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A doorstop collector? A paperweight collector? You still don't have one blu-ray machine or disc NT

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Jazz Inmate

In Reply to: RE: "That still could happen if enough people like you are out there." - I'm a collector, not a pompom carrier. posted by Audiophilander on January 04, 2008 at 15:54:49

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"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)

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No need to be childish - Jack G 16:18:08 01/04/08 (10)
This kind of crap is why I stopped going to bluray.com.
Its not like all the HD DVD players are going to self destruct, unlike my *cough* first bd player*cough*. People will be enjoying their HD DVDs for years.
Jack
- he picked the wrong format to collect and then pronounces himself a "collector" - Jazz Inmate 16:48:37 01/04/08 (9)
  You don't find it disingenuous that he describes himself as a supporter of both formats when he clearly only supports one exclusively? At least you can say you support both and it is actually borne out by your purchases. Auph says one thing and does another.
  
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  "I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
  - He bought for the titles - Jack G 06:51:31 01/05/08 (1)
    Not for the format. There are many people who really do not care for the BD exclusive titles.
    Jack
    - Not true, he likes plenty of BD titles - Jazz Inmate 11:48:41 01/05/08 (0)
      I've followed his posts on the film forum where he gushed about several titles that happen to be BD exclusive. If he was "all about the titles" he wouldn't be HD DVD exclusive. He'd either be waiting it out like most normal people or adopting both, like most abnormal people. Anyway, whatever he is, he's a boring drone with his constand insults and talk of cheerleader this, pom pom that, fanboy fanboy fanboy yada yada. I've noticed that type of childish crap doesn't seem to bother you at all, but you're very quick to get on my case when the conversation descends below the civil level. you ain't particularly unbiased yourself.
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      "I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
  - There is no "wrong format", only choices and films that folks WANT to collect. - Audiophilander 00:50:09 01/05/08 (4)
    Call it "support" or whatever euphemism you like, but you've effectively established yourself as this forum's leading fan-boy and pompom carrying cheerleader for SONY and Blu-ray. You might as well admit it, take your bows or do a split if you can find sufficient flexibility for such a maneuver.
    The bottom line is that you, more than anyone else, worship the god of Blu-ray at the alter of SONY in preference to approaching this issue logically, as an aficionado of movies. Capacity issues notwithstanding, a film collector would be interested in obtaining the best copy of favorite films as available, regardless of the format; that's why I endorsed a dual format player solution.
    Feel free to continue thumping your chest and doing cartwheels over Warner's announcement if you like. However, I suspect (with no small degree of apprehension), that if indeed the field is narrowed it will not be the magic bullet for consumers that you seem to hold with such a high degree of confidence. One thing I can say without equivocation is that I'm sure this issue will be revisited many times in the weeks and months to come.
    Regards,
    AuPh
    
    Edits: 01/05/08 01/05/08
    - I want to see 1080p presentations of my favorite films as much as you do - Jazz Inmate 11:36:44 01/05/08 (3)
      But I haven't noticed any ill effects of keeping my DVDs and avoiding HD DVD releases of some titles I really like, such as Big Lebowski. You easily could have survived doing the same if you wanted to be a savvy consumer. You didn't. And you are a fanboy. For HD DVD. You still are, but don't worry, we won't let you drown as you cling obsessively to the last remnants of the sinking ship.
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      "I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
      - "You easily could have survived doing the same if you wanted to be a savvy consumer." - Pssst, ... - Audiophilander 13:21:07 01/05/08 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I want to see 1080p presentations of my favorite films as much as you do posted by Jazz Inmate on January 05, 2008 at 11:36:44
        
        ...don't look now, but that fashionable tin-foil hat you're wearing is falling down around your ears. ;^D
        
        The fact that you consider yourself a savvy consumer is a riot; you should be working for Letterman (ooops, too late; he recently settled with his comedy writers). ;0)
        
        > > > "But I haven't noticed any ill effects of keeping my DVDs and avoiding HD DVD releases of some titles I really like, such as Big Lebowski." < < <
        
        LOL! It's a hobby (nothing more, nothing less), my pompom-pas 'friend', not a life support system; it's supposed to be fun, get a grip.
        
        > > > "You didn't. And you are a fanboy. For HD DVD. You still are, but don't worry, we won't let you drown as you cling obsessively to the last remnants of the sinking ship." < < <
        
        My support has consistently been for a dual format solution; I still favor it for several really good reasons which are apparently above your 'pay grade' (intellectually speaking). The fact that this information fails to sink in each time it's downloaded to you suggests that there must be a glitch in your memory capacity (maybe you should ship your brain to SONY for a reboot while it's still under warranty! -grin).
        
        AuPh
        
        RE: "You easily could have survived doing the same if you wanted to be a savvy consumer." - Pssst, ... - Jazz Inmate 13:57:18 01/05/08 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: "You easily could have survived doing the same if you wanted to be a savvy consumer." - Pssst, ... posted by Audiophilander on January 05, 2008 at 13:21:07
        
        Yeah, it's fun to watch movies regardless of definition. So if fun is your middle name, there's no reason to adopt either HD format. We're into the pursuit of higher quality audio and video and that's why we're on the bleeding edge.
        
        You know, auph, we go over these same discussions constantly. You're just not honest. You're not a savvy consumer. You remind me of a ditzy girl.
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        "I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
        
        "...that's why we're on the bleeding edge." - Ummm, you went over that edge some time ago. - Audiophilander 22:39:24 01/05/08 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: "You easily could have survived doing the same if you wanted to be a savvy consumer." - Pssst, ... posted by Jazz Inmate on January 05, 2008 at 13:57:18
        
        > > > "You remind me of a ditzy girl." < < <
        
        And you remind me of George S-F-B Bush, and if you ever figure out what those letters represent you'll know that I don't mean that in a good way.
        
        If you put those frilly blue pompoms down for five minutes and actually thought about how silly and transparent it is for you to act as an unpaid shill for SONY corp. (who apparently cares a great deal more about hyping non-crucial capacity issues than about the actual movies being released) then you might be humbled enough to take a more reasoned position on the pros & cons of both formats! But trust me, no one is holding their virtual breath waiting for that day. ;0)
        
        AuPh
  - To be fair, there is a "cost" associated with Blu-ray players... - oscar 18:35:29 01/04/08 (1)
    such cost being justified only by the release of a sufficient number of interesting titles available on Blu-ray and not on HD DVD. For a Sci-Fi fan, HD DVD offers "Serenity", Star Trek TOS, and other catalog gems; In contrast, Blu-ray can offer only "Stargate" , "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "AVP" (only titles which comes to mind at the moment) and "Sunshine" is coming out Tuesday.... plus a bunch of Comic book drek ("Underworld", "Spiderman", "Fantastic Four", "X-Men" er.... um.... come to think of it... seems there might be quite a few good reasons to invest in a Blu-ray player for the discerning movie watcher....
    
    Those profile 1.0 players (or what's left of them) should be real cheap in the next few months as the 1.1 players start to appear to replace them.... After all, what "discerning movie watcher" would give a hoot about IME/PIP ?
    - Hey, if you find comic books stimulating, by all means go for it. (nt) - Jack G 08:41:21 01/05/08 (0)
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"A doorstop collector? A paperweight collector? You still don't have one blu-ray machine or disc" - Are you... - Audiophilander 16:16:01 01/04/08 (0)
... making a comparison, or what? ;^>

Cheers,
AuPh

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