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  1. Kelly Grannell

    VSDA report from DVD Review:

    the full report can be read here: http://www.dvdreview.com/html/vsda_2006.html here are some interesting snippets about both formats: HD DVD: note that the bad review on HD DVD is about the marketing strategy, for BD is about the quality of BD itself.
  2. Kelly Grannell

    Universal September HD-DVD preorders now 40% off at Amazon!

    It works but only if I choose the HD DVD from the list Steve posted. Regardless. Cheap HD DVD = good. I don't have a player yet though (I'm still waiting for BD supposed superiority to come to fruition, really. Also I don't want to buy any Toshiba or Toshiba-based optical player anymore)...
  3. Kelly Grannell

    Universal September HD-DVD preorders now 40% off at Amazon!

    thank you! I'll check it out!
  4. Kelly Grannell

    Universal September HD-DVD preorders now 40% off at Amazon!

    I guess it's no longer available because I ordered 3 HD DVDs and don't get the additional 10% off.
  5. Kelly Grannell

    Universal September HD-DVD preorders now 40% off at Amazon!

    It shows only 33% for me. :frowning: how do you gus get up to 38%?
  6. Kelly Grannell

    What is going on with the BD Terminator?

    I didn't clarify. I'm referring to the examples that RobertR posted.
  7. Kelly Grannell

    Any rumour / news about new HD DVD players for Xmas?

    It's funny that some people have bad luck with certain brands. With me I've had 100% failure rate with multiple Samsung HD RPTV and 10% failure rate with multiple Toshiba DVD players and recorders. Toshiba TV, on the other hand, I've had no problem whatsoever. The same goes with my Panasonic...
  8. Kelly Grannell

    Any rumour / news about new HD DVD players for Xmas?

    The ones that are not Toshiba or Toshiba-based, of course. I'm too leery in buying another Toshiba product because I've never had any good experience with Toshiba DVD players and recorders.
  9. Kelly Grannell

    Did I hear correctly on the news, Toshiba is delaying release of HD-DVD Recorder?

    Will this recorder be able to record home movies taken using my Sony HDV (1080i) camcorder? or Sanyo 720p solid state camcorder?
  10. Kelly Grannell

    What is going on with the BD Terminator?

    either way, the 480p SD DVD still looks better than the more expensive counterparts.
  11. Kelly Grannell

    SONY just got kicked in the Ranchos Huevos...

    now it's time for me to vanguish my hope to get my hands on PS3 for BD playback capability. good picture quality expectation from current BD: vanguished 50 Gb BD: vanguished (for the time being) PS 3 as a BD player: vanguished time to move over to HD DVD. But that's a different evil...
  12. Kelly Grannell

    Opening DVD Ad encodings - maddening and should be stopped.

    LOL! But the recompression will take more time and having tried that (to fit more movies on a single DVD-R for my in-car DVD player), even at 46" 16:9 at double screen-width viewing distance, the difference is (to me) night and day.
  13. Kelly Grannell

    Paramount is now officially on board!

    "expectation" "potential" "wait until (fill in the blank here)" seem to be the keywords in describing BD. At this rate and the price of players, BD has a LOT of catching up to do... and FAST.
  14. Kelly Grannell

    Region 2 Japan HD-DVD Releases

    sorry, double post. But cool titles though. I love: Finding Neverland [HD DVD] w/DTS-HD 5.1 The Brothers Grimm [HD DVD] Equilibrium [HD DVD] Too bad so far the only palyer is a Toshiba (or Toshiba derivatives such as RCA)
  15. Kelly Grannell

    Region 2 Japan HD-DVD Releases

    Japan is Region 1 in HD DVD world.
  16. Kelly Grannell

    Paramount is now officially on board!

    now owned and operated by Best Buy.
  17. Kelly Grannell

    Opening DVD Ad encodings - maddening and should be stopped.

    Between the 10-minute long unskippable motion main menu (well it FEELS like it's 10 minutes long, and sometimes with spoilers right there in your face), FBI warnings, ads and forced trailers. I no longer watch my original DVD. Everytime I buy a DVD (I don't rent), I extract it to my PC and...
  18. Kelly Grannell

    Why Don't Disney DVDs Have Trailers?

    I personally think that Disney is the one company that doesn't give a damn the most (if that's even a sentence). Not only for their movie DVD. Even for their 50th anniversary WDW 4-park DVD set (US$80 plus shipping -- only available from WDW Florida) they look like they've been recorded 10...
  19. Kelly Grannell

    Paramount is now officially on board!

    sheesh! ALL the titles I want to buy. Now all I need to do is wait for non-Toshiba HD DVD player to emerge (not Samsung either)
  20. Kelly Grannell

    Upconverting DVD players...More than just smoke and mirrors?

    that is correct, DVI does not carry audio signal.
  21. Kelly Grannell

    45GB HD-DVD discs? Fact or Fiction?

    I personally think that 3 layers is going to be difficult to read in the future. Certain regular DVD players have problem with layer switching or sometimes the 1st layer peeled of fromt he 2nds layer. I can only imagine the horror with the addition of the 3rd layer. Regardless, the capability...
  22. Kelly Grannell

    45GB HD-DVD discs? Fact or Fiction?

    As fiction as 50 Gb BD.
  23. Kelly Grannell

    Realtime sales/pricing stats webpage

    oh right, I should've bit my tongue. I have to "wait for a few more months until BD reaches its full potential" just like when I had to "wait until BD is released, it'll smoked HD DVD to the ground". :p
  24. Kelly Grannell

    Realtime sales/pricing stats webpage

    Seems like BD is losing big time for now.
  25. Kelly Grannell

    Blu Ray Ultraviolet - WOW

    with that many bad BD titles, is it possible that the problem lies with the player? Just curious.
  26. Kelly Grannell

    Upconverting DVD players...More than just smoke and mirrors?

    that's strange huh? I've been reading people with FPD (fixed pixel display) should benefit the most from upconverting DVD players.
  27. Kelly Grannell

    Lifespan of DVD-R disc

    From personal experience: the data is safe for at least 5 years. That's how long I've been using DVD-R. For CD-R, the daya is safe for at least 10 years (if you use good media, record at a slower speed) or max of 1 year (if you use cheap media, record at high speed) Please note that all my...
  28. Kelly Grannell

    Star Wars discussion from The Bits...

    as long as in the end we'll get the anamorphic version of it, I'm happy.
  29. Kelly Grannell

    First BD titles under scrutiny: The Fifth Element and others

    Craig, thanks for the info. I didn't know that.
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