I changed my mind about High Definition DVDs today

[Kaido]

I stopped into Best Buy today and wandered around for a bit. On display was a 50" Pioneer Elite plasma 1080p television running a Blueray demo disc. Holy freaking gorgeous, batman! I've seen Bluray before but not on a set that nice. Now I see what all the buzz is about! Time to start saving for a PS3 lol.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: Kaido
I stopped into Best Buy today and wandered around for a bit. On display was a 50" Pioneer Elite plasma 1080p television running a Blueray demo disc. Holy freaking gorgeous, batman! I've seen Bluray before but not on a set that nice. Now I see what all the buzz is about! Time to start saving for a PS3 lol.

What TV do you have or are you planning to get?

Koing

 

[MrChad]

HD-DVDs are supposed to look even better

The display makes a big difference though. Pioneer Elite plasmas are better than pretty much anything else out there in terms of image quality.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: Koing

Originally posted by: Kaido
I stopped into Best Buy today and wandered around for a bit. On display was a 50" Pioneer Elite plasma 1080p television running a Blueray demo disc. Holy freaking gorgeous, batman! I've seen Bluray before but not on a set that nice. Now I see what all the buzz is about! Time to start saving for a PS3 lol.

What TV do you have or are you planning to get?

Koing

Hah I have a 27" CRT TV right now. Eventually I want to get a Panasonic PT-AE900U 720p projector (currently I use a 4:3 model between work and home). I was never particularly impressed by plasmas but that Pioneer model blew my socks off. Now I know what people are talking about when they say it's really that much better than normal DVDs...you just need a good display!

And actually I'm getting a Wii

 

[Ilmater]

Originally posted by: Kaido
I stopped into Best Buy today and wandered around for a bit. On display was a 50" Pioneer Elite plasma 1080p television running a Blueray demo disc. Holy freaking gorgeous, batman! I've seen Bluray before but not on a set that nice. Now I see what all the buzz is about! Time to start saving for a PS3 lol.

Hey genius, the Xbox is going to support 1080p as well now. It's been all over the board all day. Also, Blu-Ray is not likely to do as well as HD-DVD. JMHO, but I think there's a good chance I'm right on that one.

Edit: Oh yeah, and as MrChad said, HD-DVDs will look better too.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: MrChad
HD-DVDs are supposed to look even better

The display makes a big difference though. Pioneer Elite plasmas are better than pretty much anything else out there in terms of image quality.

Yeah, I had seen Blueray on a smaller LCD before, maybe 32", and I wasn't impressed at all. The display definately makes a big difference!

 

[Kirby]

Originally posted by: Kaido
I stopped into Best Buy today and wandered around for a bit. On display was a 50" Pioneer Elite plasma 1080p television running a Blueray demo disc. Holy freaking gorgeous, batman! I've seen Bluray before but not on a set that nice. Now I see what all the buzz is about! Time to start saving for a PS3 lol.

i can think of a lot of things i would rather spend my money on...

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: Ilmater

Originally posted by: Kaido
I stopped into Best Buy today and wandered around for a bit. On display was a 50" Pioneer Elite plasma 1080p television running a Blueray demo disc. Holy freaking gorgeous, batman! I've seen Bluray before but not on a set that nice. Now I see what all the buzz is about! Time to start saving for a PS3 lol.

Hey genius, the Xbox is going to support 1080p as well now. It's been all over the board all day. Also, Blu-Ray is not likely to do as well as HD-DVD. JMHO, but I think there's a good chance I'm right on that one.

Edit: Oh yeah, and as MrChad said, HD-DVDs will look better too.

"Hey genius"? Yeah Xbox will support 1080p but where's the Bluray player? Supposedly there's going to be an HD-DVD player available for the 360 but it's not there now...I was poking around the rest of the store and their current Bluray player is $999; the top end PS3 will be $599.

Oh well, I'll just have to be content with my 27" tube tv and future Wii

 

[EvilYoda]

Pioneer Elite? Was this in a Magnolia? Pioneer never used to let BB (or any chain) sell their Elite line...

 

[swtethan]

Originally posted by: Ilmater

Originally posted by: Kaido
I stopped into Best Buy today and wandered around for a bit. On display was a 50" Pioneer Elite plasma 1080p television running a Blueray demo disc. Holy freaking gorgeous, batman! I've seen Bluray before but not on a set that nice. Now I see what all the buzz is about! Time to start saving for a PS3 lol.

Hey genius, the Xbox is going to support 1080p as well now. It's been all over the board all day. Also, Blu-Ray is not likely to do as well as HD-DVD. JMHO, but I think there's a good chance I'm right on that one.

Edit: Oh yeah, and as MrChad said, HD-DVDs will look better too.

$400+$170


30 more and you get ps3

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: nkgreen

Originally posted by: Kaido
I stopped into Best Buy today and wandered around for a bit. On display was a 50" Pioneer Elite plasma 1080p television running a Blueray demo disc. Holy freaking gorgeous, batman! I've seen Bluray before but not on a set that nice. Now I see what all the buzz is about! Time to start saving for a PS3 lol.

i can think of a lot of things i would rather spend my money on...

Like...a car? That TV was over $8,000 iirc, plus the PS3 for another $600. Wii ftw

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
Pioneer Elite? Was this in a Magnolia? Pioneer never used to let BB (or any chain) sell their Elite line...

Yes it was in a Magnolia room.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: swtethan

Originally posted by: Ilmater

Originally posted by: Kaido
I stopped into Best Buy today and wandered around for a bit. On display was a 50" Pioneer Elite plasma 1080p television running a Blueray demo disc. Holy freaking gorgeous, batman! I've seen Bluray before but not on a set that nice. Now I see what all the buzz is about! Time to start saving for a PS3 lol.

Hey genius, the Xbox is going to support 1080p as well now. It's been all over the board all day. Also, Blu-Ray is not likely to do as well as HD-DVD. JMHO, but I think there's a good chance I'm right on that one.

Edit: Oh yeah, and as MrChad said, HD-DVDs will look better too.

$400+$170


30 more and you get ps3

$400 for 360...$170 for...?

 

[swtethan]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: swtethan

Originally posted by: Ilmater

Originally posted by: Kaido
I stopped into Best Buy today and wandered around for a bit. On display was a 50" Pioneer Elite plasma 1080p television running a Blueray demo disc. Holy freaking gorgeous, batman! I've seen Bluray before but not on a set that nice. Now I see what all the buzz is about! Time to start saving for a PS3 lol.

Hey genius, the Xbox is going to support 1080p as well now. It's been all over the board all day. Also, Blu-Ray is not likely to do as well as HD-DVD. JMHO, but I think there's a good chance I'm right on that one.

Edit: Oh yeah, and as MrChad said, HD-DVDs will look better too.

$400+$170


30 more and you get ps3

$400 for 360...$170 for...?

hd-dvd player, lol

ridiculous, i know

 

[Kirby]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: nkgreen

Originally posted by: Kaido
I stopped into Best Buy today and wandered around for a bit. On display was a 50" Pioneer Elite plasma 1080p television running a Blueray demo disc. Holy freaking gorgeous, batman! I've seen Bluray before but not on a set that nice. Now I see what all the buzz is about! Time to start saving for a PS3 lol.

i can think of a lot of things i would rather spend my money on...

Like...a car? That TV was over $8,000 iirc, plus the PS3 for another $600. Wii ftw

or 2866 bottles of MD 20/20 :beer: alcohol FTW!!

 

[xchangx]

There seems to be a bias witht the large electronic stores.

I'm not sure either way, but this article is interesting.

Pulled from AVSForums


http://www.projectorcentral.com/retailing_HD-DVD_Blu-ray.htm

 

[swtethan]

Im buying a PS3

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: xchangx
There seems to be a bias witht the large electronic stores.

I'm not sure either way, but this article is interesting.

Pulled from AVSForums


http://www.projectorcentral.com/retailing_HD-DVD_Blu-ray.htm

Nice article. Thanks!
:thumbsup:

 

[torpid]

Meh... the format wars are over! Thus sayeth Warner Brothers. Not sure if I really believe that the impact of the triple format disc is what WB seems to think, but it will be nice to get WB movies all-in-one and possibly future-proof.

 

[randay]

Grats on going down for yourself and seeing it in person instead of listening to pointless drivel and fanboys in the intarweb!

 

[apac]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: Koing

Originally posted by: Kaido
I stopped into Best Buy today and wandered around for a bit. On display was a 50" Pioneer Elite plasma 1080p television running a Blueray demo disc. Holy freaking gorgeous, batman! I've seen Bluray before but not on a set that nice. Now I see what all the buzz is about! Time to start saving for a PS3 lol.

What TV do you have or are you planning to get?

Koing

Hah I have a 27" CRT TV right now. Eventually I want to get a Panasonic PT-AE900U 720p projector (currently I use a 4:3 model between work and home). I was never particularly impressed by plasmas but that Pioneer model blew my socks off. Now I know what people are talking about when they say it's really that much better than normal DVDs...you just need a good display!

And actually I'm getting a Wii

Good choice of pj, wish I had $1500 to blow on it.

 

[Blu Ray]

<3

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: Blu Ray
<3

:shocked::heart::shocked:

 

[Savarak]

I hate the videogame lag on HDTVs

 

[Blu Ray]

you heart me!