[vlad]

On Jul 25, 4:45=A0am, Audio Empire wrote:

I've also yet to buy a Blu-Ray player. I enjoy the HD programming on my H=
DTV
from my AppleTV and my DirecTV satellite system, but I don't see enough v=
alue
in HD via Blu-Ray to justify paying $40 for a Blu-Ray copy of a film that=
I
can get in regular DVD for $20.

I do not have TV feed at home, but from time to time I watch tv in
my friends houses. I must tell you that HD channels on Comcast (major
cable provider in Northern California) often show DVD quality stuff up-
sampled for HD. So whatever you think HD is is not necessarily
so :-) . Even real HD on their channels cannot even approach Blu-Ray.

Streaming on Netflix has two options - Standard (below 1Mbit/sec)
and HD (about 2.3 Mbit/sec). Well made DVD usually delivers 4-6 Mbit/
sec. All this resolution labels are just gimmicks.

So until you did not experience good quality Blu-Ray disk (about
35Mbit/sec) you don't know what real HD is.

On a lesser not - you can rent Blu-Ray disks from Netflix and not
to pay $40 a pop.

My $.02 worth.

vlad