BluRay Vs HDDVD

[Domsz06]

best buy like any good store tells it's employees to see what they make the most money on. pretty simple economics.

[ragboy]

bestbuy has taken deception to new levels and been busted before. Don't you remember the internal website with different prices?

[Domsz06]

yeah I remember hearing about that, what about there 1000% markup on cables?

[Domsz06]

or telling you that you have to have these monster cables for your tv, when in reality the tv your buying isn't good enough for the cables?

[spharis]

Nothing is good enough for monster cables. The cheapies don't make that much difference, especially if the cable is digital.

[Domsz06]

yup exactly!

[G-MONEY]

this store on ebay has a ton of monster HDMI cables for cheep........

iCraveit auctions

http://cgi.ebay.com/Monster-Cable-Ul...QQcmdZViewItem

[ragboy]

Just go to newegg, and the ones by like linkdepot. Cheap, and work great. DVI, and HDMI are digital, so don't need MONSTER type cables, especially under 10ft. Analog cables, if the signal degrades slightly, you can hear it. Digital cables just transmit 1s and 0s, not waveforms. So a digital cable pretty much either works, or it don't.

Here is an article that helps explain that.

If you are using component, get good cables, if hdmi or dvi, and optical, the cheapies should be fine, I have never had an issue with the linkdepot cables at newegg.

[Domsz06]

yup my thoughts exacty ragboy!!

[zad0030]

There is a player that does both Hd and Blue.
$1000 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1186004964788

[Domsz06]

it's LG right?

[zad0030]

it's LG right?

yes it is

[ragboy]

There is a player that does both Hd and Blue.
$1000 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1186004964788

I am pretty sure that player doesn't do the entire HD-dvd spec, or bluray, or both. I don't remember.

I remember part, I heard on a review that it won't do the menus right. One of the nice things about hddvd is the menus can overlay over the movie, so you can turn on subs, or change audio, without going out of the movie to menu. The LG combo players won't do this, and I believe there were other issues, again, don't remember all.

[Domsz06]

from what I have heard ragboy that's the only issue.... but that's comping from one of my field techs who is a comp nerd. so I have on real research of my own

[ragboy]

That may have been it, but I know it was something. They are too expensive anyway, when individual players are much cheaper.