Criterion Collection goes Blu-Ray

[Snowflake]

Have we discussed which blu-ray to get? I'm stunned by the prices of the players! More than I paid for the TV!

[LSPoorEeyorick]

It's PS3 all the way. Currently the best on the market. We don't play ours - we just use it for Blu-Ray

[innerSpaceman]

What's the story on the Oppo? I don't want a PS3, sorry.

[Not Afraid]

I'll probably end up with a PS3 at some point. I'm just afraid we'll end up playing games and never come out of the house.

[Chernabog]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

What's the story on the Oppo? I don't want a PS3, sorry.

You just want an Oppo on principle? I don't understand that, but late 2008/Early 2009 was the last estimate buzzing around the web. There doesn't seem to be a firm release date.

While the Oppo does great DVD upscaling, is it really worth THAT much more for a Blu-ray? I mean, we aren't seeing Blu-ray "upscaling", are we? Honestly the Oppo will most likely be hundreds of dollars more than the Ps3, and if you have a normal good setup with a good speaker/receiver/50+" HDTV setup (as opposed to an audio/videophile mega-geek setup), I hardly think a difference will be noted with the blu-rays.

Or maybe you're just afraid you'll get addicted to the video games. Did I mention the protagonist of Resident Evil 5 has huge arms and a tight butt? Oh yes.

[Not Afraid]

There's no reason to get an Oppo Bluray player. I love their DVD upscaling and the fact that they are all-region, but with BluRay, those are not necessities.

[lizziebith]

I would like a PS3. Now that I'm not employed by Sony, and therefore no longer bitter, I might fork over my money later this year. Sony would not give us employee discounts on those, so I refused to buy one when I worked there. Actually, I'm still bitter. Heheh. But I also still want a PS3.

[innerSpaceman]

I specifically want the best-available upscaling ability. I am not going to replace my DVD collection with expensive Blu-Rays. That's hundreds of my favorite movies that I will forever watch in DVD format, so the upscaling is important to me. I will use my Blu-Ray player for a DVD 9 times out of 10.

[Not Afraid]

You're probably better off with separate players. The Oppo cheap.

[innerSpaceman]

Ok, maybe I'm misunderstanding the purpose of up-scaling.

I assumed it was to render the number of lines produced by a DVD in the far greater number of lines endemic to Hi Def display ... and thus making it look somewhere in between a low-def and hi-def image.

Or am I wrong? Would a DVD displayed on a standard monitor look the same if "upscaled" and displayed on a HDTV monitor? That seems to go against common sense, but I'd love if someone in the know could answer that question.