Comments on: Netflix, Best Buy feeling "Blu" http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/12/netflix-best-buy-feeling-blu/ Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:16:01 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Josh Geurian http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/12/netflix-best-buy-feeling-blu/#comment-303 Josh Geurian Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:02:20 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=33#comment-303 Well then the format war is over! At least the good thing that came from this is the price of blu-ray came down. When this started LG had a HD DVD Blu-Ray combo drive for $1,200, now that drive is $200. Maybe we will see Blu-ray drop in price. Also the PS3 is a horrible gaming system, with a blu-ray player that cannot process TrueHD Audio, so in my book that is a pretty bad blu-ray player. Now lets see if blu-ray can match red-ray HD. Well then the format war is over! At least the good thing that came from this is the price of blu-ray came down. When this started LG had a HD DVD Blu-Ray combo drive for $1,200, now that drive is $200. Maybe we will see Blu-ray drop in price. Also the PS3 is a horrible gaming system, with a blu-ray player that cannot process TrueHD Audio, so in my book that is a pretty bad blu-ray player. Now lets see if blu-ray can match red-ray HD.

]]> By: Schwillz http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/12/netflix-best-buy-feeling-blu/#comment-302 Schwillz Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:57:53 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=33#comment-302 Who cares? I don't know anyone or have heard of anyone with any interest in replacing their DVD collections with a high definition format. The battle has been long over and high def. media has lost. The jump between VHS and DVD was stark - better navigation and the ability to tack on bonus features in a more meaningful way; DVD and HD-DVD is solely picture quality when you get down to it. High def. movies are a complete novelty and nothing more. Who cares? I don't know anyone or have heard of anyone with any interest in replacing their DVD collections with a high definition format. The battle has been long over and high def. media has lost. The jump between VHS and DVD was stark – better navigation and the ability to tack on bonus features in a more meaningful way; DVD and HD-DVD is solely picture quality when you get down to it. High def. movies are a complete novelty and nothing more.

]]> By: Mike http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/12/netflix-best-buy-feeling-blu/#comment-254 Mike Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:26:02 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=33#comment-254 Blu what? I guess I need better glasses (and some hearing aids, too) because it all looks the same to me! The only time I ever noticed a difference in any format was a split screen "test" I once did years ago: vhs Dune and dvd Dune. Pretty obvious difference, but who cares? Throw in an ole vhs movie in your librbary that hasn't been replaced with dvd and it looks just fine. You all need something better to spend your money on! Good thing for you, the Nanny state will keep on raising taxes to pay for more war and social engineering failures. And there's the light-bulb moment: tune in and tune out - the reality is just too painful to bear! Blu what? I guess I need better glasses (and some hearing aids, too) because it all looks the same to me! The only time I ever noticed a difference in any format was a split screen "test" I once did years ago: vhs Dune and dvd Dune. Pretty obvious difference, but who cares? Throw in an ole vhs movie in your librbary that hasn't been replaced with dvd and it looks just fine. You all need something better to spend your money on! Good thing for you, the Nanny state will keep on raising taxes to pay for more war and social engineering failures. And there's the light-bulb moment: tune in and tune out – the reality is just too painful to bear!

]]> By: Rob http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/12/netflix-best-buy-feeling-blu/#comment-251 Rob Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:09:52 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=33#comment-251 Blu Ray disks hold much more data than HDDVD, thus allowing for more content in both games and movies in addition to more growth potential as technolgies advance and take up more disk space Blu Ray disks hold much more data than HDDVD, thus allowing for more content in both games and movies in addition to more growth potential as technolgies advance and take up more disk space

]]> By: ksharp25 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/12/netflix-best-buy-feeling-blu/#comment-244 ksharp25 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:51:18 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=33#comment-244 I disagree PA Resident. Even with the $50 drop on HD-DVD attachment for Xbox, Microsoft sure aint doing anything to drop the price of the unit below $350. So, if I can get a base PS3 for $399 or an XBox 360 at $349.99, plus my HD-DVD drive for $120., plus the wi-fi adapter do I dont have to run a 120 foot LAN cable from my cable modem to the living room tv for the XBox 360 which costs another $99.99....given a choice of game systems at $399-499 (PS3) versus $560 (Xbox360 loaded for HD) what do you think I am going to choose? And Toshiba has had HD-DVD players for tvs retailing at under $200 and they still are getting outsold by Blu-Ray players 2:1. The writing has been on the wall since Sony got 5 studios to the 2 Toshiba got for HD movie content. I disagree PA Resident.

Even with the $50 drop on HD-DVD attachment for Xbox, Microsoft sure aint doing anything to drop the price of the unit below $350. So, if I can get a base PS3 for $399 or an XBox 360 at $349.99, plus my HD-DVD drive for $120., plus the wi-fi adapter do I dont have to run a 120 foot LAN cable from my cable modem to the living room tv for the XBox 360 which costs another $99.99....given a choice of game systems at $399-499 (PS3) versus $560 (Xbox360 loaded for HD) what do you think I am going to choose?

And Toshiba has had HD-DVD players for tvs retailing at under $200 and they still are getting outsold by Blu-Ray players 2:1. The writing has been on the wall since Sony got 5 studios to the 2 Toshiba got for HD movie content.

]]> By: Ken http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/12/netflix-best-buy-feeling-blu/#comment-243 Ken Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:32:06 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=33#comment-243 Go to your local electronic mega-mart, Best Buy, another BR convert is a good example. Have them play a BluRay movie on a 1080p television (not 1080i). Batman Returns, or any other BluRay action flick is fine. If it isn't the nastiest most fake presentation of a movie you've ever seen then you go ahead and jump on the BluRay wagon, you deserve it. I have yet to see a BluRay/1080p combo that didn't make me want to give up watching movies altogether. Even Cars, an animated movie, looked cheesy. BluRay was a bad choice on both Netflix and Best Buys part. Kinda sucks for the rest of us. Oh well. Go to your local electronic mega-mart, Best Buy, another BR convert is a good example. Have them play a BluRay movie on a 1080p television (not 1080i). Batman Returns, or any other BluRay action flick is fine. If it isn't the nastiest most fake presentation of a movie you've ever seen then you go ahead and jump on the BluRay wagon, you deserve it.

I have yet to see a BluRay/1080p combo that didn't make me want to give up watching movies altogether. Even Cars, an animated movie, looked cheesy.

BluRay was a bad choice on both Netflix and Best Buys part. Kinda sucks for the rest of us. Oh well.

]]> By: Ivan http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/12/netflix-best-buy-feeling-blu/#comment-221 Ivan Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:14:44 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=33#comment-221 I hope that HD-DVD hangs on for as long as possible. Without competition BluRay will have no incentive to keep prices low. I personally perfer BluRay, but I don't purchace disc because of the price. I hope that HD-DVD hangs on for as long as possible. Without competition BluRay will have no incentive to keep prices low. I personally perfer BluRay, but I don't purchace disc because of the price.

]]> By: Jeremy http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/12/netflix-best-buy-feeling-blu/#comment-218 Jeremy Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:09:18 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=33#comment-218 Matt needs to do some research. I own both formats and while I'll openly admit to liking HD DVD slightly better, I care more about accurate reporting. Amazon ALWAYS has those sales. They didn't slash anything by 50%. They always have select HD DVDs and Blu-Rays for X% off, with the number varying from 30 to 50 on any given day. Also important to note is that those numbers are not a true percentage off. It's 50% off MSRP, not 50% off Amazon's regular price. With that said I'm glad the "format wars" are nearing an end. Now everyone can jump on board and enjoy high definition video at home, but it's unfair to misreport facts about either format. Matt needs to do some research. I own both formats and while I'll openly admit to liking HD DVD slightly better, I care more about accurate reporting. Amazon ALWAYS has those sales. They didn't slash anything by 50%. They always have select HD DVDs and Blu-Rays for X% off, with the number varying from 30 to 50 on any given day. Also important to note is that those numbers are not a true percentage off. It's 50% off MSRP, not 50% off Amazon's regular price.

With that said I'm glad the "format wars" are nearing an end. Now everyone can jump on board and enjoy high definition video at home, but it's unfair to misreport facts about either format.

]]> By: Chad http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/12/netflix-best-buy-feeling-blu/#comment-216 Chad Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:52:05 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=33#comment-216 And this is a news worthy headline? How about an announcement that Warner Brothers is releasing HD-DVD titles 3 weeks after BluRay releases? Or that WB is going straight BluRay in July? Best Buy is going only BluRay? Last time I checked, stores like Suncoast and f.y.e. had a much larger selection of BluRay that most Best Buy stores did. But, I guess Best Buy has to do something to toot their own horn, so why not make a big deal out of this little thing they are behind on? And this is a news worthy headline? How about an announcement that Warner Brothers is releasing HD-DVD titles 3 weeks after BluRay releases? Or that WB is going straight BluRay in July? Best Buy is going only BluRay? Last time I checked, stores like Suncoast and f.y.e. had a much larger selection of BluRay that most Best Buy stores did. But, I guess Best Buy has to do something to toot their own horn, so why not make a big deal out of this little thing they are behind on?

]]> By: David http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/12/netflix-best-buy-feeling-blu/#comment-215 David Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:29:09 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=33#comment-215 Great, now we get to spend $$$$$ to restock our movie libraries to play on the new format. Hell with it. I'm not upgrading to either. 5 years down they'll come up with something else to empty our wallets. Great, now we get to spend $$$$$ to restock our movie libraries to play on the new format.

Hell with it. I'm not upgrading to either. 5 years down they'll come up with something else to empty our wallets.

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