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Yamaha intros RX-V1065 receiver {Engadget HD}
Jul 7th 2009 6:38PM The RX-V3800 is still available for the fire sale price just south of $999, which is about half off. It weighs in the 50lb range as well. I upgraded from an RX-V795, and the sound improvement is absolutely amazing. Very detailed, even my wife noticed it and *brags* about it!
Since the Onkyo + Coupon was mentioned, I figured this baby was fair game too. :-)
Definitely be a much better amp for the money, though you sacrifice some non-sound features like dual HDMI outs... but I think it's XM ready.
-Pie
You know you're a videophile if... {Engadget HD}
Jul 7th 2009 6:17PM Color Fidelity is much better in HD. I used to think this was just because of a burst in resolution from DVD, but I believe there is actually a wider colorspace for HD content.
And given the absolutely astounding Sleeping Beauty release, you can bet they benefit from an HD presentation!
-Pie
Top ten rationales for illegally downloading HDTV shows {Engadget HD}
Jun 30th 2009 10:59PM I pay for every single HD cable channel download only shows I pay for via my cable bill.
-Pie
Blu-ray releases on June 30th 2009 {Engadget HD}
Jun 29th 2009 6:35PM Blu-ray is flat on its back, this is total proof!1!!!1!!!!1
Especially Do The Right Thing, which almost otatlly wrecked Speake Lie's career!@ And last week's Lost and Burn Notice... lamer still.... wtf, who waches those shows?
-Pie (filling in for Multi-Platform-Mayhem while he's obviously ill, as he hasn't commented yet.)
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ASUS unleashes USB 2.0 Blu-ray drive -- government denies knowledge {Engadget HD}
Jun 29th 2009 6:29PM No support for the platform that really needs it? This makes me as sad as a bag of hurt.
-Pie
Futuresource still predicting big things for Blu-ray {Engadget HD}
Jun 26th 2009 6:39PM Why does this damage Engadget's credibility? It's a blog, not a news site. Besides, this is interesting, since these reports are published, and the industry keeps tabs on them. Part of keeping tabs is saying yay or nay, but just because you comment on a report does not damage credibility at all.
Engadget had people that were both Red and Blu during the format war. To suggest they are shameless BD shills is silly in the utmost. After all, they post on Netflix, iTunes, and every kind of streaming hardware out there.
And In terms of getting flaws fixed... EngadgetHD has actually done that! They've ragged on BD-Live since the beginning, and even gotten Sony involved directly in a discussion. How is this NOT fixing flaws?
Do people actually read this site, or do they just jump into the comments and bitch about Blu-ray whenever it's mentioned? I'm c'mon people.
-Pie
Harris Poll concerning Blu-ray and HD DVD penetration is way off {Engadget HD}
Jun 26th 2009 12:01PM Wow, do people even listen to Bozster. He's not even trying to tell the truth.
And I quote, "Is Blu-ray quality great. Sure, for some titles and under certain conditions. They are not even delivering what they promised. Many Blu-ray movies are mediocre quality at best and are being encoded with just slightly better bitrate and audio than DVDs, which again doesn't help things but just shows an ugly greedy side of Blu-ray and how studios see it. "
First, "some titles" and "certain conditions" are a misdirection. THE VAST MAJORITY OF BDS are absolutely awesome. VAST MAJORITY. These "some titles" make up probably 0.1%. Burn Notice looks like shit, but that's how it looked on broadcast. But every other title I own, from Terminator to Pirates of the Caribbean, to The Dark Knight, etc., look great.
Now to outright lies...
"Slightly better bitrate and audio than DVD"? BETTER THAN CD QUALITY (24/48 vs 16/41) in 5.1 or 7.1, and 5Mmbps vs 640Kbps (mega vs kilo) is a huge upgrade. And, again, THE VAST MAJORITY of titles include these high rates in Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD MA lossless.
Sheesh.
I really hope nobody listens to this guy. He's not even trying to be honest.
-Pie
Harris Poll concerning Blu-ray and HD DVD penetration is way off {Engadget HD}
Jun 26th 2009 11:50AM They are pointing out that a much-cited "poll" has been determined to be completely invalid.
That IS news, not opinion. The other article they link is the original announcement of the poll's release.
-Pie
ZINNET debuts brite-View media players, streamers {Engadget HD}
Jun 26th 2009 11:44AM I dunno, maybe I just got Michael Jackson on the head but..
Three of the guys in that picture are dead (two of cancer, one of heroine). Joey actually died at the same age as Jackson.
Just find it weird that the head article (when I loaded the page) includes three dead rockers... like some strange tribute / reference to Michael Jackson.
-Pie
Harris Poll concerning Blu-ray and HD DVD penetration is way off {Engadget HD}
Jun 25th 2009 11:13PM Bozster I don't know where you get your info but it's totally wrong. You cant compare DVD because it was so much more? Blu-Ray launched at compable pricing to DVD. It has also done as well as DVD up to the recession.
You claim to have nothing against Blu-ray but you cite total misinformation, and throw out a totay legitimate comparison -- one the industry is aware of even -- because it contradicts your incorrect statements.
We must be... on the... Internet! :p
-Pie
