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Just curious, which gives you a better PQ for HD DVDs. the A2 or your LG? With all the silliness about one format Vs. the other, nobody ever really discusses the individual players. I suspect that player quality is a bigger factor than many people realize. I'm assuming the LG gives better audio.
Just for gigles, I'm going to see if my Sharp is a better BD player than my A1 is as a HD DVD player. I had assumed so, but I'm not so sure now. If I have time, I'll do some A/Bing this weekend.
Jack
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I'll need to slap in a few different HD DVDs in both players to check things out. Priorities could be an issue. A firmware fix to try out with FFSS. I also still have a bunch of BOGO Blu-rays still in shrinkwrap to try out. Add my very first cartoon movie as well. "Ratouille" is supposed to be very good so I picked this one up blind. Bad time to watch movies though; Football is in full swing and Basketball just got started.
Also a bunch of CDs/SACDs from RMAF still need a work out....
Netflix rental. What stands out for the audio is the quality of the dialog. Very clear and the sound is seamless and transparent. I had to put my ear against my front speakers because it seemed the voices were also coming through from there. I don't recall ever doing that before because it was clear the dialog was limited to the center channel for everything else I've ever heard.
I'm surprised the quality of the video isn't that much better with the LG player for HD DVD although standalone BD players up to this point seem to be fairly equal for PQ. No clear winner!
Played 'Ratatouille' last night on my new Pioneer BDP-95FD (yeah--more than what I wanted to spend, but I couldn't resist ;-) ) and it looks incredible, even on my oldish Sony direct-view at 1080i. I can only imagine how it would look on a big plasma set. The film's attention to even the smallest details is just extraordinary. Can't comment on the sound (my player is temporarily hooked up to the TV's speakers), but it seemed quite full and clear (though some of the 'French'-accented dialog was hard to understand--I can't imagine kids picking it up at all).
'Cars' is up next--can't wait! (See the rave review below.)
Russell
Looks like you may become a videophile also! :)
Since I bought the PS3, I bought 10 BDs and also a new receiver with HDMI. My poor wallet! I'm waiting for a good price on a 50" HDTV for 1080p.
I'm a NASCAR fan and there are subtle references during the movie. I already have Cars on SD DVD but I'm sure I'll purcahse it on BD also in the near future.
Your and my wallet both! I'm also now looking at 1080p 50" HDTVs, probably of the plasma variety. The new Pioneer Kuros look mighty fine, but they're a bit pricey. Of course that's what I said about the BDP-95FD, and look what happened!!!
Russell
"Ratatouille" was quite good with pretty good use of surround sound. In fact, the sound makes "Transformers" sound muddy in comparison (despite the awesome wham, kablooie effects). "Cars" is in the queue but I've got quite a few movies to work through.
I'm not surprised the LG and Toshiba would be in the same league PQ-wise for HD DVD. Both manufacturers are not considered amongst the best for electronic products.
PQ/SQ is largely determined by the movie content itself. SQ is definitely to Blu-ray's advantage; the vast majority of my Blu-rays have lossless/uncompressed audio tracks which have been consistently superior to most of the lossy audio tracks I'm forced to listen to on most of the HD DVDs. The edge with PQ is less clear though even the very best HD DVDs don't have quite the "pop" of the more recent Sony/Fox/Disney 50G offerings. But that's all subjective and I'm always finding something wrong with almost every release. YMMV.
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Same player, same title across formats is generally the only way I feel one may reach any conclusion.
My friend has an a20 and I have a PS3. We haven't really tried but I'm not sure what conclusion could be made.
Depends on what you are comparing.
> > > Same player, same title across formats is generally the only way I feel one may reach any conclusion. < < <
How do you know the same player (dual player) plays both equally well? If it does, then the same title and *encode* across formats will look identical on the same player-all else being equal, the same same encodes on both formats will look the same.
What if you take the same title and encode across formats and play them on different players? If one looks better (or possibly just different), then you could make a conclusion that one may be better at what it does.
Just a thought.
As a side note, I am curious as to how his A2 compares to his dual player for HD DVDs.
Jack
$1K versus whatever the A2 cost back then? It will be interesting if there isn't a big difference.
Remember, that the bulk of the price of his dual player is the Blu-Ray portion. I'm just curious. :-)
jack
But I could be wrong.
I'm kind of surprised the price of dual format players haven't really dropped that much from a year ago. The BH200, while marginally cheaper, was a step backwards from my point of view (re: no 5.1 analog outputs).
Or Samsung/LG think they can get away with gouging us on pricing. It must be working though...
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