Quote Originally Posted by bobsticks
...and yet you still have problems with "redicule".
there is a difference between a problem and a bother.
If I think someone can make out what I SAY I leave it, I have never understood the sticklers who insist on perfect spelling on the net.
I have a slight case of DYSLEXIA and its hassle enough to go back and change all of the "teh's" to "the".
As for the sales figures for blu, the sales figures for all electronics are
slow unless its the fall, and I dont buy something just because someone else is buying it.
You know I participated in a lot of the talk around this site about buying a blu player versus an oppo.
And what convinced me that blu was the way to go?
Well, better sound, the only reason I considered an oppo was SACD,
but my current player will do fine for that.
Also theres capability, a Blu player can do something nothing else can
at this time, produce a 1080p true HD pic.
THE HD picture on my cable is nice, sometimes outstanding(TNT's
showing of underworld was amazing, save the crap they put at the bottom of tne screen)
a Blu player is a lot more consistent, even with lower bitrate discs
theres no video noise.
And there is a difference between an upconverter and a scaler,
an upconverter merely resizes the pic to a higher res, it takes an expensive scaler to get any true res increase from material,
and you dont get much even then.
Silicon optix has done wonders with their reon chips, the OLEVIA
I saw with one was really nice, cant beat a blu tho.
I have had an upconverter for several years, bought mainly for the SACD, I am quite familar with the process, and trust me, one chip wont replace an expensive scaler, you need the res to already
be there.
AS FOR the capabilities of the blu player to play DVD that was the final selling point for me, seeing the exelent job one did in a friends home on a properly set up display.
My next post will be a review (if I CAN FIND IT) comparing my blu player to a 1200 dollar scaler, quite favorably at that