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« on: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 14:14:18 » |
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Any advice on if its worth upgrading from those in the know? Basically i'm trying to work out whether to go Blu Ray or just get a dvd upscaler player, as my current player keeps jerking. I dont have an HD tv, and i have a 5.1 surround system, so main questions are is it worth it with a normal tv, and will a Blu Ray connect to it? And will i be able to use the 5.1 system or will i need to replace that also? Cheers.
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« Reply #1 on: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 14:32:42 » |
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As long as the TV is HD Ready, you'll notice a difference with HD if it isn't then I doubt its worth it.
Shouldn't be any problems connecting everything, but obviously it depends on the connections on your existing kit.
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« Reply #2 on: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 14:42:05 » |
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Get a normal dvd player because you don't have an HD tv.
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« Reply #3 on: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 14:48:25 » |
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Exactly, neither BluRay nor an upscaling DVD player are any use to a normal TV.
Upscaling means the player will produce a HD image from a standard definition (e.g. normal DVD) source.
Blueray will produce a HD image from a HD source.
You have no way of displaying a High Def image as you have a standard def screen!
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Colin Todd
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« Reply #4 on: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 14:50:56 » |
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buy a HD TV
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« Reply #5 on: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 15:01:19 » |
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Missed the second bit of the question. Is the 5.1 system built in to the DVD player, i.e. the speakers plug into the DVD player. Or do you have a separate AV receiver that the DVD player plugs into via optical/coax connector (i.e. the speakers are plugged into a seaparate box from the DVD player)?
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« Reply #6 on: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 15:01:21 » |
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Peronally I wouldn't fork out for a DVD-upscaler. Give it a few years and everything will be on blu-ray anyway, so it only means you'll have to get one later rather than sooner.
Like SiPi said, your best best is just to replace it with a DVD-player if you don't have a HDTV. I'm sure you can pick them up farily cheap nowadays
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« Reply #7 on: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 15:14:58 » |
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a cheapy supermarket dvd player will do the job. most of the cheap ones are multi region too.
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« Reply #8 on: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 15:46:28 » |
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Any advice on if its worth upgrading from those in the know? Basically i'm trying to work out whether to go Blu Ray or just get a dvd upscaler player, as my current player keeps jerking. I dont have an HD tv, and i have a 5.1 surround system, so main questions are is it worth it with a normal tv, and will a Blu Ray connect to it? And will i be able to use the 5.1 system or will i need to replace that also? Cheers.
Entirely pointless without an HDTV. |
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« Reply #9 on: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 18:13:38 » |
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Missed the second bit of the question. Is the 5.1 system built in to the DVD player, i.e. the speakers plug into the DVD player. Or do you have a separate AV receiver that the DVD player plugs into via optical/coax connector (i.e. the speakers are plugged into a seaparate box from the DVD player)?
It's a seperate system, think i'll just plod along then til my perfectly good tv goes, as i wont be allowed to replace until then ( i think it might get a cup of tea down the back accidentally tonight) |
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« Reply #10 on: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 18:40:35 » |
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Fair do's, even most cheap DVD players have optical out or coaxial out for 5.1. So if you do change the DVD player just make sure you get one that matches what you AV receiver can take.
Oh and you'll probably need to enable DD 5.1 from the DVD players setup menus.
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« Reply #11 on: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 18:44:24 » |
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FYI, I am told that a lot of people have problems getting Blu Ray disks from remote movie rental companies such as LoveFilm.
Despatches are often delayed, or you may be sent something that you have not even listed among your choices.
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« Reply #12 on: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 22:39:59 » |
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FYI, I am told that a lot of people have problems getting Blu Ray disks from remote movie rental companies such as LoveFilm.
Despatches are often delayed, or you may be sent something that you have not even listed among your choices.
Really? I pretty much exclusively order Blu-Rays and have never had a delayed disc or the wrong one sent to me. |
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« Reply #13 on: Friday, April 3, 2009, 06:49:59 » |
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Blu Ray is all that's on my list from Lovefilm and I have experienced no problems whatsoever.
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Samdy Gray
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« Reply #14 on: Friday, April 3, 2009, 06:58:34 » |
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Same here, I only ever order Blu-Ray from them now and I've had no problems at all.
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