Xbox 360 HD DVD drive is #1 at Amazon.com

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[GrantMeThePower]

It's a glitch. They meant to say PS3.

 

[yllus]

Anyone have a list of HD-DVD titles? I think I may get this at Christmastime, but I want at least one of these titles available:

- Terminator II
- Heat
- The Rock
- Mission Impossible II
- Black Hawk Down

 

[Reckoner]

Originally posted by: yllus
Anyone have a list of HD-DVD titles? I think I may get this at Christmastime, but I want at least one of these titles available:

- Terminator II
- Heat
- The Rock
- Mission Impossible II
- Black Hawk Down

Link

 

[Reckoner]

I love HD-DVD so far. I have Pitch Black, Training Day, Last Samurai, Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift, Batman Begins, and the Unforgiven on the format so far. I'll probably get V for Vendetta, The Thing, and Mission Impossible 3 next

 

[batmang]

hd-dvds on a 720p tv... worth it?

 

[santz]

Curioser and curioser

 

[Reckoner]

Originally posted by: batmang
hd-dvds on a 720p tv... worth it?

yes

 

[Eug]

Originally posted by: PaulNEPats

Originally posted by: yllus
Anyone have a list of HD-DVD titles? I think I may get this at Christmastime, but I want at least one of these titles available:

- Terminator II
- Heat
- The Rock
- Mission Impossible II
- Black Hawk Down

Link

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Originally posted by: batmang
hd-dvds on a 720p tv... worth it?

Depends. How big is it? If 27" or bigger, I'd say go for it.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: yllus
Anyone have a list of HD-DVD titles? I think I may get this at Christmastime, but I want at least one of these titles available:

- Terminator II
- Heat
- The Rock
- Mission Impossible II
- Black Hawk Down

Uh......Serenity?

 

[Elderly Newt]

call me blind but i was in best buy the other day, and they had a HDDVD player set up and playing, and it really didn't look that impressive. Maybe it was a crappy TV.

 

[arod]

Originally posted by: Elderly Newt
call me blind but i was in best buy the other day, and they had a HDDVD player set up and playing, and it really didn't look that impressive. Maybe it was a crappy TV.

you would be suprised how many probably used RCA or svideo cables to run it as well in the chain stores.... wouldnt suprise me one bit if they did that.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I have this player, The Thing, and Good Fellas in my cart and am debating pulling the trigger.

 

[yllus]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor

Originally posted by: yllus
Anyone have a list of HD-DVD titles? I think I may get this at Christmastime, but I want at least one of these titles available:

- Terminator II
- Heat
- The Rock
- Mission Impossible II
- Black Hawk Down

Uh......Serenity?

I'm a huge Firefly fan, so maybe. But I still want at least one of the above titles before I pull the trigger.

 

[jtvang125]

Not to hijack this thread but how is the signal quality of the 1080i coming from a HDDVD player compared to a 1080i OTA signal? Also consider that the output from the HDDVD player is component or HDMI.

I don't have a HDDVD or BR player so I can't make the comparison but I did see Men In Black 2 in 1080i OTA and it was fanfvckintastic.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: Elderly Newt
call me blind but i was in best buy the other day, and they had a HDDVD player set up and playing, and it really didn't look that impressive. Maybe it was a crappy TV.

HAHA! BB is in Sony's pocket. Meaning, only the Blu-Ray players are getting the HDMI cable hookup to 1080P HDTVs while the HD-DVD players get composite or s-video hookup to sleek-looking 480P EDTVs!

BB people are fvckers!

 

[Reckoner]

Originally posted by: jtvang125
Not to hijack this thread but how is the signal quality of the 1080i coming from a HDDVD player compared to a 1080i OTA signal? Also consider that the output from the HDDVD player is component or HDMI.

I don't have a HDDVD or BR player so I can't make the comparison but I did see Men In Black 2 in 1080i OTA and it was fanfvckintastic.

HD-DVD is much better than OTA

 

[Eug]

Originally posted by: jtvang125
Not to hijack this thread but how is the signal quality of the 1080i coming from a HDDVD player compared to a 1080i OTA signal? Also consider that the output from the HDDVD player is component or HDMI.

I don't have a HDDVD or BR player so I can't make the comparison but I did see Men In Black 2 in 1080i OTA and it was fanfvckintastic.

According to people who have the Toshiba players, 1080i OTA MPEG2 is very good, but HD DVD VC-1 beats it easily on a large TV.

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: Elderly Newt
call me blind but i was in best buy the other day, and they had a HDDVD player set up and playing, and it really didn't look that impressive. Maybe it was a crappy TV.

HAHA! BB is in Sony's pocket. Meaning, only the Blu-Ray players are getting the HDMI cable hookup to 1080P HDTVs while the HD-DVD players get composite or s-video hookup to sleek-looking 480P EDTVs!

BB people are fvckers!

Actually, Toshiba is PAYING BB to put up those displays. I saw one myself and it was OK, but not overwhelmingly good. Why? The TV was OK, but was on the small side, and the material they chose wasn't always the best. eg. Batman Begins looked great but some of the other previews were merely good. Furthermore, it didn't seem like the TV was properly calibrated.

And yes I checked. It was hooked up via HDMI.

Originally posted by: GrantMeThePower
It's a glitch. They meant to say PS3.

Playstation 3: "Amazon.com Sales Rank: #20,478 in Computer & Video Games"

(It's not available for pre-order yet. )

 

[Fingolfin269]

Originally posted by: DonVito
I have this player, The Thing, and Good Fellas in my cart and am debating pulling the trigger.

The Thing in HD? OMG I'm buying one. Big Trouble in Littla China perhaps?

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269

Originally posted by: DonVito
I have this player, The Thing, and Good Fellas in my cart and am debating pulling the trigger.

The Thing in HD? OMG I'm buying one. Big Trouble in Littla China perhaps?

Why? Can't get enough Kurt Russell? Maybe they'll release Overboard too.

 

[mwmorph]

Originally posted by: yllus
Anyone have a list of HD-DVD titles? I think I may get this at Christmastime, but I want at least one of these titles available:

- Terminator II
- Heat
- The Rock
- Mission Impossible II
- Black Hawk Down

Drool, anyone wants to let me know, come Nov 7th when it comes out, how Black Hawk Down looks in 1080p(Blu Ray only I believe)? All i got is the 480p version

 

[Reckoner]

Warning- if you have a good HT setup, you may want to go for a standalone player. This won't decode TrueHD. You also want to make sure you have a VGA connection on your TV for upconversion of Standard DVDs.

 

[Eug]

Originally posted by: PaulNEPats
Warning- if you have a good HT setup, you may want to go for a standalone player. This won't decode TrueHD. You also want to make sure you have a VGA connection on your TV for upconversion of Standard DVDs.

Actually it will decode TrueHD. However, it reencodes it to DD 5.1 for output.

Personally, I don't care that much. I have DVD Audio on my system with 5.1 analogue channels, and I basically never use it.

I'd rather save a few hundred bux than get a (slower) standalone player.

 

[Alex]

man all this 720i 1080i HDTV stuff is so over my head

brazil is so far back in this department its not even funny

 

[Alex]

man all this 720i 1080i HDTV stuff is so over my head

brazil is so far back in this department its not even funny