Blade Runner 5-disc £9.99 one day only

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 01 Apr 2008, 12:42

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/3512198/ ... oduct.html

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 01 Apr 2008, 12:58

That's a stonkingly good price, for those who haven't moved over to HD.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 01 Apr 2008, 14:41

bradavon wrote:That's a stonkingly good price, for those who haven't moved over to HD.

So i guess you'll be buying it then

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 01 Apr 2008, 14:49

Oh touché

I cannot afford £400-500 to buy a HD Player, otherwise I would.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 01 Apr 2008, 17:45

bradavon wrote:Oh touché

I cannot afford £400-500 to buy a HD Player, otherwise I would.

Er you mean £50, you could get Blade Runner and a HD DVD player for £65.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 01 Apr 2008, 18:20

Where?

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 01 Apr 2008, 18:26

Grim You must walk around with your eyes shut

the bottom fell out of HD DVD players a long time ago. You could get a brand new Player and 7 HD DVD's for £70 a month back from many big sites.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 01 Apr 2008, 18:35

grim_tales wrote:Where?

Toshiba hd-dvd player £59.99

http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/produc ... IBA-HDEP30

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 01 Apr 2008, 18:36

romerojpg wrote:Er you mean £50, you could get Blade Runner and a HD DVD player for £65.

Why would I spend £50 on a worthless HD-DVD Player? If I only wanted an Upscaling DVD Player I'd plump for an Oppo DVD Player.

I meant £400-500. That is how much the only Player is likely to cost I am interested in. I've waited since Jan 07 I'm certainly not about to throw in the towel on a whim now and get a lesser (IMO) product.

romerojpg wrote:Grim You must walk around with your eyes shut

Grim doesn't have a HDTV and isn't interested in one. Why would he bother to keep an eye on it?

grim_tales wrote:Where?

HD-DVD Players aren't even worth the cost it costs to make them.

They're worthwhile if you want an upscaling DVD Player but not if you want an HD Player, that said few HD Players are SD DVD Multiregion so you'd be better off still buying a DVD Player instead.

All HD-DVD studios have said they'll now support BD so you'll be better of waiting. If you've already got one then enjoy the good times getting cheap discs or get a Combo Player, like me (eventually).

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 01 Apr 2008, 18:46

best post for a while that.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 01 Apr 2008, 18:58

It's incredible when you read on various forums how these worthless £50-£60 players are flying off the shelves everywhere-amazon had 999 in stock yesterday and today had 48.Clearly these people are all fools and Bradavon is correct

i agree with Romero,absolutely classic post,especially as Brad has banged on about the large library of hd-dvd titles available and indeed is still buying them himself.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 01 Apr 2008, 19:02

bradavon wrote:

HD-DVD Players aren't even worth the cost it costs to make them.

any idea where i can get an upscaling player as good as the toshiba for £60?

bradavon wrote: get a Combo Player, like me (eventually).

Bingo

you are losing your touch,it's at least 3 days since you informed everyone for the 1000th time that you'll be "getting a combo"

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 01 Apr 2008, 19:31

saltysam wrote:Clearly these people are all fools and Bradavon is correct

Well that depends why they're buying them. I said they'd make good Upscaling DVD Players, but obviously people who're still buying them want a cheap way to get into HD and aren't thinking about longevity of their investment.

Speaking personally I'd rather spend £500 on a Player I know will last than £50 on a defunct format. If I were to buy a HD-DVD Player I'd only be interested in the top of the range model too.

saltysam wrote:especially as Brad has banged on about the large library of hd-dvd titles available and indeed is still buying them himself.

Of course. It's the hardware that is worthless not the software.

saltysam wrote:Any idea where i can get an upscaling player as good as the toshiba for £60?

Are you for real? From a DVD perspective there isn't anything remotely special about the Toshiba HD-DVD Player. Here is a Panasonic DVD Player for £80:

http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electro ... oduct.html

I'm sure if I looked properly I could find one for £60.

You could buy Upscaling DVD Players as early as 2005, probably 2004. I know because I own one and I'm sure it's a better DVD Player than this cheapo Toshiba.

saltysam wrote:Bingo you are losing your touch,it's at least 3 days since you informed everyone for the 1000th time that you'll be "getting a combo"

I was responding to Grim's question.

It stands to reason I'm going to talk about all the ways to get into HD. Combo Players are just as valid as any of the other routes. It's not problem no one else on this forum considers Combos to not be a serious way to get into HD.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 01 Apr 2008, 19:46

bradavon wrote: Well that depends why they're buying them. I said they'd make good Upscaling DVD Players, but obviously people who're still buying them want a cheap way to get into HD and aren't thinking about longevity of their investment.

they are buying them because they are a great deal. £50 for a player with numerous cheapo discs available,if they get 5-7 years out of them it's fucking bargainous.we are talking £50 here,fucking pennies lol!

bradavon wrote:Of course. It's the hardware that is worthless not the software.

so your only recommendation is people buy a £500 machine to play £5 hd-dvds?

bradavon wrote:Are you for real? From a DVD perspective there isn't anything remotely special about the Toshiba HD-DVD Player.

it's comments like this that make people think you are a total dumbass.who the fuck are you to tell me how good/bad the Toshiba hd-dvd player is when you don't and never have owned one.when you get one report back.Would i post a comment about your hdd dvd recorder?no because i don't fucking own one !

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 01 Apr 2008, 19:50

As I said Toshiba HD-DVD Players "from a DVD perspective" aren't anything special or to be precise unique. I don't need to have owned one to know an Upscaling DVD Player is an Upscaling DVD Player, some have better Upscalers but they're still just Upscaling DVD Players.

I've not commented on how good they are at playing HD-DVDs because like you say I don't own one.

so your only recommendation is people buy a £500 machine to play £5 hd-dvds?

Well when you put it like that

As you're asking my recommendation I'd say people would be better of spending their money on a Combo Player, or a Panasonic Profile 2.0 BD Player, Sony Profile 2.0 BD Player or PS3.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 01 Apr 2008, 20:00

bradavon wrote:A I don't need to have owned one to know an Upscaling DVD Player is an Upscaling DVD Player, some have better Upscalers but they're still just Upscaling DVD Players.

Well you are wrong, upscalers rary in quality vastly. I have owned a lot now and some are crap. You obviously have not had more than one, which you "Think" is better than the Toshiba and every other upscaler including my Oppo, which is as good as they come beating upscallers far better than your player ever will be.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 01 Apr 2008, 20:00

bradavon wrote:
As you're asking my recommendation I'd say people would be better of spending their money on a Combo Player, or a Panasonic Profile 2.0 BD Player, Sony Profile 2.0 BD Player or PS3.

Like i said people are buying these bargainous players as a cheap,cheap way of getting into HD.with a large ,large library of titles available for good prices these "foolish" people will get years of enjoyment from their purchase.£50? i spend that on a reasonable night out down the pub.Not everyone wants/needs to pay £500 for a combo machine that if they buy the american version won't even play pal dvds,hack or no hack.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 01 Apr 2008, 20:16

I don't have HD yet but will go HD when the price is right/I have money

Presumably HD-DVD is worthless now as BD/BR has won. £60 is insane.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 01 Apr 2008, 20:17

Quotes from dvdforums:

"have 1500 DVDs and 2 HDDVDs. I know I'll be 'updating' a core of those totalling maybe 50 (no more will be released sadly on HD-DVD). I've watched 5 SD films on the EP30 and my eyes are popping out of my skull and ears are very perky at the quality this machine is drawing from DVDs. Really is a great bit of tech and so ******* smooth it's unbelievable."

"I know what you mean by the quality of the upscaling, it makes the hd-dvd less impressive in an odd way."

"**** me. Just got my machine and I'm blown away at the quality of the machine (and I don't mean playback). It's like something made with the very best components and then filled to the top with concrete. It's that heavy "

bloody cheapo Toshiba players.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 01 Apr 2008, 20:17

saltysam wrote:Like i said people are buying these bargainous players as a cheap,cheap way of getting into HD.

I did just say you had a point

Well you are wrong, upscalers rary in quality vastly.

Agreed. I said as much in my post. I'm not disagreeing that Upscaler chips can differ.

You obviously have not had more than one, which you "Think" is better than the Toshiba and every other upscaler including my Oppo.

Again I never said that, please show me where I said anything remotely of the sort?

far better than your player ever will be.

I don't know how you can make that assumption without knowing what Player I own.

saltysam wrote:"have 1500 DVDs and 2 HDDVDs. I know I'll be 'updating' a core of those totalling maybe 50 (no more will be released sadly on HD-DVD). I've watched 5 SD films on the EP30 and my eyes are popping out of my skull and ears are very perky at the quality this machine is drawing from DVDs. Really is a great bit of tech and so ******* smooth it's unbelievable."

Now show me a report of an end-user (note not review) saying their Player has a shit Upscaler?

Like the quality of LCD TVs it's all so subjective to the point everyone thinks their Upscalers look amazing. I pay attention to properly written reviews but otherwise everyone says their Upscaling DVD Player is the dogs nadges so I don't tend to bother reading any of it.

The same goes goes for Audio quality on MP3 Players.

saltysam wrote:bloody cheapo Toshiba players.

Like I said the Toshiba is a decent Upscaling DVD Player. They're also good HD-DVD Players.

It doesn't mean it's wise to buy into a dead format. That's the only reason they're cheap. If people want a cheap/quick way to get into HD then that's there decision. I'm just giving my opinion it's a quick fix instead of a long term solution.

I still pick up the software but wouldn't get a HD-DVD Player which will only now have a finite number of HD titles it can play.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 01 Apr 2008, 20:18

grim_tales wrote:I don't have HD yet but will go HD when the price is right/I have money
Presumably HD-DVD is worthless now as BD/BR has won. £60 is insane.

no you aren't interested in HD Grim.Brad told us so it must be true.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 02 Apr 2008, 09:10

bradavon wrote:

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Now show me a report of an end-user (note not review) saying their Player has a shit Upscaler? .

Me-my panasonic bedroom machine is nowhere near as good as my toshiba.my daughter's asda one via hdmi is nowhere near as good either.

bradavon wrote: Like I said the Toshiba is a decent Upscaling DVD Player. They're also good HD-DVD Players.

how do you know?did you read about it.?

bradavon wrote:I still pick up the software but wouldn't get a HD-DVD Player which will only now have a finite number of HD titles it can play.

A contradiction in terms that.you love hd-dvd so much you want to pay £500 for a machine that'll play the finite amount of discs even though everything will eventually emerge on blu-ray. are you upgrading your portable t.v. as well

dvdvision · Post by **dvdvision** » 02 Apr 2008, 12:05

It's not a dead format. It plays SD discs as well. It upscales better than Oppo and whathaveyou. It allows to buy approximatively 800 HD discs at lesser prices than SD discs. And... if you got the right bargain... the damn player came FREE !

So I'm sorry, the losers are anyone who bought a Blu-Player other than PS3 (not future proof), and anyone plucking 100 $ into a regular shitty SD player, why would you do that when you can get a HD-DVD / SD player for free (deduction made of the money they give you back + the 12 HD-DVDs they give you free).

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 02 Apr 2008, 12:13

my daughter's asda one via hdmi is nowhere near as good either.

I tend to discount those. Fair point about the Panasonic though.

A contradiction in terms that.you love hd-dvd so much you want to pay £500 for a machine that'll play the finite amount of discs even though everything will eventually emerge on blu-ray.

I wouldn't pay £500 for a BD Player but a Combo is quite different it will play all the finite number of HD-DVDs and will still be a BD Player longer after HD-DVD disappears. So no contraction I'm afraid.

dvdvision wrote:It's not a dead format. It plays SD discs as well. It upscales better than Oppo and whathaveyou.

Interesting. Do you have any reviews comparing the Oppo to Toshiba's?

You seem to know your stuff so I could well believe you. I have no interest in either a Toshiba or Oppo but will still be interested read further.

dvdvision wrote:So I'm sorry, the losers are anyone who bought a Blu-Player other than PS3 (not future proof)

The upcoming Panasonic and Sony Players will be Profile 2.0 but otherwise I take your point. The Panasonic BDM50 is due next month.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 02 Apr 2008, 12:14

Blade Runner is now as Salty said it would be back to it's usual £17.99.