Quality difference between HD-dvd and HD movies thru digital cable

guitarpnk99 said:

Paramount did drop BRD for HD DVD (Microsoft made a deal) Thats why you can't get Transformers on BRD. There is a player out there made by LG called the Super Blu that plays both formats. But at $1000 a pop its stupid to buy now. But at least you will be set no matter what format wins.

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Not entirely true. Toshiba PAID Paramount (it's widely known, and Paramount even admitted it) $150 million dollars to give HD-DVD the exclusive for Transformers (when it was to be released).

Talk about politics

san~man said:

Not entirely true. Toshiba PAID Paramount (it's widely known, and Paramount even admitted it) $150 million dollars to give HD-DVD the exclusive for Transformers (when it was to be released).

Talk about politics

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Paramount was BRD exclusive until Microsoft and Toshiba threw $150 mil at them to go HD DVD exclusive.

http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=5848

The one thing that will kill blu ray is ****. Sony will not allow **** on the format as Toshiba does not care. That's one reason why VHS beat out BETAMAX. Sony also created BETAMAX.

EDIT: They were heading towards being BRD exclusive.

guitarpnk99 said:

It's all a matter of what camp you are in. I am in the Microsoft camp and hate Sony for their $100 worth of parts in a product and sell it for $400. In my dorm there are 5 people with 360's and 2 guys with Wii's. No one has a PS3.(the guy I reffered to had a friend that brought it over) Most everyone is playing GH3 or Call of Duty 4 or Rock band.

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Its is widely known that the PS3 costs more to build than they sell it for. The PS3 includes alot of things standard the Xbox 360 doesnt and is only $100 more for a similar unit.

I have both and both are good consoles. The 360 is better right now due to game selection but having the Blu Ray cCapability built in and not a $200 option like 360 is nice.

Mustang5L5 said:

Ok while we are here....

HDMI cables. IS there a difference between an $80 cable and a $20 cable?


Check out some of the prices of cables on this site

www.monoprice.com

I bought an optical and HDMI cable off here just to get me going. For $20 it was worth it at the time. Picture seems fine, but now that i'm done building my Home theather, should i be concerned with the quality of those cables and look to "upgrade" to something better? Is there even a difference??

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Monoprice FTW!

There is NO difference in digital cables (aka HDMI). All that's transmitted are 1's and 0's.

I bought a pair of the cheapest cables ($45.00 or so) from BB when I picked up my TV earlier this year. I got a set of "AR" brand cables, and I made sure to ask the sales guy if they were returnable, which they were. I used those until my Monoprice cables came in the mail, and let me tell you the construction on my $15.00 cable was far superior to the $45.00 cable. The worst cable you can buy (as far as price is concerned) are Monster ones. I mean, >$100.00 for a cable is outrageous. Even the fanboys on AVS forums recommend Monoprice cables. Here's the cable I bought (I bought 2 of them too):




Component video cable is a totally different animal, where cable construction DOES matter.

04DarkShadowGT said:

Its is widely known that the PS3 costs more to build than they sell it for. The PS3 includes alot of things standard the Xbox 360 doesnt and is only $100 more for a similar unit.

I have both and both are good consoles. The 360 is better right now due to game selection but having the Blu Ray cCapability built in and not a $200 option like 360 is nice.

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I was talking about Sony's hardware in general. TV's, receivers, camcorders, digital cameras, etc.

guitarpnk99 said:

I was talking about Sony's hardware in general. TV's, receivers, camcorders, digital cameras, etc.

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Definately. Look at a Bravia LCD television, especially the XBR3 (think that's the version they're on now). Outrageously overpriced considering the screen size and the picture quality.