Have you got a blu ray player?

[blacknight]

Have you got a blu ray player or a PS3?

[mickomania]

Originally Posted by blacknight

Have you got a blu ray player or a PS3?

I'm waiting for a few games in particular to be released for the ps3 before I buy it.
It'll be handy for films on blu ray as well of course. My HD TV cant wait for it.

[foggy_lad]

dont have one - wont have one that goes for both PS3 and blue ray player total waste of money will never catch on like them video disc players and betamax video players.

[blacknight]

Is it cost that's putting you off?

[foggy_lad]

not the cost as much as just not into gaming enough to get ps3 and dvd's are perfectly good for films recording tv etc, dont see any real need for blu ray for my own situation.

[blacknight]

Fair enough

I recently upgraded my home cinema setup and I can tell the difference - the audio and picture quality on Blu Ray is incredible

[foggy_lad]

you got me thinking now! so you would reccommend blu ray player if only for the sound and picture quality in movies? what set-up did you go with? ps3 or ??

[blacknight]

Sorry for not replying sooner - too much email

I've got a standalone blu ray player hooked up to an Onkyo AV receiver (and plenty of other goodies)

I'm currently contemplating getting a European blu ray player as well, but I'm waiting for the prices to come down

The picture and audio quality of HD DVD or Blu Ray is insane!

[Sean]

While I have had a HD projector (Panasonic PT-AE500E) for just over 3 years now and really enjoy watching high definition content on the 80” screen, I'm still waiting for Blu-ray players to become more reasonably priced before considering one. I'm not a games player, so I'm not interested in the PS3, despite its lower price.

My favourite type of programming is live music and documentaries, so BBC HD on satellite is my favourite source of HD content. I watch the recently launched ITV HD on occasion also. For playing recorded HD content, I use the NeoDigits X5000 network media player and a USB hard disk as storage, which I’m still very happy with.

Another thing that put me off Blu-ray is the hefty price of blank Blu-ray discs, which start at around €8 for 25GB BD-R's, at least the cheapest I've come across. To give a comparison against hard disk as storage, I can pick up a 750GB SATA hard disk and a USB SATA HDD enclosure together for just under €100. As each single layer BD-R holds 25GB, I would need 30 to give 750GB, which means I would need to spend €240 on BD-R (30 x €8) to get the same storage capacity! The other advantage I find with external an external hard disk is that it connects to my HD player and this doesn't require disc changing or a Blu-ray writer to add content to it.

However, once Blu-ray players and especially the media tumble in price, I will consider picking up a player and maybe even a writer.