I have never had a BluRay fail to play, unlike DVDs which need a region free player to play them all.that the Blu-Ray would refuse to play because of the "protections" built into the format made it a lame duck from the outset.
I have never had a BluRay fail to play, unlike DVDs which need a region free player to play them all.that the Blu-Ray would refuse to play because of the "protections" built into the format made it a lame duck from the outset.
There are 3 BD regions... A, B & C. Players are generally locked at the hardware level... unless you physically mod the player or use 3rd party firmware (not all and can be wiped when legit firmware updates are applied).I have never had a BluRay fail to play, unlike DVDs which need a region free player to play them all.
Not sure about the "downfall of CDs"... I have four different CD players that I listen to all of the time. Also, I do not stream. There are a ton of CDs available for cheap out there so it is also quite economical and a lot of us still enjoy owning the physical medium.I'm guessing the downfall of the format is the same as the downfall of CDs - people were happy to stream instead, not deal with the space taken up by the physical format.
So am I.And dammit, I am one of those who actually misses 3-D! 3-D movies were a total in my Home Theatre. Gravity was like being there.
Why would there be a difference? These devices can handle high-bitrate streams and the needed codecs just fine. Even my TV handles a 50GB file streamed to it’s internal player just fine.What about various cheap streaming devices. Roku, Amazon sticks, Apple TV, Nvidia Shield etc. Seems if they offer the same digital signal the results should be the same. I know some have better/bigger memory for buffering, but is there any difference in the resulting image?
I couldn't think of anything I was just wondering if there were things involved that had not occurred to me.Why would there be a difference? These devices can handle high-bitrate streams and the needed codecs just fine. Even my TV handles a 50GB file streamed to it’s internal player just fine.
Andor is superb. Get the physical media if you can.There has never been anything on Netflix or Disney which made me consider a subscription.
The hardware is fine, but the companies streaming like to cut corners to save money/maximize profits.Why would there be a difference? These devices can handle high-bitrate streams and the needed codecs just fine. Even my TV handles a 50GB file streamed to it’s internal player just fine.
Sure, but the question was about the hardware, wasn't it? If you rip the BD and stream it to these devices, it will look exactly the same as on a native player.The hardware is fine, but the companies streaming like to cut corners to save money/maximize profits.
My son got me the Mandalorian last Christmas, I have watched a bit of it but not all - I forgot I had it...Andor is superb. Get the physical media if you can.
Isn't most of this stuff available on good old YouTube now? Hardly needs high resolution, after all..."Video killed radio star" Glad I got my pre-Hays Code Max Fliescher cartoons with topless Betty Boop on DVD. Like having the media. Have not looked for it on a stream and I'll bet its hard to come by but I could be wrong.
Edit: some pre Hays code stuff on DVD including Bamboo Isle. Need Vol 1 2 & 3 to get it all. 1 & 3 have the best stuff
The Essential Collection, Volume 1
"as well as their last 4K UHD player (unopened!… wow are those things expensive secondhand now). "Bummer. I am a longtime Home Theatre enthusiast. I still even have my HD DVD player and HD DVD collection! (along with a Blu-ray player and Blu-ray collection).
Fortunately, I still have an oppo 1080p player, as well as their last 4K UHD player (unopened!… wow are those things expensive secondhand now).
For various reasons, I haven’t managed to set up the UHD player yet, but I think I’m probably headed towards a kaleidescape system. I’m not into collecting physical movies these days but would also like 4K UHD in high-quality.
Yes, becoming a problem.
What's worse where I am is Disney and all affiliates have stopped selling BD's altogether... so I either have to stream a lower quality without extras, or pay through the nose to but the title from OS. So title like Indiana Jones and Deadpool & Wolverine are simply not available here. Even worse is if the film is shown by a local streaming provider, it's not available on the international platforms like Prime.
As a BD collector, this is most egregious.
I have thousands of DVD/BD/UHD discs and I wish to continue to add to my collection and not be at the behest of streaming services.
My major concern is steaming services tend to list what is popular only... thus old movies are falling by the wayside. In some ways this is a kind of censorship...
I also need BD players that allow region change... originally had a BDP-83, not on my 3rd locally made player which does allow native region change for BD's (as we don't believe in that shite here).
What most don't seem to grasp is streaming services are never up to the same PQ standard as BD's... there is always some further compression. Audio... mixed bag and all over the shop. Plus you don't get extras like deleted scenes, the making of etc.
Modded players are double the price. Smithy is getting angry...
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??? I hear a lot of that but no ones really got a conspiracy to fleece you.The squezing of common ppl´s wallet never ends, and im f'''''alot tired of it.
Really? That's very surprising, the same hasn't happened to the transport market?From memory Sony went down this road where the PS4 wont play Red book CD's, only Blu-ray.
Infinitely smaller. The market that supported disc record-able media is deader than the CD LOLBut BD-R is a much smaller market than commercial BD for media consumption…
I loved the Mandalorian series, also the Boba Fett ones.My son got me the Mandalorian last Christmas, I have watched a bit of it but not all - I forgot I had it...
There is the already mentioned kaleidescape service but the needed gear is still quite expensive.Will there be services where you can buy single movies digitally instead of streaming? That's the only way we could still get access to very high quality ones. This of course means they will go upwards of 100 GB per file and will no doubt be expensive.
First you have to (in my case) move somewhere that one would NEVER want to move to in order to have a streaming signal.Why would there be a difference? These devices can handle high-bitrate streams and the needed codecs just fine. Even my TV handles a 50GB file streamed to it’s internal player just fine.
In the USA, the recording DRM killed the massive BLU-Ray medium for recording>Infinitely smaller. The market that supported disc record-able media is deader than the CD LOL
And due to it's small market size, the cost of those discs never fell like CD/DVDs
Then with easily re-recordable huge USB thumb drives costing peanuts today times have changed.
Even when you include the needed storage space for disks.There is the already mentioned kaleidescape service but the needed gear is still quite expensive.
OTOH the movies relatively cheap.
AppleTV is superior to FireTV.but is there any difference in the resulting image?