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28th October 2009

Blu-Ray

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It’s a quiet day at work and I haven’t posted here in some time so thought I’d share some of my musings.
Today I find myself thinking about Blu-Ray…Blu-ray disc

For a number of reasons I have held off getting a Blu-Ray player up to now but it seems to me the time is probably right to get one.

  • Blu-Ray is clearly the dominant only HD movie disc format following the demise of HD-DVD (I still have a few of those along with my X-box 360 HD-DVD add-on). There does not seem to be any obvious successor in the pipeline so Blu-Ray will probably be with us for a few years to come
  • Most shops have a decent sized Blu-Ray section now with an increasing selection of titles at better prices. This is only going to improve further. Nowadays if I’m thinking about buying a DVD I’m always reluctant to do so knowing there is a better higher-def alternative out there. When I get the new Star Trek movie or a new U2 concert disc, I’d rather it was the best possible experience available..
  • Blu-Ray players now seem to be coming down in price, and the strong Australian dollar is only going to help that

So I’m starting to look at Blu-Ray players – might use up some of the credit on my interest-free store card account thingo as I shouldn’t really be spending disposable income on that sort of thing at present (so I’ll spend 2011 or 2012′s instead! lol)

Any suggestions of good, cheapish Blu-Ray players would be appreciated… I’m intending to stay away from the Sony Playstation 3 as we already have 2 games consoles in our home and don’t want to complicate things by adding another – plus I believe they don’t work with universal IR remotes.

Hopefully I’ll get a Blu-Ray player soon and the Santa can bring a few discs this Christmas… :)

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  1. 1 On October 29th, 2009, Scott said:

    Don’t rule the PS3 out just because u have other game consoles – feature wise it still beats all other players. The PS3 is upgradable for new features/ improvements – and well supported. Is a great all in one unit for Music, Video, media streaming, VidZone (free music video service), HDTV PVR (with addon)

    Plus it plays great games – there are still some great exclusives that u dont see on xbox like UnCharted 2, GT5, Ratchet and Clank)

    There is a Logitech PS3 Adapter that allows use with full control with Harmony remotes (I use one if you want to check it out)

    Adding a PS3 complicates things no more than adding a standalone bluray – its still one extra unit – though the PS3 can make other units redundant, as its possible to do just about everything other devices do with justa PS3, TV and Reciever

    With the slim and price drop, the PS3 is a more future ready, feature rich device than any standalone BluRay player. If the price isnt much different, doesnt make much sense to avoid the PS3 just because it plays games – only reason not to get PS3 for BluRay is if you can save a lot of money.

  2. 2 On July 30th, 2010, Mathilde Buris said:

    Hm there a problem with the website with OPera the sidebar is weird :/

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