I'll take a 4Mbps 720p h.264 OAR movie with a good Dolby Digital 5.1 sound track over an upconverted SD DVD any day of the week. Sure, it's no Blu-ray, but comparing it to SD DVD is a joke.
Frankly I'll make better use out of my SkyHD with dual DVR's, pay per view for movies and a Blu-ray player for watching the things I really want to watch with top quality sound and picture.
hmm, I suppose I can see a handful of situations where it would be good, for example watching with friends and you want to see a new release but can't be arsed to go to the store to buy or rent or you don't want to order online... oh and assuming the release isn't playing on the HD movie channels. Otherwise it's a small step over DVD for anything other than watching paint dry. (i.e. motion artifacts due to bandwidth starvation)
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Ben @ Jan 19th 2008 9:43AM
I'll take a 4Mbps 720p h.264 OAR movie with a good Dolby Digital 5.1 sound track over an upconverted SD DVD any day of the week. Sure, it's no Blu-ray, but comparing it to SD DVD is a joke.
Matt @ Jan 19th 2008 10:13AM
yeah, I would totally agree.
JD @ Jan 19th 2008 10:20AM
Frankly I'll make better use out of my SkyHD with dual DVR's, pay per view for movies and a Blu-ray player for watching the things I really want to watch with top quality sound and picture.
hmm, I suppose I can see a handful of situations where it would be good, for example watching with friends and you want to see a new release but can't be arsed to go to the store to buy or rent or you don't want to order online... oh and assuming the release isn't playing on the HD movie channels.
Otherwise it's a small step over DVD for anything other than watching paint dry. (i.e. motion artifacts due to bandwidth starvation)
north @ Jan 19th 2008 10:29AM
While your enjoying your crappy sound and video I'll be watching blu-ray.