Panasonic @ CEDIA - Blu-ray player
By Matt Burns 
posted Sep 15th 2006 4:41PM
posted Sep 15th 2006 4:41PM
posted Sep 15th 2006 4:41PM
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1,300$ ????????? gimme a break...
Wow, easily the most gorgeous high def player we've seen yet. sign me up!! but not at $1300... ouch.
Yeah, for those criticizing the high price of the Tivo Series 3, you have to admit it presents significantly more value than any of these unbelievably priced Blu-Ray or HD-DVD players.
For that price, you could buy a solid pc system with a Bluray Drive, and it would have better quality output and usefull for more than just BD playback.
These players are far too overpriced for what they are. really.
$1,300 - Ouch
When DVD Players first came out the electronics companies where charging 1/3 of this for their models. From DVD to Blu-Ray is nowhere near as much of a jump in manufacturing as it would have taken for the VHS to DVD jump.
You can pick up a HD DVD player for just over $300, with better picture quality than any BR player to date. Blu-Ray's answer: Jack up their prices.
"You can pick up a HD DVD player for just over $300"
Without 1080p playback, no 5.1 true dolby sound, and the worst design ever :D
"better picture quality than any BR player to date."
Yeah, exceps some of the latest movies wich show that BDs have better quality and top performance.
Which latest movies are these then Dave, as I have yet to see any BR movie reviews that would put the BR picture quality ahead of even the cheapest ($300) HD DVD players. Seeing as they still haven't released a BlueRay movie with more than 25Gb whilst all the HD DVD movies are 30Gb.
There is no picture quality difference between 1080i and 1080p, it just sends half the data to the screen twice as quickly - The display shows exactly the same picture. Remember that all HD TV's only show a PROGRESSIVE Display (except maybe a couple of CRT Projectors).
"There is no picture quality difference between 1080i and 1080p, it just sends half the data to the screen twice as quickly - The display shows exactly the same picture. Remember that all HD TV's only show a PROGRESSIVE Display (except maybe a couple of CRT Projectors)."
If that's so, why are the movies mastered in 1080p and not 1080i? Why does a 720p picture look better than a 1080i picture when it comes to HD sporting events?
I think he's talking about the latest releases from Warner Brothers: Firewall, Blazing Saddles, and Lethal Weapon. All of which sport VC1 encoding and look just as great as their HD DVD counterparts.
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/firewall.html
I really wish people would stop with the "1080p is no better than 1080i" business. 720p is better than 1080i for content with a lot of motion and special effects. 720p is better than 1080i for sporting events, action movies, and video games. And 1080p is better than 720p.
And DVD players were not 1/3 the price of BD players when they debuted. Maybe when you noticed them, but not when they debuted.