Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I just moved into a new apartment and have been reading about all of the new power strips out there, especially the green ones. I was wondering if you had any suggestions about which "green "power strips are out there with decent joules ratings. And when I say green, I mean power strips that have the remotes or switches to turn off all electricity flowing to certain plugs and with at least 2 plugs that are always on. I was looking specifically at sub $50 because I will need two, but if that is not possible I could be convinced otherwise. Thanks!"
I haven't yet purchased a BD player yet, but when I do I have no intention of buying old titles. I didn't repurchase a single DVD on HD DVD and I won't on BD either. Why? Well tell me why I should. If the movie wasn't recorded in HD, they're basically doing upconversion. So why should I pay $25-$20 per disc for a pre-upconverted disc when I could just use an upconverting player and keep my old library. Doesn't seem to make sense to me. It's one thing for titles that were shot in HD, but older titles, no thank you. They haven't convinced me to pay $25 for a new title, I certainly won't pay it for an old one.
I'm sure it won't surprise too many that there are no Blu-rays here.
I only replaced a couple of DVDs with HD DVD but then I don't tend to buy so many movies anyways.
I did go out of my way to buy what I consider great classics on HD DVD (2001, Goodfellas, Blade Runner, Planet Earth etc etc) and they will always be excellent transfers giving me a lot of pleasure.
(and with prices being what they are I got a 2nd player & don't have any worries about breakages & accidents)
That's not bragging that's just the straight truth.
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I haven't yet purchased a BD player yet, but when I do I have no intention of buying old titles. I didn't repurchase a single DVD on HD DVD and I won't on BD either. Why? Well tell me why I should. If the movie wasn't recorded in HD, they're basically doing upconversion
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Where did you get this gem of nonsense from?
Just about every major movie shot on 35mm film has a resolution far higher than our current 1080p HD.......going back decades (ie pre-war).
Truth Teller is correct on this point: movies filmed on 35mm film have a much higher "resolution" than 1920x1080!
Film is analog so there are no real "pixels." However, based on converted measures, a 35mm frame has between 3 million and 12 million pixels, depending on the stock, the lens, and the shooting conditions. An HD frame has 2 million pixels, measured using 1920 x 1080 scan lines.
Now one thing you might can argue is the the color depth of the old stock is not going to improve. We are used to HD movies having colors that truly pop off the screen. Many older movies simply do not have the color depth that modern movies have.
In the end, any movie that has a good quality 35mm film stock can benefit from an HD restoration and transfer.