In the format war, the Blu Ray disc by Sony has triumphed over Toshiba's HD DVDs. However, there are still many choices to make.
Consumers will have little choice but to upgrade to the new system or forever languish in nostalgia, watching old low-res DVDs with lossy MPEG-2 compression. Many consumers have already taken the hint from the cable networks and upgraded their television sets to handle 1920x1080 pixels, which is up from 1280x720 pixels. So why not see what the new Blu Ray disc players have to offer?
If you were an early bird buyer, then you have the original prototypical Blu Ray disc 1.0 player. "The earliest Blu-ray player, Profile 1.0, are dinosaurs already," reports The Courant's Kevin Hunt.
The bare bones players offer the high-definition 1920x1080 pixels with superior coding and 7.0 surround-sound audio, but offer little in terms of extra features and menu options. Developers admit they probably should have just waited a year for the unveiling, but they were compelled to hurry up and compete in the Sony vs. Toshiba bidding war.
The 1.1 Blu Ray disc player quickly followed, featuring "BonusView" picture-in-picture commentary, like the surfing menus on Dish Network, secondary audio-video decoders and 256 MB of local on-disc storage.
Experts say that buyers who bought the earliest version will still be able to play BR 1.1 movies, although some of the bonus features may not work. As of right now, all the Blu Ray disc releases have been in 1.0, though, so no worries. "Sunshine" is the first 1.1 release scheduled for the first quarter of 2008. Panasonic has 1.1 Blu Ray players for about $500 and market research analyst Paul Erickson says Profile 1.1 players will become the standard by next Christmas, with prices likely dropping below $200.
To offset the cost of upgrading, Blu Ray disc retailers are cutting prices to entice buyers. Sony announced that the new disc players will be priced between $400 and $500, but Best Buy is offering two free Ray discs with the purchase of a new Panasonic 1080p player and Amazon is offering 50% off select titles. There are over 500 titles currently available in Blu Ray release, with many more Blu Ray titles on the way.
Consumers will have little choice but to upgrade to the new system or forever languish in nostalgia, watching old low-res DVDs with lossy MPEG-2 compression. Many consumers have already taken the hint from the cable networks and upgraded their television sets to handle 1920x1080 pixels, which is up from 1280x720 pixels. So why not see what the new Blu Ray disc players have to offer?
If you were an early bird buyer, then you have the original prototypical Blu Ray disc 1.0 player. "The earliest Blu-ray player, Profile 1.0, are dinosaurs already," reports The Courant's Kevin Hunt.
The bare bones players offer the high-definition 1920x1080 pixels with superior coding and 7.0 surround-sound audio, but offer little in terms of extra features and menu options. Developers admit they probably should have just waited a year for the unveiling, but they were compelled to hurry up and compete in the Sony vs. Toshiba bidding war.
The 1.1 Blu Ray disc player quickly followed, featuring "BonusView" picture-in-picture commentary, like the surfing menus on Dish Network, secondary audio-video decoders and 256 MB of local on-disc storage.
Experts say that buyers who bought the earliest version will still be able to play BR 1.1 movies, although some of the bonus features may not work. As of right now, all the Blu Ray disc releases have been in 1.0, though, so no worries. "Sunshine" is the first 1.1 release scheduled for the first quarter of 2008. Panasonic has 1.1 Blu Ray players for about $500 and market research analyst Paul Erickson says Profile 1.1 players will become the standard by next Christmas, with prices likely dropping below $200.
To offset the cost of upgrading, Blu Ray disc retailers are cutting prices to entice buyers. Sony announced that the new disc players will be priced between $400 and $500, but Best Buy is offering two free Ray discs with the purchase of a new Panasonic 1080p player and Amazon is offering 50% off select titles. There are over 500 titles currently available in Blu Ray release, with many more Blu Ray titles on the way.
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