I already have a PS3 and play Blu-Ray movies. It works well as a DVD upscaler too as I watched Ferris Beuler's Day Off for the first time this weekend on it as well as Back to the Future a couple weeks ago. Looked great, although I'd still love BTTF on HD!
I mostly buy all of my movies from Amazon though... and that's during the BOGO deals.
Originally posted by: I4AT
That sucks, we have an HD-DVD add on for the 360, and I don't think it will even upscale DVDs to 1080i/p since we lack a 360 with HDMI. Are Universal and Paramount the only studios left supporting HD-DVD?
You can upscale if you use a VGA adapter.
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Btw, why does the crappier format always win? Beta vs. VHS for example.
Beta certainly had some advantages... namely being able to record even when the source had copy guards and vastly better quality. The only thing is that beta tapes couldn't hold as much as a VHS and some movies had to go onto two tapes if I remember correctly. If they could've made a way to make sure a 2 hour movie would've fit while still keeping better quality... I think they would've had it.
Originally posted by: mugs
What does this mean? Early Blu-Ray players won't be compatible with later discs?
I believe some early Samsung players have issues updating and because of that there's a class action lawsuit against them now.
Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
The profiles are about hardware to support bonus content. Profile 1.1 added a requirement for dual-decoder picture-in-picture, profile 2.0 requires 1GB of flash storage and makes ethernet mandatory.
The best part is that HD-DVD has had these features since launch .
EDIT: Damn me for not looking. I bought Resident Evil on Blu-Ray simply to buy a movie (check-outs at the front of Wal-Mart were jam packed and you can pay in Electronics anyway, but I feel better if I buy something), but it seems Resident Evil 2 is MPEG2... unless you buy the Resident Evil Trilogy on Blu-Ray! So now I need to get the trilogy and hope I didn't open the movie yet.