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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...

Link? I haven't read anything about BTTF making an appearance this year. You're obviously a big supporter of HD-DVD, but can't you do it without telling blatant lies?

As Steve pointed out, pristine Blu-ray Discs will look BETTER than HDTV broadcasts, especially those coming through digital cable/satellite sources were compression is still often an issue.

I think most of us have seen the youtube video of the dude mutilating his copy of Talledega Nights to show the often not talked about durability of Blu-ray discs. I think I'm probably pretty close to jumping into HD-DVD to become format neutral myself, but I was wondering how durable HD-DVDs...

Speaking from someone that was absolute clobbered with the freezing issue (both on Standard and BD movies), I can report that since the update, all three movies that I have played have NOT frozen at all, including a full showing of BD version of "The Departed" last night. I did notice after...

I agree with you 100%. It certainly is a flaw that needs to be corrected, but I'm certainly not going to downgrade my experience of watching a movie for the sake of a few measley seconds. Having been to other peoples places to watch some HD-DVDs, the time it takes to disable the PS3 internet...

I belive this probably has more to do with exclusion on certain products - often by manufacturer request not to allow promotions like this with their products. Apple, Bose, certain HP products, etc. as well as services like computer installs, delivery charges, service plans, etc. Nothing...

Nope. The first release is indeed enhanced.

Price certainly isn't an issue for me, more the risk of buying something that would have a relatively short existence. (If that makes any sense, since all of these DVDs I already own kind of qualify.)

Sounds to me like someone has been playing around with the DVD Player settings!:) Check to make sure that your DVD Player settings are set to match your TV dimensions. What you're describing is often what is seen on 4:3 televisions when a Anamorphic DVD is being played with the player set to...

My first recollection on this idea is TOMBSTONE. There's a scene with Jason Priestley aiming a rifle that was in a bunch of different trailers, including the theatrical on the Vista Series DVD. That always stuck in my head, because it didn't even fit into his character. I just watched it again...

From my understanding after reading a lengthy aricle about the split in Entertainment weekly, Disney will still hold the Mirimax name and entire catalog. It was really a split between Disney and the Weinsteins, but they don't get to take all of their films with them when they leave.

Auto-caption during mute is a default of some brands. I know my kitchen Panasonic has that feature on it. None of my other sets do, although most of them are hooked up through surround systems, so I don't often use the television volume controls anyway.

The Best Buy Litho may indeed be very limited. I didn't much care for taking one home, but since I was a Reward Zone customer, it was handed to me. When I got home I discovered that I have a wonderful lithograph HOLDER with no lithograph inside it. DOH!

Why does that explanation hold-up for other kids on the playground, but not Marty McFly on the television screen in Back to the Future?