momaw Posted December 13, 2006 Posted December 13, 2006 I'm not a big fan of Sanyohttp://www.sanyo.com/wireless/handsets/ind...?productID=1319 Ok, while I am sure you know what I meant, since there was no smiley I must go on the record as saying Katana, as in the sword of samarai warriors.
bending unit 23 Posted December 13, 2006 Posted December 13, 2006 I am surprised that the 360 sold as many consoles as the Wii (launch month for Wii vs 13th? month for 360).Andrew. hmm well m$ cut prices big time right before wii launch and bundles are gettin good. also huge range of games a year on means people would pick it over wii for that alone - also many games are older thus cheaper... all the wii games are pricey at the mo. plus the HD DVD aspect. but other than that xbox lookin good i guess, not my cup of tea....waitin out for feb when excite truck comes thru.... spent my early childhood on excite bike
HoffY Posted December 13, 2006 Posted December 13, 2006 Everybody, no talking about any products until they are 1 week from release (and that goes for anything, no SED, no PS4/XBOX3, no future blu-ray/HD-DVD players, no new amps which have new codecs or HDMI 1.3, etc, etc) . Apparently anything earlier than 1 week is "crap". These boards are to be immediately vacated and closed until a week before the launch of any new product at which time you will have a two week window - the week leading up to and the week after to post your reviews/comments. Sir, i think you (completely) missed my meaning. I meant for company's to stop faulse advertising and vapor ware talk and all these "the next biggest storage device/bestest ever next gen display thats going to kill LCD/Plasma" press releases. not to mention the damn "news" sites that keep posting them up (and while i'm on it.. those ridiculous once good web sites that seem to have all turned into multiple topic, report every bit of news about anything even when its not related to it - crap! *sigh* but anyways.
Skid_MacMarx Posted December 14, 2006 Author Posted December 14, 2006 Ok, while I am sure you know what I meant, since there was no smiley I must go on the record as saying Katana, as in the sword of samarai warriors. sorry momaw I did mean to put a wink... there you go..
momaw Posted December 14, 2006 Posted December 14, 2006 sorry momaw I did mean to put a wink...there you go.. Thanks Skid, I could not have my virtue besmirched by the stain of sanyo!
kerryr Posted December 14, 2006 Posted December 14, 2006 Received my Sony BDP-S1 from the US today. Will be interesting to compare it to the HD-A1 - I have several DVDs in both formats.
momaw Posted December 14, 2006 Posted December 14, 2006 Received my Sony BDP-S1 from the US today. Will be interesting to compare it to the HD-A1 - I have several DVDs in both formats. Can't wait to hear your thoughts. What title do you have on both HD-DVD and blu-ray to compare with?
RodN Posted December 14, 2006 Posted December 14, 2006 Thanks Skid, I could not have my virtue besmirched by the stain of sanyo! hey hey, my Sanyo vacuum cleaner kicks ass thanks...
Tweet Posted December 15, 2006 Posted December 15, 2006 Yeah ! I have 2 x Sanyo projectors and 1 x Sanyo washing machine. If I can say something here for Sanyo is that Sanyo products are very reliable and functional. Sanyo may not be a 'BIG' brand name but they are indeed an excellent brand and since buying their products I have not been disappointed. If I were to be accused of loving a brand name it would then have to be Denon.......but then Denon usually comes at a price. C.M
rfa Posted December 15, 2006 Posted December 15, 2006 unsure if this has been posted, but we (PAL markets) can reserve our online usernames. yes, i am rfa do it here: https://account.np.ac.playstation.net/accou...obSelect.action
rfa Posted December 15, 2006 Posted December 15, 2006 another username requires another email address.
momaw Posted December 19, 2006 Posted December 19, 2006 damn. reports here of PS3 blu-ray playback problems. Looks like it is not the same as the samsung problem where certain titles won't play on any samsung machines (Speed is the only one I am aware of) but rather some copies of Fifth Element play on some PS3's and some copies don't. Hopefully it was just a dud bunch. Maybe it is good for HD-DVD it doesn't have too many manufacturers. These technologies seem a little prone to compatability issues.
Tweet Posted December 19, 2006 Posted December 19, 2006 damn. reports here of PS3 blu-ray playback problems. Looks like it is not the same as the samsung problem where certain titles won't play on any samsung machines (Speed is the only one I am aware of) but rather some copies of Fifth Element play on some PS3's and some copies don't. Hopefully it was just a dud bunch.Maybe it is good for HD-DVD it doesn't have too many manufacturers. These technologies seem a little prone to compatability issues. It is rather ironic that Sony being the main proponent of Blu-ray technology is having these issues with its gametoy. The Blu-ray drive has very tight tolerances to work within which are likely to loosen up over time and use which could lead to tracking difficulties later. P.S ..... I am not Blu-ray bashing but rather making the point that Blu-ray is pushing the practical limits on this DVD technology. C.M
momaw Posted December 19, 2006 Posted December 19, 2006 It is rather ironic that Sony being the main proponent of Blu-ray technology is having these issues with its gametoy. The Blu-ray drive has very tight tolerances to work within which are likely to loosen up over time and use which could lead to tracking difficulties later. P.S ..... I am not Blu-ray bashing but rather making the point that Blu-ray is pushing the practical limits on this DVD technology. C.M You could be on to something. The DRM is set so tight that even legal software is getting blocked perhaps.
MELso Posted December 20, 2006 Posted December 20, 2006 PS3 sales already slowing? http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=21856
betty boop Posted December 21, 2006 Posted December 21, 2006 some very interesting points from a link posted in another thread by made http://www.audiodesignline.com/news/196602183 Now, a few weeks ago, there were several stories relating to next-generation optical discs were posted on Digital TV DesignLine and EE Times this week regarding ICs and chipsets from Broadcom, STMicroelectronics, and NEC Electronics that will finally allow true 'Universal' DVD players that can decode and playback both HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc. These machines will offer the "best of both worlds" and allow the consumer to buy into the future of high definition DVD. As early as CES 2007 we could see the first products announced that will accommodate this technological feat. At that time, I speculated that major audio brands have been waiting for these chipsets. I spent some time talking to D&M key executive and product planners from Denon and Marantz. While they would now confirm or deny actually having a product, my gut told me that it is certainly under development. Although, they acknowledged that if would be truly difficult to come out with a true universal high-definition player in 2007 (for any audio company) as the engineering has not been done. So, while the chipsets and optical drives will be come available next year, complete R & D must take place. So, the estimation was that it could be late 2007/early 2008 for a universal hi def player that played everything from CDs, DVDs, HD DVD, Blu-ray, and possibly DVD-Audio and SACD. While it would not be inexpensive, it would certainly find its ways into the Connect Homes of early adopters and custom installations. More to follow.
RAMPAGE Posted December 21, 2006 Posted December 21, 2006 ASSASINS CREED for all you gamers in here this game is gonna be amazing. It was suppose to be a PS3 exclusive but sony lost that and now its on PC and 360 as well. anyway please check out this clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6LmNDxCI2Y...ted&search=
Tweet Posted December 22, 2006 Posted December 22, 2006 It can't be too difficult to produce a 'combo' player using a HD DVD drive and a Blu-ray drive and combining the two via a universal decoder and outputing via a single HDMI port. That would be quite a simple solution to the format war from a player point of view. A few hundred dollars extra over a HD DVD machine and there you have it. C.M
OzHTfan Posted December 23, 2006 Posted December 23, 2006 It can't be too difficult to produce a 'combo' player using a HD DVD drive and a Blu-ray drive and combining the two via a universal decoder and outputing via a single HDMI port.That would be quite a simple solution to the format war from a player point of view. A few hundred dollars extra over a HD DVD machine and there you have it. C.M The chipset is already available to do this, it's just down to the manufacturers building universal drives and then whatever legalities there may be. Here's a snippet I read in PerfectVision Magazine yesterday: Toshiba’s HD DVD and Sony’s Blu-ray won’t battle to the death, reported the Nov. 3 issue of Electrical Engineering Times. Chipmakers Broadcom, NEC, and STMicroelectronics have completed designs on Microprocessors compatible with both formats; Broadcom had shipped HD/BD decoders when the story ran. NEC's chipset handles 16 formats, including HDDVD, Blu-ray, standard DVD and CD. Universal drives need separate optical pickups because different formats store information at varying depths on the disc. Such drives are just a matter of time, said NEC VP Shigeo Niitsu. Universal hi-def disc players should appear this year and be widely available in 2008, according to iSuppli analyst Chris Crotty. BTW, as I mentioned in another thread I got my HK 240v PS3 on Monday. Last night I watched talladega nights on BR. Not bad, but not exactly a HD reference disc. I also played my US copy of Resistance today and I am pretty impressed, even if this title got limited to 720p, it still looks good scaled to 1080p on by XBR2 70". Ridge Racer 7 is great looking and really brings back the memories of how cool the original was on the PS1, only thing being once you've played that many RR variants it's not exciting to play. Despite telling myself I was going to wait till I got to the US in the next week and get a US one, I realised that the HK version was worth what ever I might save(adding the cost of the 3 games and 2nd controller) in not having another console or player that runs via stepdown. Anyway, so far so good. Liking the fact the PS3 has integrated in to my hifi rack, sitting on my HD-A1 like a hifi component, no cords across the floor.
Tweet Posted December 23, 2006 Posted December 23, 2006 The chipset is already available to do this, it's just down to the manufacturers building universal drives and then whatever legalities there may be. Here's a snippet I read in PerfectVision Magazine yesterday: The sticking point is will the Blu-ray consotium allow it to happen ? Universal HD player manufacturing costs will be higher than that of HD DVD or Blu-ray as all that engineering needs to be confined into one drive, plus the need for 2 blue lasers,one for each optical system ain't going to be cheap. Quite frankly, producing a movie in both formats would simply be cheaper and easiler to manufacture than all this stuffing around with equipment compatibility. C.M
OzHTfan Posted December 23, 2006 Posted December 23, 2006 The sticking point is will the Blu-ray consotium allow it to happen ?Universal HD player manufacturing costs will be higher than that of HD DVD or Blu-ray as all that engineering needs to be confined into one drive, plus the need for 2 blue lasers,one for each optical system ain't going to be cheap. Quite frankly, producing a movie in both formats would simply be cheaper and easiler to manufacture than all this stuffing around with equipment compatibility. C.M At first I'm sure it won't be cheap to make the drive. But at the rate of manufacturing these days, I don't see it being a major sticking point in the long run. It maybe cheaper to press discs of different format but it sure is expensive to market them against each other. I've always taken from what I've read that the Bluray consortium will be the real sticking point regarding the legalities.
Tweet Posted December 23, 2006 Posted December 23, 2006 At first I'm sure it won't be cheap to make the drive. But at the rate of manufacturing these days, I don't see it being a major sticking point in the long run. It maybe cheaper to press discs of different format but it sure is expensive to market them against each other. I've always taken from what I've read that the Bluray consortium will be the real sticking point regarding the legalities. Either way the consumer pays for it. Me, I'll stay with HD DVD as I believe that to be the more likely to succeed in the long term. C.M
OzHTfan Posted December 24, 2006 Posted December 24, 2006 Either way the consumer pays for it.Me, I'll stay with HD DVD as I believe that to be the more likely to succeed in the long term. C.M I don't have that much of a feel at the moment for the long term outcome, but I'm happy to sit on the fence with both HD-A1 and PS3.
Guest Posted December 24, 2006 Posted December 24, 2006 ASSASINS CREEDfor all you gamers in here this game is gonna be amazing. It was suppose to be a PS3 exclusive but sony lost that and now its on PC and 360 as well. anyway please check out this clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6LmNDxCI2Y...ted&search= Very old news.
Raja Posted December 24, 2006 Posted December 24, 2006 Good visual/gameplay comparison between Resistance:Fall of Man and Gears of War. IMO one game shines against the other. http://www.gametrailers.com/vs.php?ep=1&hd=1
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