Blue Ray..at last

[RobertScorpio]

I finally broke down and got a Sony Blue Ray player..I had the XBOX 360/HDDVD external drive, but that is worthless now...

I didn't get a 'new' DVD with my Sony, I got two oldies but goodies. THE ROCK and PREDATOR 2..and both looked really good on BLUE RAY..

A question for you all. Is there really much of a difference between DVI and COMPONENT WIRE??

Rob
Scorpio

 

[LitmusDragon]

A question for you all. Is there really much of a difference between DVI and COMPONENT WIRE??

In my experience, yes. Even on my 720p, I felt that the picture was a bit sharper when plugging in through the HDMI port versus the component. Now, this might just be a property of my television (a Westinghouse). I understand the way that the television processes each type of signal is very important and varies from brand to brand.

 

[Good Will Riker]

THE ROCK and PREDATOR 2

Damn...I only own those 2 titles on DVD.

 

[Guartho]

As I understand it, component cannot carry 1080p. I use the HDMI cable because it makes the whole chain digital and it's cheap* and easy, one cable instead of 5.

*Do not listen to blue-shirted goons at Best Lie. The only thing Monstrous about Monster cables is the price, not the quality.

 

[JoeZhang]

I finally broke down and got a Sony Blue Ray player..I had the XBOX 360/HDDVD external drive, but that is worthless now...

I didn't get a 'new' DVD with my Sony, I got two oldies but goodies. THE ROCK and PREDATOR 2..and both looked really good on BLUE RAY..

A question for you all. Is there really much of a difference between DVI and COMPONENT WIRE??

Rob
Scorpio

There is no "e" - it's Blu-ray.

If you like horror - don't bother with 28 days later - it's was filmed in a format that means that the blu-ray looks like crap.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

As I understand it, component cannot carry 1080p

Actually, the cable can, but some TVs don't support this.

 

[Sephiroth]

i have a component cable hooked to my 360 (it's a first gen with no HDMI port) and it supports 1080p

 

[IJD GAF]

I bought a couple of HDMI cables on Amazon for just a tad over a dollar each. Granted, they're not the world's best HDMI cables. But for that price? Who the hell cares. They work just fine.

 

[RAMA]

I still love how my HD-DVD player looks!!! But yes eventually I will get a blu-ray when the price comes down.

RAMA

 

[Chaos Descending]

I bought a couple of HDMI cables on Amazon for just a tad over a dollar each. Granted, they're not the world's best HDMI cables. But for that price? Who the hell cares. They work just fine.

You're darn right they do! When it comes to digital signals, a bent coat hanger works just as well as gold braided copper wire.

 

[TheBrew]

I bought a couple of HDMI cables on Amazon for just a tad over a dollar each. Granted, they're not the world's best HDMI cables. But for that price? Who the hell cares. They work just fine.

Damn, I just want to buy a bunch just because I can. That is cheap!

 

[Arrqh]

That's the price cables are supposed to be... check out Monoprice.

 

[species5618]

I bought a couple of HDMI cables on Amazon for just a tad over a dollar each. Granted, they're not the world's best HDMI cables. But for that price? Who the hell cares. They work just fine.

You're darn right they do! When it comes to digital signals, a bent coat hanger works just as well as gold braided copper wire.

There was interesting news story on the CBC about HDMI cables. They bought cheap cables, mid-price cables and expensive cables and had an electrical engineer test them out. He found that all three cables delivered the EXACT same signal quality.

The reporter went back to Best Buy/Future Shop and let one of the company's mouthpieces know about their findings, but he continued to insist that the high priced cables were made of "higher quality materials" and that they had "much better durability than the cheaper cables." Right.

 

[IJD GAF]

Even if durability were an issue, at about $1.50 a cable, I can afford to replace them.