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HD: how do you do yours?
on: January 01, 2008, 20:49:38 PM
Am slowly trying to figure out what to do with regards to HD... I cant afford a decent size TV yet, and im waiting to buy sky+ HD at the same time, so in the meantime im considering buying a blu-ray / HD-DVD reader for my computer (as i run a dell 2007 wfp which just about does 1080p) but no-one seems to do any cheap! Or should i look for a stand alone reader with DVI output?

So... How do you do yours? Plasma? Stand alone reader? Totally computer based? Or not at all?
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Reply #1 on: January 01, 2008, 20:51:14 PM
doesnt the xbox 360 drive just run through USB.  £100 for a HD dvd drive used to be reasonable...
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Reply #2 on: January 01, 2008, 20:54:34 PM
Yeah, it does do USB. If i still owned a 360 then id get one, but (call me vain) its white and my entire setup is black...
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Reply #3 on: January 01, 2008, 21:10:28 PM
I bought my PS3 4 months ago but I didnt get a HDTV till just this week so I now need to get a collection of movies to watch.

Ive always wondered how good HD rips are on the PC and if still maintain the high definition despite being compressed.
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Reply #4 on: January 01, 2008, 21:28:55 PM
The only HD output I have at the minute is my XB360, which looks stunning on my 40" Samsung.

I dont have the drive yet but Ive downloaded a couple of movies off the live video store and they looked great, thats only 720p too.
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Reply #5 on: January 01, 2008, 21:52:11 PM
new LG drive out that does blu-ray & HD-DVD for less than £150

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=729076
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Reply #6 on: January 01, 2008, 22:13:48 PM
still pricy :/
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Reply #7 on: January 01, 2008, 22:15:51 PM
Microsoft are still doing the 5 free HD-DVDs when you buy a 360 HD drive, the details are on www.xbox.com

Find a store doing one of the drives with 1 or 2 films and then send off for another 5 :P

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HD: how do you do yours?
Reply #8 on: January 01, 2008, 22:17:22 PM
Annoyingly, it seems that the 360 drive might be the only realistic way to go :/
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Reply #9 on: January 01, 2008, 22:46:15 PM
When I last looked that was pretty much the conclusion I came to as well.
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Reply #10 on: January 01, 2008, 23:45:23 PM
Tescos had a Toshiba HD-DVD player + HDMI cable with 5 HD-DVDs for £200 last time I heard.

/Edit, in fact here it is.

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.202-0532.aspx

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Reply #11 on: January 02, 2008, 07:26:38 AM
Or save yourself another £10 and get it for £189.99 from Amazon

I myself use a 360 with the add-on for HD-DVD movie playback.
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Reply #12 on: January 02, 2008, 08:57:41 AM
.ts files generally on my HTPC and on to a wall via a 1080p projector (Panasonic PT-AE1000)

http://panasonic.co.jp/pavc/global/projector/products/ae1000/index.html

Projection size is about 140 diagonal or something around about that.
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Reply #13 on: January 02, 2008, 10:18:31 AM
x264 MKV files on my HTPC, onto a 46" LCD right now.

Youre barely going to be able to tell the difference between DVD and 720p on 20" to be honest. I used to use a Dell 24" and 720p looked slightly better but not a massive improvement. Definitely couldnt tell the difference between 720p and 1080p.

Of course thats all down to the tiny pixels. Now that Im on a bigger screen you definitely see the difference.

I reckon you should go for either the Xbox HD drive for 189 or if you can stretch it, a PS3 is a good deal now for 299.
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Reply #14 on: January 02, 2008, 10:29:35 AM
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I reckon you should go for either the Xbox HD drive for 189 or if you can stretch it, a PS3 is a good deal now for 299.


the 360 HD drive is only around £100, obivously more if you want to run it from a 360 instead of a PC tho.
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