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... the Toshiba HD-A20. It looks like I'll be tossing my hat in with HD-DVD for the time being. And BTW, feel free to send your congratulations and condolences below. ;0)
In spite of this spur of the moment decision to bypass Blu-ray altogether and get on board the HD-DVD express in that elusive effort to reach 1080P nirvana, I'm still not "officially" aligned with either camp for the long haul. My wife & I would've preferred purchasing a reasonably priced, next-generation dual format player, but providing a decent selection to choose from is taking waaaay too long. Between lack of a reliable multi-format 1080P player entering the market and limited Blu-ray titles of interest we were finally worn down by the latest Best Buy weekend discount.
I reached for the plastic and no one from SONY was there to stop me!
As I've mentioned before, the only dog I have in this hunt is that I'd like to see both formats continue indefinitely. Maybe we'll end up with dual inventories for awhile (to the brick & mortar's chagrin) or perhaps the format with more Kibbles and GBs of space (Blu-ray) will end up being the premium line that includes more & better extras, documentaries, galleries, commentaries, etc., while HD offers the same titles in equal quality, but with fewer add-on extras, for less money or on a cheaply produced 2nd disc. I suspect that this holiday season much blood will be spilled on the HD battleground, and cheap imported players will be the WMD of choice that both camps will employ. Ah yes, we live in interesting times. :O)
Hai (Jo tau),
AuPh
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Topic - Must resist, ahh, must resist, ah, too late! Pulled the trigger, ...& the winner is (drum roll please)... - Audiophilander 23:52:15 07/21/07 (20)
- Congratulations on taking the plunge into HD. - oscar 11:06:55 07/23/07 (7)
- "Have you started to take a look at 1080p projectors yet?" - Naw, all 1080P is upstairs for now. - Audiophilander 13:52:30 07/23/07 (0)
- You really need 1080p (who needs a fancy car anyway?) nt - 4season 11:12:39 07/23/07 (5)
- Downconverting to 720 HAS to have an effect on the picture quality. (nt) - Jack G 11:26:38 07/23/07 (3)
- The player sends 1080i and the FP converts to 720p. - oscar 11:36:29 07/23/07 (2)
- You missed the part where the car payment ALREADY exists. - oscar 15:10:42 07/24/07 (0)
- Still, you should get a 1080p Projector. :-) - Jack G 12:08:27 07/24/07 (0)
- 5K or so for an RS1 and then I'd have a Sharp 10K boat anchor to dispose of. - oscar 11:26:18 07/23/07 (0)
- RE: so why not try both? - chris e. 05:56:10 07/23/07 (0)
- Free HD DVDs at thelookandsoundofperfect.com until end of Sept - 4season 23:40:05 07/22/07 (0)
- Congrats; I expect you'll love its output. I have an XA2 driving... - jeffreybehr 15:54:00 07/22/07 (0)
- Congrats . . . . - townsend 14:16:13 07/22/07 (1)
- Thanks; you're right! I already have in std. def., but will probably purchase the HD. (nt) - Audiophilander 10:36:43 07/23/07 (0)
- So what movies have you bought for it? (nt) - Jack G 12:39:54 07/22/07 (6)
- I'm embarrassed to say only 4 so far, & I bought them during the Deep Discount sale a couple of months ago... - Audiophilander 14:15:57 07/22/07 (5)
- You'll like Serenity in HD - Jack G 04:49:37 07/23/07 (3)
- Yeah, we're demo-ing it for friends; thanks for the suggestions. - Audiophilander 10:12:20 07/23/07 (2)
- Don't forget "Planet Earth"! - 4season 10:24:03 07/23/07 (1)
- My wife and I have discussed purchasing this one for awhile; it's definitely on the short list. (nt) - Audiophilander 10:38:53 07/23/07 (0)
- Road Warrior huh? Heard it was pretty dang good - Road Warrior 20:45:26 07/22/07 (0)
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