Blu-ray is in the house

Ron-P
Ron-P Posts: 8,520
edited January 2007 in Electronics
Today my Samsung Blu-ray player arrived, props to Amazon, it would have been here in 3 days if not for the long holiday and the shipping was free. The Sammy will sit atop my HD-A1.

It was like Christmas today. The player arrived, my Monoprice HDMI switcher arrived and my DC copy of Kingdom of Heaven. Now to hook it all up and have some fun. For me this format war is now over.

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If...
Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited January 2007
    very nice..!!

    Congrats !


    let us know how ya like her


    what TV ya got her hooked to..?
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  • MikeC78
    MikeC78 Posts: 2,315
    edited January 2007
    Congrats Ron!! I'm sure you'll enjoy it, let us know how you like it.

    Mike
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited January 2007
    Ron,

    Can you give me a link to where you found that hdmi switcher, please?
    "SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited January 2007
    Beardog, I've got a Sanyo Z3 and an 85" screen.

    Noel, here ya go... http://www.eHDMI.com they were great to deal with and shipped quick. These Monoprice swithers have great reviews over at AVS although I have yet to try it, tomorrow I'll have it all hooked up and running.
    If...
    Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited January 2007
    Congrats, Ron. looking forward to hearing your impression of this one.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited January 2007
    Thanks Ron. I have at least three components with hdmi outputs and my tv only has 1 input. Which one did you get? I guess I'll have to get the 5 to 1. I looked around on the web and found several other makes and most were priced quite a bit higher than this one, especially if they had remotes.

    Let me know if you lose any PQ/SQ with yours.
    "SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited January 2007
    I got the 2 to 1 as I only have the two players.

    I hope to get everything wired up tomorrow but my trip to Disneyland may delay that.
    If...
    Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited January 2007
    After watching Kingdom of Heaven tonight (which is Mpeg2) I can honestly say that it is just as impressive as HD-DVDs PQ. Color saturation, sharpness, detail, black levels, it's all there and the resulting PQ is fantastic. I also spun parts of Pearl Harbor and it's just as impressive.

    The Sammy player puts out a fine image and not a single hickup in the 3 hour Kingom of Heaven. Load times are about half that of my A1 but the menu nav seems to be about the same, maybe a bit faster but not by much.
    If...
    Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
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  • goingganzo
    goingganzo Posts: 2,793
    edited January 2007
    ron if you see ice age the melt down i would like it i tryed playing that in my setup with a ps3 but i can olny curentley run at 480i over standard video due to the fact the cables are on order the problem is i have alot of edge artafacting on it. also how is the switching on your switcher i am thinking of changeing out to all hmdi with a new dvd and a hd pvr
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited January 2007
    just ordered my panny player, we'll see it how it goes when it shows up
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  • bembol
    bembol Posts: 18
    edited January 2007
    I got the PS3 60GB before the Holidays and have 13 BD's. Compared to HD DVD (I also have the Toshiba HD-A1) I'm still not impressed with Blu-ray, so far "Flightplan" is my Reference disc!

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    SHAOLIN'S finest
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