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• I don't understand uncertainity of Blu Ray adaptation - Brian A 15:13:23 12/11/08 (9)
  In Reply to: RE: Not Surprised With Dark Knight Sales posted by Robertc88 on December 11, 2008 at 06:27:05

  Virtually all TV's sold now are HD. Soon no more analog broadcasts. Blu Ray players selling by the trainload leading up to Christmas. All these new players will need to be fed new Blu Ray discs in January.
  
  Looks like a clear "Blu" sky up ahead.
  
  Worry not, Sarah Palin will fix it all in '12
  
  

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  • RE: I don't understand uncertainity of Blu Ray adaptation - Tom Brennan 13:05:58 12/12/08 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: I don't understand uncertainity of Blu Ray adaptation posted by Brian A on December 11, 2008 at 15:13:23

    I do. There aren't enough pictures out in the format that I want to own in it. So far only "How The West Was Won" and "The Seachers" and I have The Searchers in HD recorded on my DVR. I have no interest at all in owning "Dark Knight" or any modern picture in Blu Ray. The other day at Best Buy I had a Sony Blu Ray machine in the cart but I just couldn't pull the trigger and put it back, instead I bought a Sony upscaling 5 disc DVD player to augment my 400 disc Sony machine; I'll get alot more use from that than I would from a Blu Ray machine (the 400 disc player is a pain in the ass when I want to just play one picture that's not already in the machine.)

    Regular DVDs look good enough that when I go back and forth between HD and DVDs that I don't feel the difference is any big deal.Blu Ray isn't the step up from DVD that DVD was from LD and LD was from tape, not to me anyway.

    Maybe if they bring "Ben-Hur", "Lawrence of Arabia", "South Pacific" and "West Side Story" out in Blu Ray I'll give it another look. Maybe.
    
    

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  • "All these new players will need to be fed new Blu Ray discs in January." - jeffreybehr 10:37:23 12/12/08 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: I don't understand uncertainity of Blu Ray adaptation posted by Brian A on December 11, 2008 at 15:13:23

    Nu-uh. BrD (and HD DVD) players play DVDs just finely, and some of those players have EXCELLENT uprezing chips. One factor contributing to Blu's lack of market penetration is that uprezed DVDs look better enough on an HD screen that lots of folk think that's plenty good enough.
    
    'Joe SixPack' may LOVE the way pro football looks in HD on his HD flat-screen TV, but he also loves the way his old DVDs look from his uprezing player. TV is a populist, lowest-common-denominator form of entertainment. That's why, for instance, most people on most TVs have garishly orange faces.
    
    I've had 3 HD-disc players, have a 96"-wide 2.35-ratio screen, own about 200 HD discs, and simply don't buy DVDs, but I imagine I'm in the serious minority, even on these kinds of forums.
    
    PS. It's 'Blu-ray Disc'. My Costco has a note near the Blus that calls them 'Blu-Ray DVDs'. I'll bet the BR association loves that...NOT! :-)
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  • Are they really selling? - Sordidman 09:54:23 12/12/08 (1)
    In Reply to: RE: I don't understand uncertainity of Blu Ray adaptation posted by Brian A on December 11, 2008 at 15:13:23

    I'm not sure that anything is right now.......
    
    We can thank the Republican deregulators and speculators for that....
    

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    • yes - Brian A 10:23:07 12/12/08 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: Are they really selling? posted by Sordidman on December 12, 2008 at 09:54:23

      Blu ray players were the number three selling item on black Friday, of all items.
      
      Worry not, Sarah Palin will fix it all in '12
      
      

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  • RE: I don't understand uncertainity of Blu Ray adaptation - Jack G 04:54:39 12/12/08 (2)
    In Reply to: RE: I don't understand uncertainity of Blu Ray adaptation posted by Brian A on December 11, 2008 at 15:13:23

    > > > Virtually all TV's sold now are HD < < <
    Not everyone wants to buy a new TV. Many want to keep the old ones they have. Many would rather spend $40-$50 on a converter, than a couple thousand on a new TV. Plus, if they get cable, they don't have to do SQUAT to their set.
    > > > Soon no more analog broadcasts. < < <
    The switchover is to digital, not necessarily HD. Don't confuse the two.
    Jack
    
    

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    • RE: I don't understand uncertainity of Blu Ray adaptation - DavidLD 06:28:39 12/12/08 (1)
      In Reply to: RE: I don't understand uncertainity of Blu Ray adaptation posted by Jack G on December 12, 2008 at 04:54:39

      as I understand it, there may be a rebirth of the still permiitted low power analog stations in urban areas..The sad part is that most of the govt converter boxes will not still pass through an analog signal from an antenna and setting up a configuration that will permit switching back and forth might be more complex than many will want to try. I'm waiting to see what pops out on analog locally after Feb 17th..there is one station currently but my reception is not good to the point of being unwatchable. It may turn out that some of these low power analog channels are now able to improve their signal.
      
      This may be like vinyl vs CD
      
      Despite the ads to the contrary, analog is NOT complely dead after Feb 17
      
      
      

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      • here's analog pass-thru - Joe Murphy Jr 20:18:19 12/12/08 (0)
        In Reply to: RE: I don't understand uncertainity of Blu Ray adaptation posted by DavidLD on December 12, 2008 at 06:28:39

        http://www.meritline.com/sunkey-sk-801-atsc-digital-tv-converter-box-analog-pass-through.html
        
        http://www.meritline.com/artec-digital-to-analog-converter-box-model-t3ap.html
        
        http://www.meritline.com/tivax-stb-t8-digital-tv-converter-box-analog-signal-pass-through.html
        
        http://www.meritline.com/zenith-dtt901-digital-tv-converter-box-analog-pass-through.html
        
        http://www.meritline.com/coship-n9901t-dtv-converter-box-analog-pass-through.html
        
        
        
        

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  • RE: I don't understand, I don`t understand either...... - WernerLen@aol.com 15:56:02 12/11/08 (1)
    In Reply to: RE: I don't understand uncertainity of Blu Ray adaptation posted by Brian A on December 11, 2008 at 15:13:23

    I just bought a Sony 350 BluRay player, Best Buy had an un-advertised in store sale @ $199 the Sat after Thanksgiving.
    
    I have not bought any Blu Rays discs yet, just rented a few. TV`s will be digital transmission only in Feb. "....new players will need new Blu Ray discs in Jan." ????
    I`m sorry I don`t follow what you are saying, please explain.
    
    

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    • RE: I don't understand, I don`t understand either...... - Brian A 17:21:38 12/11/08 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: I don't understand, I don`t understand either...... posted by WernerLen@aol.com on December 11, 2008 at 15:56:02

      With all the new blu ray players being opened up as Christmas presents, there will be a huge spike in Blu Ray discs being sold after Christmass. The lack of analog signals will only hasten the end of the old analog tube TV's.
      
      Worry not, Sarah Palin will fix it all in '12
      
      

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