Recent content by DeanWG

Kyle, I read your reply about a week ago, but I wanted to test the set a little before I replied. Granted, I haven't worked it extensively, because it is a bedroom TV after all, and the living room is still my main base of operations. I haven't ever noticed the auto-dim feature, to be...

So your trying to justify breaking the law. Sorry, but it's not a gray area in this regard. If you defeat copy protection, for whatever reason - then you are in violation. There is a legal solution to your problem. I can watch high-def discs while travelling anytime I want. It's called a...

The 52V5100 includes the 120 Hz Motion Flow. Sony has added the feature to some of their cheaper sets this generation. I have a 52V5100 installed now. Sony sent me one at a discount due to my "blue blob" issue on my previous LCD projection that showed up two weeks after their extended...

Oh man . . . 800.com was awesome. Three DVDs for $1.00. Thankfully we were pretty early adopters of DVD, so I was able to use all of my family and friends addresses to max-out this promotion. I think I ended up with 24 DVDs for $8.00 total - a great way to start a collection. When I think about...

This is what surprises me about the whole thing. Clearly, not ENOUGH thought was put into this, as you would think these two monster enterprises would have enough clarity that a rather likely scenerio like this could take place. I would think that most of the "what ifs" would have been...

That's not how I read it at all. They said titles in the "SAVED" area will be changed to SD DVD. It won't affect actual items on your queue until sometimes later in the year. What they are basically saying is that, from this month forward, they will not be adding and NEW HD DVDs, and will...

The ONLY negative I can come up with with the PS3 as my Blu-ray player is Sony's ill-advised decision to not put an IR port on the unit. The Bluetooth remote, which is average at best, will do in a pinch, but in order to get it to worth with a half-decent universal remote, it takes a third party...

Just in case someone reading this thread gets the wrong idea, it's not just HD-DVD players that unconvert Standard DVDs. Blu-ray players (including the PS3) do a bang-up job on your old collection, too. :)

I'm wondering if a simple browse through your customer agreement (namely, that thing that you probably just checked "I agree" when you signed up for the service.) If, in that agreement, it says you have 30 Days, that's the legally binding agreement you have with Blockbuster, and that's what...

Oh yes . . . anyone also remember 800.com? They ran a promo of three DVD for a buck. Since it was early enough in the process, I think I found about a dozen people that would allow me to have discs orders under their name and shipped to them. It's amazing to me that nearly 10% of my library...

All BD players manufactured November 1st and beyond will have to comply to the 1.1 compliant level. Basically, it requires certain technical specs, including buffer memory to support higher end features that current players may or may not be able to display. (The PS3 most likely will be able to...

Wow . . . great thread. I've gotta say, reading all of this reminds me to give a big middle finger to all the studios/CEs for not coming to their senses before either of these formats hit store shelves. It's embarassing how consumers are turning their support/frustration on each other. We...

This is just a simple fraud deterent. I remember a couple of DVD promotions with the exact same thing - a severely damaged UPC. (In fact, a couple the actual case was destroyed in the process. This is just to prevent people from taking them to to a retailer and trying to return/exchange them.

Agreed 100%. I often use the term "Next-Gen DVD", because I want the distinction, and I'm tired of having to write BD and HD-DVD. We aren't getting much help in education from the CE companies, either, who continue to use key words like High Definition on their upscaling players. Try telling...

Is it possible that Warner could be having issues with retailers? We can all speculate about retailers concerned with duplicating shelf space for both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. The question is . . . where do you put the Total HD discs? Do you pick one format or the other? Do you need to double stock...