HD-DVD's coming in March!

[Caspian]

Re: HD-DVD's coming in March!

Ok, well a better question is which production company do Batman Begins and Superman fall under? I'd LOVE to have those bad babies in HDTV.

I believe both are Warner, who is making their movies for both HD-DVD and BD. So no worries, you should be seeing Batman Begins in BD soon. (Also saw a SS of the Batman Begins movie, with Christian Bale doing a video commentary where the video of him talking is an overlay on the movie. It looks incredible.)

Eohmer, I'm not positive on pc/laptop drives. I know the regular players are out now, but not sure if BD drives are already debuting. I am pretty sure HD-DVD drives are available, but rather hard to find. Hell, the set top HD-DVD players just started showing up here in Lubbock a few weeks ago, and they've been out for a cpl months.

[WishMaster3K]

Re: HD-DVD's coming in March!

Ok, did some diggin on Engadget.


Sony's Blue-Ray equipped Vaio AR


Toshiba's Qosmio G35-AV650 HD-DVD Notebook

[Caspian]

Re: HD-DVD's coming in March!

The Toshiba review was rather funny. Whining about no DVI output? Seriously, get over it. It hasn't been the industry standard for a few years, don't expect a sudden reemergence for high def dvd's. Not to mention converters work just fine and only cost 30 bucks.

[WishMaster3K]

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I'll paraphrase the articles (since my dinner is taking a while to cook )

Vaio:
Laptop Magazine Liked:
-2.0GHz T2500 Core Duo CPU
-nVidia GeForce Go 7600 GT graphics
-1,920 x 1,200 WUXGA+ Xbrite display
-HDMI out (cable and DVI-adapter included)
-200GB worth of storage
-1GB of RAM
Laptop Magazine Disliked:
-Burner is 1.0x(That's right, the Vaio has a BRRW!!!!!!!!)
-Touchpad and buttons are inconvienient
-2 hours of battery life ;.;

Toshiba (At time of writing, they compared it to Sony's Desktop model, the RC310G, because that was the only other Blu-Ray playing computer at the time. . .)
PC Mag Liked:
-2GHz Core Duo processor
-NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GPU
-1920 x 1200 screen resolution (Ren: Not "Xbrite, but that might explain the additional HOUR of battery life >.>)
-HDMI out (though sadly, no DVI)
-200GB HDD
-1GB of RAM
PC Mag Disliked:
-Sony's can actually record and create content
-Sony's included software is even better for watching (better for recording also, but no comparison >.>
-Xbox Fattie heavy at 10.2 pounds >.>

So what do I think? I think they're both leetsauce laptops.

Honestly, they're exactly the same piece of hardware. The only difference is the BDROM BURNER, but does that warrant an addition $500?

I guess if you were in the market for those, go for it. For the fact that drives are upgradeable as is software, I might personally hold out on the Vaio, but the additional $500 is cheaper than what I would pay down the road for upgraded drives and content software.

But then again, I'm impartial, since I love Sony and I'm on a POS dell. $3500 is a lot, regardless, when PS3'll be out for $600, so yeah, nice try, Vaio.

I can get a sexy iBook for the same price >.>

Double Post Edited:

Whining about no DVI output? Seriously, get over it. It hasn't been the industry standard for a few years, don't expect a sudden reemergence for high def dvd's. Not to mention converters work just fine and only cost 30 bucks.

Yeah, they wouldn't have bitched if Sony didn't include it.

Triple Post Edited:
I just realized that a BD Drive might cost in excess of 700 dollars. So ok, I retract my statement on that part >.>

[Caspian]

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You're also paying 500 dollars more for the vaio. The adapter is just an extra freebie at that point. I know the Vaio can burn BD's, but I'm not aware of any HD video capturing device right now anyway. So, its neat, but rather pointless unless you need 50 gb's of information on one disc, in which case its still cheaper just to buy a regular dvd-rw and just use two.
The anti-piracy software on those is supposed to be pretty great too, so it can't be easy to copy a BD or HD-DVD to your hdd, then burn it onto a new dvd.

[Caspian]

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Well, they did some readjusting and apparently the problems with 1080i is in the hdmi out itself. So, looks like Samsung dropped the ball on that one, unless its part of the firmware and they can quickly fix it.

Well... it looks like the scaling problems I've been having with the BD-P1000 at 1080i are specifically related to the HDMI output. I've switched to component and BAM... not only are the scaling problems gone at 1080i resolution, but now I'm seeing more vibrant color reproduction. Significantly more vibrant color, that really pops off the screen. Go figure.

Let me just say, that I'm more excited to look at Blu-ray Disc material now, that's for sure. After some calibrating, I'm going to dive right into watching some discs. I'm taking back my snap judgement from last night on being less than impressed with Blu-ray, until I've had more time to look at FINALLY decent 1080i video out of this Samsung player. However, I am fully ready to pass judgement on the BD-P1000's HDMI output. Ugh... nicht gut.

Anyway, the link is here.

[WishMaster3K]

Re: HD-DVD's coming in March!

<- Working Two Jobs. I am but a college student, so Job A is for the PS3 while Job B is for a new Television.







I barely have enough time for FFXI ;.;

Double Post Edited:
Recent rumor that was nipped in the bud

Awww