 360 Elite?
pros: its really cheap and its cool being on xbox live while you're watching a movie
cons: its another piece of crap to have in the entertainment center and its supposedly only gonna work on a xbox (it connects thru a usb cable so i would think someone will make a driver for it to work on a puter or whatever someday)
oh and i dont think they make it in any other colors. i have the Halo 360 so yeah it doesnt really match but whatever....i just put the player next to the wii so they kinda match lol
10-09-2007, 01:25 AM
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Unless your Xbox console is using the VGA or HDMI cable, you can't upconvert regular DVDs, they'll only play at a maximum resolution of 480p. If you're using the HDMI or VGA, they'll go all the way to 1080p.
By the way, most burnt DVDs look like **** when upconverted (or on a high def. screen), depending on what the original size of the DVD was. Most retail DVDs are on DVD9 (8.5gb) discs and the content is shrunk to DVD5 (4.7gb)... that's almost a 50% drop in fidelity.
Personally, I went with the Xbox 360 HD-DVD attachment and it works great for me.
By the way, most burnt DVDs look like **** when upconverted (or on a high def. screen), depending on what the original size of the DVD was. Most retail DVDs are on DVD9 (8.5gb) discs and the content is shrunk to DVD5 (4.7gb)... that's almost a 50% drop in fidelity.
Personally, I went with the Xbox 360 HD-DVD attachment and it works great for me.
10-12-2007, 03:26 PM
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I went out and got this one today
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1172880153365
Ill hook it up later and see how it looks!
I was surpised, they had a blue ray player open boxed for $200.. theyre getting cheaper, I remmeber like a little less than a year ago they were like 800-1000
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1172880153365
Ill hook it up later and see how it looks!
I was surpised, they had a blue ray player open boxed for $200.. theyre getting cheaper, I remmeber like a little less than a year ago they were like 800-1000
10-12-2007, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by mxracerbrian
(it connects thru a usb cable so i would think someone will make a driver for it to work on a puter or whatever someday)
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