Interesting. I can't wait until I get my own PS3, then I can put Ubuntu on it Posted by adfectio (Member # 11070) on :
You might want to get Ubuntu on a computer successfully before you go and try to put it on something it's not meant to go on.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
It is installed successfully as of 6 hours ago. Now to install eve online on it.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
I still don't see the point of Blu-ray.
-pH
Posted by ricree101 (Member # 7749) on :
quote:Originally posted by pH: I still don't see the point of Blu-ray.
-pH
It allows you to buy all of your movies again at a higher price?
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
quote:Originally posted by pH: I still don't see the point of Blu-ray.
-pH
Compensation/bragging rights.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
I wasn't convinced until I saw movies in 1080p. The difference is staggering. It makes 1080i (HDTV) looks silly.
Posted by MattP (Member # 10495) on :
It seems more likely that the HDTV material you are comparing is from a lower quality source or the quality has been degrade through data compression.
Posted by suminonA (Member # 8757) on :
quote:Originally posted by pH: I still don't see the point of Blu-ray.
Especially from the standpoint of potential data storage medium.
A.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
quote:I wasn't convinced until I saw movies in 1080p. The difference is staggering.
My computer, to which I've hooked my TV, upconverts all my DVD media anyway. I can tell the difference, but only if I'm looking for it; it's certainly not something worth spending hundreds of dollars on.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
I don't own a large enough tv to really care, though. I mean, I will reluctantly purchase an HDTV or whatever at some point this year just because my current tv/dvd combo weighs 75 lbs...but I don't want anything bigger than 26". So...is it really going to make any difference at all for me?
-pH
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
No. Below about 32", you won't be able to perceive any real difference in detail.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Okay. *continues not caring*
32" LCD tvs are too expensive.
-pH
Posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Member # 7476) on :
Actually they aren't. Blu Ray Rumor smash Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Aaaah yes, defending the Stalingrad pocket to the end, brave nextgen soldiers of Microsoft, I salute you! Hail Gates! Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by pH: Okay. *continues not caring*
Ditto.
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
quote:Originally posted by ricree101:
quote:Originally posted by pH: I still don't see the point of Blu-ray.
-pH
It allows you to buy all of your movies again at a higher price?
Ooh! Ooh! To have to deal with another layer of obnoxious copy protection as a legitimate customer (that hackers cracked hours out of the gate)?
To discover five years up the line that you've invested in the next Betamax?
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
quote: To discover five years up the line that you've invested in the next Betamax?
As pointless as blu-ray seems to me and most other people now, I do think it's well on its way to being the next standard.
Posted by C3PO the Dragon Slayer (Member # 10416) on :
Blu-ray is not going to be on my list for quite some time. We just got comfortable with DVDs, and still not sure who's really going to win the format war. While admittedly it looks nice, Planet Earth and Nova and Revenge of the Sith are dazzling on the TV we have. It's not a bad TV either. That was probably the understatement of the century; my father has gone electronics crazy. He is Best Buy's new favorite customer.
Anyway, even with the electronics-happy head-of-household that I may have, he's not going Blu-ray until they stop making DVDs. With the trade becoming still more unpredictable, the prices still outrageous, and the technology still in infancy, the point in Blu-ray has a couple years to mature into something worth a scrap of money.
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