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post #331 of 337
7/24/09 at 2:13pm
RE: the heat (and fan noise) issue of the PS3, if the fan is variable, swapping the HDD for a cooler running one may help -- of course, that does add to its cost unless you were planning to do that anyway.  I have an older 40GB model, and swapping it (Seagate Modesto?) for a 120GB Western Digital Scorpio HDD got it to run a good deal cooler.

Also, Sony was planning to go w/ a smaller, less expensive-to-make, less power hungry, cooler running Cell chip (due to the usual chip manufacturing advances), but I have no idea if that's already in current models now.  That would probably also help reduce the problem.

In my case, I would say fan noise seems to be audible (from ~9ft away in a ~20x15ft room) *IF* I really try to listen for it w/ no other sound/distractions in the room -- and I have not experienced any variable fan noise.  But as soon as anything else goes on and/or takes away my attention, the fan noise disappears completely for me.  In fact, I'd guess my PS3's fan noise probably wouldn't be noticeable at all if I'm not comparing it between power on and power off.  Actually, it's not that clear to me whether some of the "fan" noise isn't just the HDD itself.

I'd also add that typical bulb-based DLP RPTVs sound louder and definitely more noticeable to me (probably due to the high pitch color wheel sound).  Any PC w/ a faster HDD (especially if it has multiple HDDs) will sound noticeably louder as well.

_Man_
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post #332 of 337
7/30/09 at 6:06am
It was just announced that the Watchmen on Blu-ray scored a 36% market share against the DVD. Even Coraline, which has a different demographic had a 18% market share. This data, coupled with the types of movies that are going to be coming out later this year really make me believe that the Blu-Ray market share will be over 20% by the end of he year.

Link: www.homemediamagazine.com/research/watchmen-blu-ray-strong-showing-charts-16567

Seems like the format is being accepted by the mainstream. Will it kill DVD? No, I don't think that will happen any time soon. But as more and more homes get HD TVs, there will be a very large market for Blu.
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post #333 of 337
7/30/09 at 8:09am
I couldn't even find the damn Watchmen Blu-ray on release day. 

Granted, I was going after work (around 5) but I went to four stores before finding a copy of the BD.
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post #334 of 337
7/30/09 at 11:44pm
I've had that problem with a few releases.  24 was impossible to find,  had to get it online.  There've been a couple releases this year that I went to buy in the mid-afternoon and got one of the last 2 or 3 copies.

OTOH,  seems like Collector's editions sit on shelves around here,  I picked up the Wanted CE months after release.  Price needs to come down a bit before those things go I think.

One thing that strikes me as odd though,  my FYE doesn't stock BR very much.  They'll order like one or two copies of a new release.  Best Buy OTOH orders a couple dozen,  and usually does well with it.

This weeks Fast and Furious,  when I went in,  the top slots in the display were empty for both BR and DVD,  and a good quantity of the mid slots were gone as well.

My experience is that BR is selling here,  but mainly New Releases,  catalog doesn't seem to go quite as well.  TV seems to be a minor issue as well,  but they are still pretty expensive,  even I've ended up buying the SD Lost over the HD Lost for last season because it was a $60 price difference.
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post #335 of 337
7/31/09 at 6:42am
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Originally Posted by Ryan-G View Post

TV seems to be a minor issue as well,  but they are still pretty expensive,  even I've ended up buying the SD Lost over the HD Lost for last season because it was a $60 price difference.


The MSRPs on the Lost Blu-ray sets are only $70 so you must have seen it some place that was wildly mispriced. Even the third season that had a $96 MSRP for about a year must have either been mispriced or had no discount on the MSRP to have a $60 difference in price between it and the DVDs.
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post #336 of 337
7/31/09 at 11:06am
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Originally Posted by Scott-S View Post

It was just announced that the Watchmen on Blu-ray scored a 36% market share against the DVD. Even Coraline, which has a different demographic had a 18% market share. This data, coupled with the types of movies that are going to be coming out later this year really make me believe that the Blu-Ray market share will be over 20% by the end of he year.

Link: www.homemediamagazine.com/research/watchmen-blu-ray-strong-showing-charts-16567

Seems like the format is being accepted by the mainstream. Will it kill DVD? No, I don't think that will happen any time soon. But as more and more homes get HD TVs, there will be a very large market for Blu.
I'm pretty sure Criterion has stated that some of their BDs are getting 40% market share, but this would definitely be on a larger scale with a big studio title like Watchmen.
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post #337 of 337
7/31/09 at 11:31am
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Originally Posted by Brandon Conway View Post

I'm pretty sure Criterion has stated that some of their BDs are getting 40% market share, but this would definitely be on a larger scale with a big studio title like Watchmen.

 

It's nice to see the larger market share figures for Watchmen BD, et al, but Criterion is a special case w/ their own rather unique/niche market though.  Considering that and their current pricing policy, I would have to think Criterion *should* see the higher BD market shares compared to the mainstream (at least at this stage anyway).

_Man_
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