Do you watch only Blu Rays just because?

[eisforelectronic]

Only Blu-rays, only HD programming. If it's not 720p, 1080i or 1080p, it doesn't get watched at my house. the only exception I've made in recent memory was for "the Walking Dead".

[pixelthis]

Only Blu-rays, only HD programming. If it's not 720p, 1080i or 1080p, it doesn't get watched at my house. the only exception I've made in recent memory was for "the Walking Dead".

YEAH, my Amc isn't HD either, but the entire series was in HD on ONDEMAND,
thank the lord.
I watch quite a few DVDS at work during downtime, and I spent extra for a portable
(PANASONIC) that would play DIVIX, etc, up to 720p. Its nice.
But nothing beats BLU. You won't watch a disc in BLU unless it resembles a video game,well, thats your loss.
ONE of the best BLU discs I have seen is NICK and Nora, a love song to NEW YORK,
basically, and it is beautiful. I don't need robots from the future( although I did a four
movie Terminator marathon recently). Ben Button was rather amazing, also.
Blu is the HT promise fulfilled, and the only reason your DVD is as tolerable as they are
is they are deinterlaced and the pic is as good as possible.
BUT THATS RECENT. The best thing about Blu is not what it contains, but what it leaves out.
MOIRE PATTERNS, jagged diagonal lines, ghosting.
I had a concert of SHERYL CROW, and the one thing even more annoying than her
suburban haircut was her boom mike, which "jagged" in the middle. If that works
for you , fine. I have a bunch of BLU discs, several are replacements for DVD,
because I love movies and will only watch them in as pristine a condition as
possible, because time spent watching a movie is time you don't get back, basically.
Wizard of OZ came on recently, and I WAS AMAZED, TO SAY THE LEAST.
My god, what they have done to this movie, which will be my next BLU disc, BTW.
IF YOU CAN SETTLE for "DVD" then why did you waste money on the OPPO,
is all I want to know.

[Hyfi]

BTW.
IF YOU CAN SETTLE for "DVD" then why did you waste money on the OPPO,
is all I want to know.

First of all, I didn't waste my money. I saved for close to a year to buy the BEST player I could that would do everything the OPPO does and also play music CDs fairly well. The unit is for video in one system and audio in a second.

Redbox does not have a whole lot on Blu that interest me but as I said, I will rent them when the right ones are available.

I was a latecomer to HT in the first place and bought an el-cheapo HK not even knowing much about HDMI and the HKs lack of it. The DVD player I had didn't have it either.

With the OPPO, I have everything one could want in a player so as I continue to upgrade when money permits, I will have a decent HT setup.

You wouldn't believe how many people have purchased the 93 just to stream Netfix. Apparently more than will use it for DVD and Blu if you look at the AVS official 93 thread.

I also hope that I never have to buy a $68 player for myself. I don't think the OPPO will die prematurely.