I think most players have this already... I have it in my POS BD-P1400 and let me tell you, it doesn't do any good if the updates don't fix anything.
On a side note: Does anyone find it ironic that the general attitude is, wait until the profile 2.0 comes out? When Warner was making their decision, they wanted to choose a format that would give the highest probability for HDM to become adopted and quickest to get to mass market.
Instead we went from "I'm waiting because I don't know which format will win" to "I'm waiting for Profile 2.0", in the end its still "I'm waiting..."
Moot point because Profile 2.0 will be out soon? Take a hypothetical scenario that Warner went HD-DVD... Studio exclusivity and Disc size is a moot point because Fox and Disney will soon go HD-DVD and TLS51 will be the new standard disc. See the similarity? Morons...
The fact is, the architecture oh HD-DVD will not change and there would be no "Waiting for TLS51" because it would use the same damn architecture! Reader compatibility? Sure, but the architecture would not change and personally my "shit" (1080i, HD-A2) player does a better job then my "shit" (low quality, BD-P1400) player. In both cases they are shit but one cost $140 and the other $250.
So tell me Warner, was it a good idea to go Blu-ray exclusive?
Um, mlody11, one major flaw with your Warner argument. Warner started exclusive to HD DVD, then went neutral, and still HD DVD was getting clobbered by Blu-ray. If they had gone to HD DVD, at best there would have been a prolonged stalemate in the format war. That's exactly what they said they wanted to avoid.
I'm only saying wait for 2.0 (if you don't want a PS3) because it seems that most forum members want to ensure their player meets all the specs. I personally think BD-Live is going to be mostly a waste of time, like the current examples of Internet-enabled titles on HD DVD that let you buy crappy licensed merchandise using your HD DVD player. Oooooh, what a wonderful use of the technology! Not.
"Um, mlody11, one major flaw with your Warner argument. Warner started exclusive to HD DVD..."
I don't see how that affects anything in my argument. I did not say, Warner should have gone HD DVD exclusive... I am saying they should have stayed neutral and let the formats kill each other, the result would be the same as it is, execept the price war would rage on. I am not implying "No more BOGOS!" or "BD player price will now rise!"... I am stating that the pressure is less and now there is less reason to push hard on the price.
Whatever the reason for waiting, most of us do not want an incomplete player. If a company released a car and said, well it drives, has brakes and has a roof but we didn't have time to paint it or add a radio to it. Would you buy it even though it has 250 hp vs a car that looks nice and shiny and has 200 hp? I'm not implying HD DVD is better, but to many consumers it is said to be "complete" and "ready."
mldy1 "tls51".. Bluray could just as easily come out with their quad-layer 100GB format. The bottom line is HD-DVD is DEAD. Completely dead. Toshiba probably is halting production by now.
As for buying a BD player, Yes! Just make sure you get a profile 1.1 WITH an ethernet port or Wifi. AFAIK, the only think "profile 2.0" does is require a network connection. So if you buy a profile 1.1 with a network connection, then you should be good to go.
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Scott @ Feb 13th 2008 12:04PM
I'm still waiting for an ethernet connection so I don't have to burn a cd or dvd to update firmware.
mlody11 @ Feb 13th 2008 3:23PM
I think most players have this already... I have it in my POS BD-P1400 and let me tell you, it doesn't do any good if the updates don't fix anything.
On a side note: Does anyone find it ironic that the general attitude is, wait until the profile 2.0 comes out? When Warner was making their decision, they wanted to choose a format that would give the highest probability for HDM to become adopted and quickest to get to mass market.
Instead we went from "I'm waiting because I don't know which format will win" to "I'm waiting for Profile 2.0", in the end its still "I'm waiting..."
Moot point because Profile 2.0 will be out soon? Take a hypothetical scenario that Warner went HD-DVD... Studio exclusivity and Disc size is a moot point because Fox and Disney will soon go HD-DVD and TLS51 will be the new standard disc. See the similarity? Morons...
The fact is, the architecture oh HD-DVD will not change and there would be no "Waiting for TLS51" because it would use the same damn architecture! Reader compatibility? Sure, but the architecture would not change and personally my "shit" (1080i, HD-A2) player does a better job then my "shit" (low quality, BD-P1400) player. In both cases they are shit but one cost $140 and the other $250.
So tell me Warner, was it a good idea to go Blu-ray exclusive?
Mr. E @ Feb 13th 2008 4:40PM
Um, mlody11, one major flaw with your Warner argument. Warner started exclusive to HD DVD, then went neutral, and still HD DVD was getting clobbered by Blu-ray. If they had gone to HD DVD, at best there would have been a prolonged stalemate in the format war. That's exactly what they said they wanted to avoid.
I'm only saying wait for 2.0 (if you don't want a PS3) because it seems that most forum members want to ensure their player meets all the specs. I personally think BD-Live is going to be mostly a waste of time, like the current examples of Internet-enabled titles on HD DVD that let you buy crappy licensed merchandise using your HD DVD player. Oooooh, what a wonderful use of the technology! Not.
mlody11 @ Feb 13th 2008 6:42PM
"Um, mlody11, one major flaw with your Warner argument. Warner started exclusive to HD DVD..."
I don't see how that affects anything in my argument. I did not say, Warner should have gone HD DVD exclusive... I am saying they should have stayed neutral and let the formats kill each other, the result would be the same as it is, execept the price war would rage on. I am not implying "No more BOGOS!" or "BD player price will now rise!"... I am stating that the pressure is less and now there is less reason to push hard on the price.
Whatever the reason for waiting, most of us do not want an incomplete player. If a company released a car and said, well it drives, has brakes and has a roof but we didn't have time to paint it or add a radio to it. Would you buy it even though it has 250 hp vs a car that looks nice and shiny and has 200 hp? I'm not implying HD DVD is better, but to many consumers it is said to be "complete" and "ready."
Sam Winter @ Feb 14th 2008 4:58AM
mldy1 "tls51".. Bluray could just as easily come out with their quad-layer 100GB format.
The bottom line is HD-DVD is DEAD. Completely dead. Toshiba probably is halting production by now.
As for buying a BD player, Yes! Just make sure you get a profile 1.1 WITH an ethernet port or Wifi.
AFAIK, the only think "profile 2.0" does is require a network connection. So if you buy a profile 1.1 with a network connection, then you should be good to go.