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| Blockbuster goes Blu-ray, HD DVD=beta?, 07-02-07: BlkadrI went for the Toshiba D2 from Costco. At $249 and 5 free HD DVDs its hard to pass up. HD and upscaling looks very good, plus the free HD DVDs, I can watch the format wars play out in relative comfort.I will say that price points l... | |
| Blockbuster goes Blu-ray, HD DVD=beta?, If you get Planet Earth box set (either HD-DVD or Blu-ray)just remember to catch your jaw before it hits the floor....it is simply stunning!That's the BBC series you're talking about, Shadorne? I shall seek it out, then. | |
| Blockbuster goes Blu-ray, HD DVD=beta?, Not to be negative, but I've sat through a lot of demos of both formats, and have yet to be wowed by any of the content beyond what I've seen done by good DVD-players that upconvert 480p content, or a dedicated scaler component for that matter.I'm... | |
| Blockbuster goes Blu-ray, HD DVD=beta?, There's so much spin coming out of both the HD-DVD and Blu-ray camps that it's hard to really get a clear picture of what's really happening in the marketplace.Talking off the record to mass market dealers, neither format has seen significant adop... | |
| HDMI to DVI Cable The link below discusses an odd problem that I had not encountered before:a faulty 5v pin shorting an HDMI cableThis supports the matra of always test, test, TEST. | |
| dissapointing audiophile recording For a while I was furious that Sony was releasing ancient recordings on SACD. I got burned buying a that, I don't recall all the details off the top of my head, was remastered from a 1952 mono recording. I failed to notice that as the time, as I m... | |
| HDMI to DVI Cable On another level, the HDMI is more convenient to fish behind walls in retrofit installations.As other posters noted, not all gear demonstrates better picture on HDMI/DVI out. The Bell 9200 HD PVR for example has a known glitch with it's HDMI that ... | |
| I just wanted to play a record Of course, this is a feature, as all those evil muting circuits will ruin the sound all the designers tell us.Diehard blackpowder muzzle-loader shooting hobbyists say the same thing about modern breech-loaders, smokeless propellant, and rifled ba... | |
| I just wanted to play a record Everybody has a hobby, and it's the little rituals that make it a joy. I prefer to use the analogy of the Japanese tea ceremony, but a suppose a junkie fixing up his next shot has some simliar parallels. | |
| Sales: truth in weight? In general, I've found Canada Post to be competitive, or a better value than Purolator, UPS (or OOOPS if you prefer), or FedEx.Servicewise, Puro, UPS and FedEx have angered me on several occassions with mislaid, misdirected or poorly handled packa... | |
| Sales: truth in weight? I had a selling transaction just the past week where Canada Post's online estimator gave me an oddly high number. The buyer brought it up, and I agreed to go to the post office, and informed him of the actual cost, which was a third of what Canada... | |
| Review: Totem Beak Tweak In all seriousness, the Beak is one of those things that on the surface of I would sneer at, because that is my nature. Yet, the darn things work wonders.When I was still in the business, my colleagues and I once spent half a day monkeying with th... | |
| Review: Totem Beak Tweak In all seriousness, the Beak is one of those things that on the surface of I would sneer at, because that is my nature. Yet, the darn things work wonders.When I was still in the business, my colleagues and I once spent half a day monkeying with th... | |
| The Cost of Cables Something I don't think I've seen as I've skimmed this thread, and countless others like it is that when it comes to audiophiles, they aren't buying cables as a utilitarian item. They are buying them as art.Expensive cables are not just made for t... | |
| What's wrong with Velodyne? Bundy, never forget that everyone you talk to has both an opinion and an agenda. This is doubly true of everyone in the CE industry, whether they're a vendor or a dealer.Itball's point is right on, Velodyne has really branched out their sales chan... |