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2/21/08 at 7:34pm
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Re: ***Official Blu-ray insiders thread

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Re: ***Official Blu-ray insiders thread

i know this has been asked probably i just dont want to search the past 4 pages looking for the answer.
I have a Hitachi ultravision 50" rear projection TV that is HD compatable. Now this TV is from 04 is it compatable with Blue-ray or am i going to need to get a new TV as well. I have recently been seeing a sony and panasonic. which of these two companies is more reliable to go with?
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2/22/08 at 12:51am
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Re: ***Official Blu-ray insiders thread

And you're asking this of a Sony employee?

Before he needs to honestly answer you, let me say that both are big firms and "normally" very reliable.

Your TV, when it's "HD compatible" as you state will work fine with a Blu-ray player. It may, or may not, have the highest resolutions available if you look at the horizontal and vertical pixel count on the screen, but I'm sure you will get a brilliant picture.

Just check if the inputs allow 720p video signals, or even better: 1080i or 1080p.


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2/22/08 at 12:59am
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Re: ***Official Blu-ray insiders thread

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i know this has been asked probably i just dont want to search the past 4 pages looking for the answer.
I have a Hitachi ultravision 50" rear projection TV that is HD compatable. Now this TV is from 04 is it compatable with Blue-ray or am i going to need to get a new TV as well. I have recently been seeing a sony and panasonic. which of these two companies is more reliable to go with?

Don't know if this is the best place for that question, but I would think your TV should be fine for Blu-ray (for the forseeable future) though it might not yield the best possible picture. Quite a few folks, including myself, are still using 1080i CRT-based RPTVs -- many w/ just component video inputs -- for viewing BDs (and HD DVDs too). While there is the eventual possibility that studios *might* put out BDs that disable 1080i output via component video and require use of HDMI (much like it's done for DVD upconversion), that's probably not gonna happen anytime soon, if ever, and shouldn't affect whatever titles released before then anyhow -- and chances are you'd have a new TV by then.

Hmmm... I had assumed your RPTV is CRT-based, but maybe it's one of the other variety like LCD or DLP. Anyway, it should work fine though it again might not yield the best possible picture depending on its actual performance/resolution capability...

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PS: I probably shouldn't be answering any questions here since I'm not an insider though this wasn't exactly an insider-type question (and it seems Paidgeek is too busy these days...).

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2/22/08 at 3:07am
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Re: ***Official Blu-ray insiders thread

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Are you sure about that ? I was reading where someone had trouble getting their Hellboy Blu-Ray to play so they updated the player.

This has nothing to do with profiles. Incompatibilities of certain titles can be remedied with firmware updates on most or all players.
By the way, Hellboy is a profile 1.0 title. And even profile 1.1 and 2.0 titles should play on 1.0 players, except that some special features are not available.

Sorry for chiming in on an insider thread, but I thought it best to correct those misconceptions.
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2/27/08 at 7:39am
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Re: ***Official Blu-ray insiders thread

Hi, paidgeek.

The Starship Troopers 3: Marauder trailer is now up at the official site. I noticed it says just "coming to DVD." Will it be getting a Blu-ray release as well?

I thought maybe Starship Troopers was delayed in anticipation of this sequel.

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2/28/08 at 7:01am
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Re: ***Official Blu-ray insiders thread

You can get Starship Troopers on Blu-ray as an import.

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Label: Buena Vista


Genre: Science Fiction
Country: USA
Year: 1997

From the bridge of the Fleet Battlestation Ticonderoga, with its sweeping galactic views, to the desolate terrain of planet Klendathu, teeming with shrieking, fire-spitting, brain-sucking special effect creatures, acclaimed director, Paul Verhoeven crafts a dazzling epic based on Robert A. Heinlein's classic sci-fi adventure.

Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Muldoon and Michael Ironside star as the courageous soldiers who travel the distant and desolate Klendathu system for the ultimate showdown between the species.

FEATURES Anamorphic (16x9 1080p) Widescreen Version
English PCM 5.1, English Dolby Digital 5.1, French DTS 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish DTS 5.1 & Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio Options
Optional English, French, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, and Dutch subtitles
"The Making Of Starship Troopers"
"Scene De-Constructions" (with audio commentary by director Paul Verhoeven)
Deleted Scenes
Screen Tests
Bug Test Film
Teaser trailer


This is a Region All Blu-Ray Disc. More information on Blu-Ray Regional Coding can be viewed HERE. We cannot accept a return due to player incompatibility.

STARSHIP TROOPERS [BLU-RAY]

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2/28/08 at 7:11am
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Re: ***Official Blu-ray insiders thread

Way cool. Do you have it? Is it a decent HD transfer?
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Re: ***Official Blu-ray insiders thread

Actually I do not have this title, but I have been thinking about getting it. I was also thinking about getting Airforce One as well as it is another region all import blu-ray. Money is just really tight but I am considering both titles.

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2/28/08 at 9:33am
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Re: ***Official Blu-ray insiders thread

I have the British Starship Troopers and the Quality is fine. The first few moments have bad PQ, but as soon as the fictive TV transmission starts, its very good, lots of fine detail. Some Sequences are grainy, but I guess that is like the movie should look like, so no complains.
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2/28/08 at 9:37am
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Re: ***Official Blu-ray insiders thread

I was content to wait a few months and not pay $30-$40 for it. Plus there's a chance we'll ge more content on the Sony release.

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2/28/08 at 1:08pm
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Re: ***Official Blu-ray insiders thread

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You can get Starship Troopers on Blu-ray as an import.

I have it, it's pretty good but I have the feeling a Sony release would be better. Speaking of imports, I just ordered Mel Brooks The Producers blu-ray from Japan (the new musical not the first movie). I am excited, PCM and a high bit rate.

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Re: ***Official Blu-ray insiders thread

1) Does Warner Bros. have any solid plans to release Gremlins and Gremlins 2: The New Batch on Blu-ray? If the rumored unsold cartoon pilot "Gizmo and the Gremlins" really does exists and is available, then I really want it to be included as an extra, along with more deleted scenes (I want to see the scene in the first movie where the mogwai walk past the parents' room and then turn into furry balls and bounce down the stairs luring Billy's dog Barney outside, as well as Mr. Wing's funeral in the second movie), and extensive documentaries very much like "Unleash the Beast" from the Howling Special Edition (not WB, but still an excellant documentary of a film that was also directed by Joe Dante).

2) Any plans for any classic animation (or any animation beyond recent theatrical films) from Warner Bros.?

3) Will Japanese studios like Toho, Toei, and Kadokawa-Herald Pictures be releasing any of their classic (as well as more recent) tokusatsu (special effects) and Kaijuu (strange, monsterous beasts) films and TV series on Blu-ray in the forseeable future, even if only in Japan?

That's all for now.

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Re: ***Official Blu-ray insiders thread

I am getting a blu-ray this holiday season! anyone know a good place to shop for it online or locally? I live in Fl
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I am getting a blu-ray this holiday season! anyone know a good place to shop for it online or locally? I live in Fl


Check the black friday ads. A lot of stores will have them on sale. Here are a list of all the models that will be for sale during the holidays *from DEG and the Digital Bits) I would get a 1.1 or 2.0 player:

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Magnavox: NB500MG9 (1.1)

Panasonic: DMP-BD30 (1.1) and DMP-BD35 (2.0)

Philips: BDP7200 (1.1)

Samsung: BD-P1000 (1.0), BD-P1200 (1.1) and BD-P1500 (1.1, updatable to 2.0)

Sharp: BDHP2OU (1.0) and BDHP21U (1.1)

Sony: BDP-S300 (1.0), BDP-S301 (1.0), BDP-BX1 (1.1, updatable to 2.0) and BDP-S350 (2.0)

Sylvania: NB500SL9 (1.1) and NB501SL9 (1.1)

Insignia (Best Buy only): NS-BRDVD (1.1) and NS-2BRDVD (2.0)

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11/20/08 at 4:18pm
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Re: ***Official Blu-ray insiders thread

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I am getting a blu-ray this holiday season! anyone know a good place to shop for it online or locally? I live in Fl

And this is posted in the Blu-ray Insiders thread because.....?

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Re: ***Official Blu-ray insiders thread

Will we see a "Jukebox" style BD player fron Sony in the future?

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1/13/09 at 7:31am
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Re: ***Official Blu-ray insiders thread

I heard the PS3 was the best way to go because of the processor in it. Is it true that the PS3 is the best BR player out?
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