Recent content by Brian_Pete

It may just be snake-oil but I think the Monster cables are a slight improvement over the original ones. I think the image is a little smoother and more stable. But it could all be in my head. I'm running the 360 at 1080i on a 50" Sony A200.

Unless of course the average consumer begins to care about having picture quality that is a huge upgrade to SD. Then the answer is obvious in HD's favor. I am not an average consumer but I will not buy another SD release now that I have seen what HD has to offer.

Recently I tried out RE4 and Zelda OOT with progressive scan turned off and let my Sony A200 de-interlace the 480i signal and upscale to 1080p. I may be crazy but to me the image was noticeably better. A quick look at Link showed that the jaggies were significantly reduced. In both games the...

It's going to be hard to describe how much I like this game. It ranks as one of my favorite games of all time (which includes FF7, RE4 and Zelda OOT). I've spent pretty much all weekend playing this game. I completed it on Casual, Hardcore and almost all of Insane (I can't beat Raam on...

This is a link I posted in a previous thread for calibrating the new A2000s. http://reviews.cnet.com/Sony_KDS_60A...ag=tip-2506536 I have been using these settings since I got it. By the way I haven't seen any green blobs on mine yet (knock on wood) except at warm-up. After a minute or...

I second the recommendation for the Song Of Fire and Ice series. Totally brutal series that pulls no punches with the characters and mostly forgoes the goblin and magic fantasy from LOTR. My only complaint about the series is having to wait for the next book. Back to the original topic...

I was actually wondering the same thing. Both the replacement units I've received had different problems which I'm assuming the previous owner had sent it to them to fix. I'm guessing if the system powers on it's ready to be shipped to another customer whether it works like it should or not...

Purchased new August 15. Red ring o' death 1 week later. 1st replacement unit 3 weeks later. Disc drive picks and chooses when it wants to load games, sometimes never. Returned 1 week later. 2nd replacement unit 3 weeks later. Play any game for 5 to 10 minutes screen becomes garbled up...

I agree with you on this Brett. At the latest it will be April/May timeframe before you can walk into Best Buy and pick one up. That's actually when I plan to pick one up.

The first one that I had to return came back 2 and a half weeks after I called. I'm hoping the second one that I've had to return takes around the same amount of time.

I took the settings that CNET posted to calibrate mine and I absolutely love the way the picture looks. Keep in mind I have the same viewing conditions that they listed (completely dark room, HD-DVD player). Here's the link: http://reviews.cnet.com/9601-4_7-0-4...sageID=2506536

I keep asking the same question along with: Is it Oct 10 yet? How about Nov 14? By December I will have bought more movies in the last 6 months then I have in the previous 3 years.

The same thing is happening to me right now. The thing is if you put in a brand new disc it reads the disc right away. It only happens if the disc has some scratches on it. Both discs that it does this to have scratches the rest that are perfect boot up fine. Unfortunately both discs worked...

I believe I remember CJPlay hinting that Batman Begins would have a TrueHD soundtrack before it was officially anounced so the rumor coming from his is very good news indeed. I still think the best way to do this release would be to put the movie, TrueHD and IME on disc 1 and all of the...

Has anyone been able to place and order through Amazon for Troy yet? I got tired of waiting and just ended up buying it at Best Buy because of their fair price. I'm worried that Amazon is going to pull the same crap for the 10/10 titles also. Edit: I just pre-ordered Batman and Corpse Bride...