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In Reply to: RE: Must resist, ahh, must resist, ah, too late! Pulled the trigger, ...& the winner is (drum roll please)... posted by Audiophilander on July 21, 2007 at 23:52:15
A brave decision to make an investment in HD-DVD but at least the discs will be good for the indefinite future. Hmmmmm maybe we can set up an exchange program but I might have to start buying HD-DVDs again to make it worthwhile for you.
Have you started to take a look at 1080p projectors yet ? I'm avoiding the subject because it would be very painful to the wallet.
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> > > "A brave decision to make an investment in HD-DVD but at least the discs will be good for the indefinite future." < < <
More of a cost conscious decision since disc mastering quality to 1080P doesn't appear to be that much of an issue. Of course one consideration is the fact that the better Blu-ray players are more expensive, but it really comes down to available titles of interest.
> > > "Have you started to take a look at 1080p projectors yet? I'm avoiding the subject because it would be very painful to the wallet." < < <
Nope, we have the Samsung 40" LCD set (link below) for 1080P HD and our DLP projector (Mitsubishi XD460U) was purchased in 2006 so we'll wait awhile. We can upconvert to 1080I (all region) for 16:9 and watch 4:3 programs & movies in both 480P (NTSC) and 576P (PAL) with the DLP projector over either Oppo player. My wife & I have collected in the neighborhood of 1000 movies and videos in standard definition, so we'll continue to be patient on the HD front before saying "there goes the neighborhood". ;0)
Technically I guess we are in the early adopter camp, but I still have a wait & see attitude with all that can change and since an affordable multi-format player that (hopefully) region-hacks European & Asian fare will eventually make this red/blue war a moot point. Heck, over the next year manufacturers will probably have all or most of the judder, hand-shake, slow-load and motion artifact problems resolved, so I can afford to be patient ...or rather prefer to "afford" AND be patient in the acquisition of future generation hardware. :o)
Cheers,
AuPh
;-)
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How well it compares to 1080p-native FP I have yet to see and I'm half-afraid to find out. I was perfectly content with DVD 480p until I started to view HD broadcast on regular basis. Same thing might happen with 720p if I ever watched 1080p on a regular basis.
Heck, you have some alleged serious movie reviewers who are resisting the move from 720p to 1080p; probably because they already have a decent FP they want to maximize the use of. Even going so far to suggest very little difference between 1080i and 1080p... (Don't ask for sources, it ain't worth the effort).
and won't disappear for another year. And then I'll start to think about priorities:
(1) New car or:
(2) New HDMI Pre/pro, new 1080p display(s), new subwoofer(s), new Blu-ray player(s), new tubed monoblocks.....
(3) None of the above and an attack of common sense.
And now we have the part of Denon-DVD3800 lust to worry about....
Drive a clunker for a while.:-)
Jack
Also talking about 6-7 months worth of car payments I won't need to making about this time next year.... The other trick is to avoid "new car itch" syndrome.
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