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| Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Posts: 89 |
| | Posted: | | | | I finally got a Blu-Ray player, they went on sale at Best Buy for $299 for the Sony BDP-S300, I couldnt pass that deal up. I have an older (3 years old) HD Projection TV with only 1080i input, no 1080p yet, but the picture is still amazing. My question is, is there any tricks that I should be aware of. I dont own any Blu-Ray discs yet, but I plan on buyin a couple before X-Mas, is there any must haves? Should I do something special to my player, that is not mentioned on the manual. I did the firware upgrade already, but didnt notice anything. Thanks in advanced. |
| | Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,918 |
| | Posted: | | | | You should use either component or an HDMI cable between the player and the HDTV to enjoy the best quality picture.
The only other suggestion I can think of is to not buy an HD-DVD. |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 254 |
| | Posted: | | | | Also be aware that you CAN play future Bluray discs that list "Profile 1.1" features, you just cant access those specific 1.1 features as yours is a Profile 1.0 player. But you will still be able to watch the movie and most of the extras. As for must haves, that comes down to personal choice, personally you couldn't give me one of those ghastly pirate movies inspired by Disneyland rides, I would throw it straight in the bin but the Blade Runner Final Cut, and Kubrick releases are pure gold to me. Here are some ideas for you, see what takes your fancy: High Def Digest | | | | Last edited: by stefc |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 1,911 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting davidperez: Quote:
I finally got a Blu-Ray player, they went on sale at Best Buy for $299 for the Sony BDP-S300, I couldnt pass that deal up. I have an older (3 years old) HD Projection TV with only 1080i input, no 1080p yet, but the picture is still amazing. My question is, is there any tricks that I should be aware of. I dont own any Blu-Ray discs yet, but I plan on buyin a couple before X-Mas, is there any must haves? Should I do something special to my player, that is not mentioned on the manual. I did the firware upgrade already, but didnt notice anything. Thanks in advanced. Welcome to the Blu-side. | | | | Signature banned: Reason out of date... |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,321 |
| | Posted: | | | | Congratulations! I'm sure you'll love it. And that's not a bad price either. | | | Get the CSVExport and Database Query plug-ins here.
Create fake parent profiles to organize your collection. |
| | Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Posts: 89 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thanks for all the positive feedback, My wife is a little worried that I am going to go crazy and want to buy every single Blu-Ray movie out there. I must say I have learned my lesson thought. Back when DVD first started, I was buying 2-3 every week on tuesday. It became a really big problem. I was spending 300 dollars a month just on DVDs. When I had too many I would sell off 100 of them for say $150, and reallized what an idiot I was an how much money I spent. Now what I do, is I belong to the Blockbuster mail in DVD service and I watch the movies first if I like them I ut them on a list and when I have the extra money, birthdays, x-mas, easter, or even Valentines, that is what I ask for. It works out really good, and I feel better about my self. It was so bad that I was selling movies still in wrappers, brand new for what would turn out to be $2.oo each, movies that cost me a minimum of $16.oo each. Dohhhh! |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,480 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting davidperez: Quote:
I finally got a Blu-Ray player, they went on sale at Best Buy for $299 for the Sony BDP-S300, I couldnt pass that deal up. I have an older (3 years old) HD Projection TV with only 1080i input, no 1080p yet, but the picture is still amazing. My question is, is there any tricks that I should be aware of. I dont own any Blu-Ray discs yet, but I plan on buyin a couple before X-Mas, is there any must haves? Should I do something special to my player, that is not mentioned on the manual. I did the firware upgrade already, but didnt notice anything. Thanks in advanced. I did exactly the same thing. I went to Best Buy to take advantage of their BOGO sale on HD DVDs and added the Sony BDP-S300 and a bunch of Blu-rays too.  I think Ratatouille looks phenomenal in HD.  I had trouble with the firmware update. I'll send you a PM.  | | | ...James
"People fake a lot of human interactions, but I feel like I fake them all, and I fake them very well. That’s my burden, I guess." ~ Dexter Morgan |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,911 |
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| | Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Posts: 89 |
| | Posted: | | | | I heard and read that Ratatuille is awesome with Blu-Ray, I guess that will be the first one for me to buy. The "Kids" will love it, I love using that excuse. |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 811 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting davidperez: Quote:
I finally got a Blu-Ray player, they went on sale at Best Buy for $299 for the Sony BDP-S300, I couldnt pass that deal up. I have an older (3 years old) HD Projection TV with only 1080i input, no 1080p yet, but the picture is still amazing. My question is, is there any tricks that I should be aware of. I dont own any Blu-Ray discs yet, but I plan on buyin a couple before X-Mas, is there any must haves? Should I do something special to my player, that is not mentioned on the manual. I did the firware upgrade already, but didnt notice anything. Thanks in advanced. Congratulations, but didn't they give you any discs with the new player? Various people on this forum have reported between 2 and 7 free Blu-ray discs are being given away. |
| | Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Posts: 89 |
| | Posted: | | | | Yes, they have the mail in and get 5 free Blu-Rays, I wont be holding my breath for that. I have sent out rebates and stuff and they never seem to come back. |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,911 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting davidperez: Quote:
I heard and read that Ratatuille is awesome with Blu-Ray, I guess that will be the first one for me to buy. The "Kids" will love it, I love using that excuse. Ratatouille is awesome in HD, as is Cars. Other reccomendations would be... The Pirates movies, Spider-man Trilogy (Def. Spider-man 3 if you want to hold out for the hope of future better releases of SM1 and 2), Bram Stoker's Dracula, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Blade Runner is getting rave reviews. Also, the rebate program is being run by Buena Vista, I have heard nothing but good things about it. I did it when I bought my PS3 in the summer, took 9 weeks. They say to allow 8-10 weeks and you can track it online. If you'd like, I can give you the tracking URL. | | | | Signature banned: Reason out of date... |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,339 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting davidperez: Quote:
Yes, they have the mail in and get 5 free Blu-Rays, I wont be holding my breath for that. I have sent out rebates and stuff and they never seem to come back. i recieved my blu-ray rebate on the same player quite quick - maybe like 6 weeks? | | | | -JoN |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,480 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting pplchamp: Quote:
Congrats on going purple  Thanks!  | | | ...James
"People fake a lot of human interactions, but I feel like I fake them all, and I fake them very well. That’s my burden, I guess." ~ Dexter Morgan |
| | Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Posts: 89 |
| | Posted: | | | | Well its good to hear positive feedback about the rebates, I look forward to getting the movies. |
| | Registered: March 19, 2007 |  Posts: 700 |
| | Posted: | | | | When I got my HD projector the DVD's got pretty bad... Now I only want HD for all, oh expensive...  but oh so fun! Got both Blu and HD-DVD so I can get all the best, the Matrix tipped me over to buy HD-DVD but my heart is almost all blu (is that bad?) davidperez, a must have by my oppinion is - The Fift Element, 300, and ofcourse Casino Royale and all the animated movies looks great in HD | | | | We are all at the same age, only at different time... |
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