Don’t have a 3D TV but Don’t have a 3D TV but current DVD player seems a little buggy. Usually pauses 1 or 2 times during a movie. This is not for the main TV so don’t know how much use it will really get, but Fry’s has them for less than $100. Also it is WiFi ready which seems cool.
afx114
July 9, 2011 @
12:12 PM
BluRay is already dead. Long BluRay is already dead. Long live streaming.
meadandale
July 9, 2011 @
1:46 PM
threadkiller wrote:Don’t have [quote=threadkiller]Don’t have a 3D TV but current DVD player seems a little buggy. Usually pauses 1 or 2 times during a movie. This is not for the main TV so don’t know how much use it will really get, but Fry’s has them for less than $100. Also it is WiFi ready which seems cool.[/quote]
I bought a new blue ray player at Costco not because I really need blu ray but because it was internet ready (wifi) and had Hulu and Netflix streaming built in…all things my $80 dvd player didn’t have.
Studios are still greedy and are trying to get $20-30 per disc for blu ray. Just isn’t worth it IMO.
bob2007
July 9, 2011 @
6:10 PM
I have a wide mix of I have a wide mix of equipment, including a ps3 for blu ray, a bluray player, and netflix for streaming and renting blurays. Streaming is convenient, but there is no comparison to a bluray disk on a large screen. I would not purchase disks at $20-$30, but its fine renting through netflix. I have a cable modem and have tested the download speed north of 5Mbps, so the streaming bandwidth isn’t the problem with streaming resolution.
Between the ps3 and bluray player, the ps3 easily wins for me.
masayako
July 9, 2011 @
7:01 PM
Sure, get the PS3.
We need Sure, get the PS3.
We need more consumption to boost the economy. Do it for the children.
paramount
July 9, 2011 @
10:28 PM
I agree with many of the I agree with many of the comments…blu-ray may hang around but will be limited.
And like has been mentioned, I bought my blu-ray player for the internet apps which is very handy.
The blu-ray part was the bonus.
I’ve already noticed costco reducing it’s blu-ray section.
moneymaker
July 10, 2011 @
7:58 PM
Ok I bought it and it is Ok I bought it and it is pretty cool. One thing they don’t tell you is that it is WiFi ready but needs a proprietary dongle to get the wifi. Best buy sells them for $79.99 well I guess I’ll be hardwiring it in.
Anonymous
July 11, 2011 @
7:54 AM
The picture quality of blu The picture quality of blu ray looks better than streaming, and it’s cheaper to pick one up at a red box for $1.50. I have never actually purchased one.
meadandale
July 11, 2011 @
8:07 AM
threadkiller wrote:Ok I [quote=threadkiller]Ok I bought it and it is pretty cool. One thing they don’t tell you is that it is WiFi ready but needs a proprietary dongle to get the wifi. Best buy sells them for $79.99 well I guess I’ll be hardwiring it in.[/quote]
You have to buy the right model. Mine has wifi built in. The whole unit was $120….no way I’d pay another $80 for a dongle.
afx114
July 11, 2011 @
9:32 AM
Unless you have a giant Unless you have a giant screen or are sitting 5 feet from the TV, 1080 doesn’t make much of a difference. How many people with 60″ TVs sit only 10 feet away?
Although Netflix looks pretty damn good streamed over my AppleTV to my HDTV, I agree that due to compression, streaming is not quite as good yet. Yet. Bandwidth is the limiting factor here, but Moore’s Law will take care of that soon enough. Which is why I’ll be skipping the BluRay train.
meadandale
July 11, 2011 @
10:22 AM
It’s the audio quality, not It’s the audio quality, not the video quality that I have with streaming. Unless you have the right player or pick the right movie, there is not guarantee you’ll get 5.1 audio. Listening to a movie in stereo I might as well just watch it in SD.
briansd1
July 11, 2011 @
10:49 AM
afx114 wrote:
Although [quote=afx114]
Although Netflix looks pretty damn good streamed over my AppleTV to my HDTV, I agree that due to compression, streaming is not quite as good yet. Yet. Bandwidth is the limiting factor here, but Moore’s Law will take care of that soon enough. Which is why I’ll be skipping the BluRay train.[/quote]
I’m disappointed with that Apple TV. Just buy a blu-ray DVD player that does streaming (you get the blu-ray player which the Apple TV lacks).
I don’t use my Apple TV anymore since I got a TV that has streaming built-in.
July 9, 2011 @ 11:36 AM
Don’t have a 3D TV but
Don’t have a 3D TV but current DVD player seems a little buggy. Usually pauses 1 or 2 times during a movie. This is not for the main TV so don’t know how much use it will really get, but Fry’s has them for less than $100. Also it is WiFi ready which seems cool.
July 9, 2011 @ 12:12 PM
BluRay is already dead. Long
BluRay is already dead. Long live streaming.
July 9, 2011 @ 1:46 PM
threadkiller wrote:Don’t have
[quote=threadkiller]Don’t have a 3D TV but current DVD player seems a little buggy. Usually pauses 1 or 2 times during a movie. This is not for the main TV so don’t know how much use it will really get, but Fry’s has them for less than $100. Also it is WiFi ready which seems cool.[/quote]
I bought a new blue ray player at Costco not because I really need blu ray but because it was internet ready (wifi) and had Hulu and Netflix streaming built in…all things my $80 dvd player didn’t have.
Studios are still greedy and are trying to get $20-30 per disc for blu ray. Just isn’t worth it IMO.
July 9, 2011 @ 6:10 PM
I have a wide mix of
I have a wide mix of equipment, including a ps3 for blu ray, a bluray player, and netflix for streaming and renting blurays. Streaming is convenient, but there is no comparison to a bluray disk on a large screen. I would not purchase disks at $20-$30, but its fine renting through netflix. I have a cable modem and have tested the download speed north of 5Mbps, so the streaming bandwidth isn’t the problem with streaming resolution.
Between the ps3 and bluray player, the ps3 easily wins for me.
July 9, 2011 @ 7:01 PM
Sure, get the PS3.
We need
Sure, get the PS3.
We need more consumption to boost the economy. Do it for the children.
July 9, 2011 @ 10:28 PM
I agree with many of the
I agree with many of the comments…blu-ray may hang around but will be limited.
And like has been mentioned, I bought my blu-ray player for the internet apps which is very handy.
The blu-ray part was the bonus.
I’ve already noticed costco reducing it’s blu-ray section.
July 10, 2011 @ 7:58 PM
Ok I bought it and it is
Ok I bought it and it is pretty cool. One thing they don’t tell you is that it is WiFi ready but needs a proprietary dongle to get the wifi. Best buy sells them for $79.99 well I guess I’ll be hardwiring it in.
July 11, 2011 @ 7:54 AM
The picture quality of blu
The picture quality of blu ray looks better than streaming, and it’s cheaper to pick one up at a red box for $1.50. I have never actually purchased one.
July 11, 2011 @ 8:07 AM
threadkiller wrote:Ok I
[quote=threadkiller]Ok I bought it and it is pretty cool. One thing they don’t tell you is that it is WiFi ready but needs a proprietary dongle to get the wifi. Best buy sells them for $79.99 well I guess I’ll be hardwiring it in.[/quote]
You have to buy the right model. Mine has wifi built in. The whole unit was $120….no way I’d pay another $80 for a dongle.
July 11, 2011 @ 9:32 AM
Unless you have a giant
Unless you have a giant screen or are sitting 5 feet from the TV, 1080 doesn’t make much of a difference. How many people with 60″ TVs sit only 10 feet away?
Although Netflix looks pretty damn good streamed over my AppleTV to my HDTV, I agree that due to compression, streaming is not quite as good yet. Yet. Bandwidth is the limiting factor here, but Moore’s Law will take care of that soon enough. Which is why I’ll be skipping the BluRay train.
July 11, 2011 @ 10:22 AM
It’s the audio quality, not
It’s the audio quality, not the video quality that I have with streaming. Unless you have the right player or pick the right movie, there is not guarantee you’ll get 5.1 audio. Listening to a movie in stereo I might as well just watch it in SD.
July 11, 2011 @ 10:49 AM
afx114 wrote:
Although
[quote=afx114]
Although Netflix looks pretty damn good streamed over my AppleTV to my HDTV, I agree that due to compression, streaming is not quite as good yet. Yet. Bandwidth is the limiting factor here, but Moore’s Law will take care of that soon enough. Which is why I’ll be skipping the BluRay train.[/quote]
I’m disappointed with that Apple TV. Just buy a blu-ray DVD player that does streaming (you get the blu-ray player which the Apple TV lacks).
I don’t use my Apple TV anymore since I got a TV that has streaming built-in.