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Originally posted by Antman27:Toshiba will be dropping HD DVD very shortly…..so, as much as I hate to admit it, sony wins again!!!!After Toshiba drops the format there will be no support…the only option will be blurayThis was an email from one of my AV vendors today
"I feel for those who jumped into the HD DVD camp."Not so fast. You should feel sorry for all of us now since there dosen't seem to be a non buggy player on the market outside of the PS3 and thats lacking in features. Basically no non buggy players exist and no full featured non buggy players to boot. Consumers got the shaft. At least the HDDVD players functioned.
The Toshiba XA2 has had quite a few bugs which is why I've stayed away from it. It seems that whenever Toshiba released a new firmware version, a new bug was introduced. The latest v.2.8 firmware has issues with the MPEG4 codec and jaggies and video shutdown issues. Before that, 1080p/24 issues still existed and there were power shutdown issues while playing. I'd be quite annoyed with any of these problems. Luckily, I haven't experienced any problems with my Blu-ray player.http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=151
Ears, come off it. You know the vast majority of BR owners (not PS3) are screwed because of deficiencies in the format's infancy or hardware problems. Please stop, BR has won, you do not have to keep up the fanboy rhetoric. I concede that HDDVD was not without their trials and tribulations. But, features were set in stone, and leaps ahead of BR at the gate.BR wins this race....happy.
Quote from: DeanSheen on 15 Feb 2008, 09:49 pm"I feel for those who jumped into the HD DVD camp."Not so fast. You should feel sorry for all of us now since there dosen't seem to be a non buggy player on the market outside of the PS3 and thats lacking in features. Basically no non buggy players exist and no full featured non buggy players to boot. Consumers got the shaft. At least the HDDVD players functioned.I bought the Samsung 1400, and since a simple firmware install of 10 minutes worth of work the machine has not failed to play any BD disc I throw at it, and flawlessly bitstreams all advanced codecs, including True HD, DTS HD Master Audio (and lesser brethren) and uncompressed 7.1 PCM to my processor. A beautiful picture, great sound, and the ergonomics are fine. All for $289, with a few complimentary discs thrown in.Dunno why so many people have to generalize.
Bob,Two things:1) I don't care about an old player and early adopter arrows in the back. He basically said ALL BD players have huge issues that make them problematic. Not mine. 2) The studios no longer select HD-DVD. It's early player ergonomics are a nit in relation to the overall adoption.
Ahh the root of the problem. You thought it was a contest. I never said nor meant to imply this "and that HD DVD is pristine goodness. "But thanks for putting words in my mouth.
Quote from: ted_b on 16 Feb 2008, 08:25 pmBob,Two things:1) I don't care about an old player and early adopter arrows in the back. He basically said ALL BD players have huge issues that make them problematic. Not mine. 2) The studios no longer select HD-DVD. It's early player ergonomics are a nit in relation to the overall adoption.Man you guys love p***ing matches. Why? Why does this conversation involve so much noise from chest thumpers? Chset thumpers with indefensible postitions are even better. It's not a contest, but a statement that any consumer like myself looking to purchase a BR player comes up against. "BR players are expensive and plauged with problems." That really sucks for people that are switching or people that are looking to adopt. The bottom line is Sony bought out the competition by offering cash for a product that is more expensive. How can you defend that?Yes, yours does play all the codes but it dosent have all the features. The 1400 wont decode all the formats, only bitstream them.http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=980672Blueray issues? Yep, lots.Glad yours plays all the discs. Apparently this hasn't been the experience of all samsung br purchasers. See lawsuit.http://www.avrev.com/news/0208/12.samsung256.shtmlI love this thread on glitches and this quote is pretty sweet. Lots of people have gravitated to the PS3 specifically for issues associated with most other players. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=990431 JCR1960Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007Location: Boca Raton,FloridaPosts: 251 Quote:Originally Posted by jpmst3 View Post+1 ...Never had a single problem with any disk.+2I have owned the Samsung 1400,Sony S301,Panny BD10 and BD30 which all had glitches,some minor some major.I gave it one last shot with BR and have been extremely happy with my PS3 40GB and BT remote.Plays everything without a hitch.Keep in mind those are the so called "budget" BR players I had owned so I don't know about the reliability of the more expensive ones.__________________Issues? Yours has more than enough in this 101 page thread. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=900924&page=101How about a sample?Old 12-25-07, 01:20 AM #3004 | LinkBlursNew Member Join Date: Dec 2007Posts: 2 i have bought 2 of these units (samsung 1400) the first one i bought i returned because it wasn't playing any standard movies after i updated the firmware to the latest version, Blu-ray movies worked fine just not regular dvds. I called samsung they made me reset it on still nothing so i returned the unit and bought another samsung 1400 and i tried playing a dvd and it worked then i update the firmware so i can play Live free of die hard blu-ray that worked but again after updating the firmware i can't play regular movies gives me unreadable disk error. Any help?-MattBlurs is offline Report Post Reply With QuoteAC is generally a nice place. Why does a BR thread bring out the nasty trolls?