Recent content by Paul Beck

As a neutral movie addict, my collection consists of about equal numbers of each format, and there is no way I will buy those titles again because the BD has taken over. I own the Toshiba A35 and Panasonic BD30 which will last me for a long time. I am NOT a gamer, and my feeling it that the...

If your original purchase was with the special discount that is now droopped, you may have luck in getting the Blu-ray version at Amazon with that same discount. Try it.

Since I have been in the position of owning both formats since June of 2006 and have gone through many players (ny hobby), I believe my opinion is as good as Mr. Ramer's. I have written to him a couple of times over the past two years and mostly got told my equipment could not be as good as his...

After the 2.0 update, I could watch one disc "Blazing Saddles" my test disc for checking out the player after several minutes of attempting "Handshake". Then I changed to another disc and got a blank screen. Now this was the disc update sent by Toshiba. I upgraded from the XA1 this past January...

This is an interesting group of posts since I own over 200 High Definition DVDs of both types and have updated both the Samsung BDP1000 and the Toshiba XA2 players with the latest updates. I have stopped buying Blur-ray discs since I have had to return 7 Blu-ray discs for replacements and in 6...

Having now read this thread, I have several questions. 1) according to the tone of some of the posts, does the poster actually own a HD player of either type? 2) do the posters own both types of HD players? 3) have the posters actually watched each format on the identical system and possibly...

I read this thread with amazement. Maybe there is someone out there who really knows what they are talking about? It seems that the suggestion is that the transfer is not 1080p but rather 1080i according to this thread. Then they are not telling the truth (like our admin.) on the jacket...

In all the posts so far, there seems to be no comment on the quality of the discs, only the price or whether combo discs. I own both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players attached through a Yamaha 1.2a HDMI receiver to a 65" HP DLP 1080P. My High Definition collection amounts to a total of 172 of which...

Amazon does not have this with a price at all. Only that you can be notified when it is available for preorder. FALSE INFORMATION in this posting.

Mr. Crawford:: You seem to have a problem when a person remarks about wanting the movie in HD-DVD. Your comment about having both formats seems a bit out of place. I happen to have both formats and replaced my Toshiba Xa1 with a Toshiba A2. My Blu-ray player is a Samsung which has the latest...

Purchased my A2 on Friday, replacing the XA1 which I gave to a relative. Since I use HDMI for most connections, I don't find that lack of the analog inputs actually backward - note that OPPO has a new player which has NO COMPONENT inputs at all, only HDMI. A few comments on A2: (1) remote...

Since I own both Toshiba HD-DVD and Samsung Blu-ray players, I have found that Warner is now issuing the former HD-DVD combo discs as single Blu-ray discs. The price at Amazon is lower for the Blu-ray disc, so I have bit the bullet and bought that version of two movies. What bothers me is that...

The manufacturers are not forthcoming with information when you rely on "good faith". My TV is the HP MD6580N which gives a great picture. I just upgraded from a Yamaha RX-V2600 to the RX-V2700 because of the additional HDMI input (3 instead of the 2 on the 2600). As a DVD addict, I own a...

I am another who finds the "combo" format an insult to the buyer. There have been several that I bought because I really wanted the movie, but at no time have I found any reason to play the SD side of the disc. I also agree that generally two sided discs can be a real problem in maintanence and...

Of those how have been able to watch the complete movie "Speed" on Blu-ray disc, are they all from sources other than Amazon? This is one of my favorite action movies and Fox seems not to be interested in providing us with a copy that plays all the way through, at least in my case. Seems a...