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Blu-ray is dying…

I only do 2.2 but, all the video disks that I own (with a few exceptions like: The Three Stooges, Laurel & Hardy, etc), I think, are capable of 5.1 & most 7.1
As to broadcast, while it could be done (& you'd pay for it, too), I've never seen it done.
Well you're only streaming 2.0, tho, right? My blurays are usually 7.1, some 5.1 (with Atmos or not). Often the soundtracks are not only cd-lossless but 24/96 too. So wasn't sure what you were streaming from who....
 
Well you're only streaming 2.0, tho, right? My blurays are usually 7.1, some 5.1 (with Atmos or not). Often the soundtracks are not only cd-lossless but 24/96 too. So wasn't sure what you were streaming from who....
I do not stream anything. I haven't owned a TV since 2007.
I do have a desktop computer & can buy things off the internet. As to download or stream a video signal? Not happening here.
Not even with a satellite hookup. Something about a triple canopy tree line above me prevents that. (It does wonders for my power bill, though).
 
Here, 36 channels of full Blue Ray quality with a good over the air antenna (even where I live in the boonies).
IE, Sorry but there isn't any such thing, either in sound or video quality.
 
I do not stream anything. I haven't owned a TV since 2007.
I do have a desktop computer & can buy things off the internet. As to download or stream a video signal? Not happening here.
Not even with a satellite hookup. Something about a triple canopy tree line above me prevents that. (It does wonders for my power bill, though).
Sorry, meant the broadcast you mentioned. So its digital radio or tv ? LOL I have lived in the boonies, still do but at least have decent internet now (vs the dsl that was the only choice other than satellite when I first moved here).
 
this whole thread depresses me. i however live in a wildly rural area. when the wildfire came and took everything we had a small place we got to stay on the property and we lived off dvds and blurays. it took a few years to get reliable microwave internet out here. i have a giant aluminum case with all my discs filed away. i probably have close to 1000 dvd/blurays. every movie you can think of. i got them for a dollar or two each from the libraries selling discs that were damaged by the gulf coast storms. they were so cheap! and i still worry about the day ill need to bust out a disc player to attach to my tv when the internet goes out again for days at a time. im really temped to sell my collection of amazing discs and cases and go on the pirate bay and download everything. my issue is what if one of the drives i have it on fails. at least a disc will last my lifetime and its always playable. i already have alot of newer junk on my computer, but i still have a giant collection filed away alphabetically in a briefcase.
 
I still watch OTA TV here, but many don't. There are 25 - 30 channels available.

Each station has their own streaming service too which is free, 4 with ad's, 1 without. Surprisingly there is a lot of content available for free on them.

Sites like Plex and Tubi also offer a fair bit for free, including some movies... but ad's can't ever be skipped like YT.

Nothing beats BD and owning your own copy of the media.


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This is such an air sandwich. Despite Oppo offering the best players on the market, they never sold a bunch of them. Samsung and LG didn't manufacture very good players, and they didn't sell well either. When Oppo left the market, discs continued to be released and sold. When Samsung left, the same. The same goes for LG. None of the exits killed disc sales.

LG, Samsung, and Oppo are gone, and Reavon and Magnatar replaced them.

When Panasonic and Sony announce they are leaving the player market, THEN it is time to panic. These two companies sell 100 times as many players in a week as all three companies that left sold in a month.
 
What about the sound in Kaleidescape? Is it lossless Atmos like in 4K Blurays or compressed like in Netflix?
If the movie came that way, the Kaleidescape version does as well. Multiple versions are provided including lossless. Example:
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IE, Sorry but there isn't any such thing, either in sound or video quality.
Well, not having a TV, I can only go by what I am told or saw, heard when I was there. Since the sound was coming out of the TV speakers, I can only presume that it was as good as what I had in Guam in 2007. As to the picture, it appeared as good as I had been told: Blu Ray quality. And they don't have a computer at all there, they cannot get a cell phone signal except in certain parts of the 1/2 acre they are on, so I can only go by what I saw & what they told me.
I am at the beginning of my looking into it, which I won't start doing until after the 9th of January, as I am too busy with other things until then.
 
I have quite a few bluray discs in my collection: some of my favorite movies, concert videos, music albums recorded in bluray audio format. But I'm not scared that bluray players will not be made anymore - I have four of them. One, Sony S590, which plays also DSD - another dying (or rather already dead) format - serves me as a SACD Ripping Machine.
 
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This early betamax video recorder came with a wired remote...

I was told Betamax died because Sony did not want to have porno on Betamax tape... nearly all porno came out on VHS tape and was said to be the reason for its success.
Betamax had better image quality (before they switched to longplay to compete with VHS on the play time).
In any case the format died before VHS did.
But i heard several times that the quality of the betamx was way better then vhs?
 
But i heard several times that the quality of the betamx was way better then vhs?
Only a little bit better than VHS. DVD was obviously superior to both. Blu-Ray? Not so much.
 
I have quite a few bluray discs in my collection: some of my favorite movies, concert videos, music albums recorded in bluray audio format. But I'm not scared that bluray players will not be made anymore - I have four of them. One, Sony S590, which plays also DSD - another dying (or rather already dead) format - serves me as a SACD Ripping Machine.
I've got 5 Blu-Ray video discs, just 3 Blu-Ray audio discs. Blu-Ray audio doesn't work all that well on my player. Might get some more Blu-Ray videos if they show up at the library for $1 a pop. The video quality is better but not really all that much better.
 
I've got 5 Blu-Ray video discs, just 3 Blu-Ray audio discs. Blu-Ray audio doesn't work all that well on my player. Might get some more Blu-Ray videos if they show up at the library for $1 a pop. The video quality is better but not really all that much better.
If you have the chance, try watching a reference movie like Interstellar on 4K UHD and a nice OLED and sound setup. You might be surprised…
 
If you have the chance, try watching a reference movie like Interstellar on 4K UHD and a nice OLED and sound setup. You might be surprised…
But I don't have a nice OLED and sound setup. We have a 47" Panasonic flat screen TV from over ten years ago. We're using the built-in speakers. And we don't have plans to upgrade. Every time I go to Costco, I can see dozens of OLED TVs as I enter. Can't see much difference between the OLED and lesser TVs. Then again, I hardly watch any TV at all. I listen to music for hours every day. That's where the sound system is, separate from the TV.
 
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