"Blu Ray demo for members of Home Theatre Forum"

[Wunderchu]

http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16690



direct link:

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htforum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=225543

[csmith75]

Great read!! I'm actually starting to get excited.

[Wunderchu]

:)


I'm getting quite excited about Blu-ray as well :D

[REWJR]

7.1 discrete lossless audio with WMV-HD support (lets face it MPEG II is finished ) and players under 1/2 a $k please the color blue is significant in that you will be singing the blues when it arrives .

[dmoeller17]

the last thing we need is MS in our electronics

[joekun]

Wow, it's amazing, 1080p is considered good enough for movie theaters today and we're going to have that quality in our homes very soon. The capability to throw a 20' theater quality image at home for a reasonable price is going to change the whole dynamic of how movies are watched. I'm going to need a bigger wall :)

[Matt_Stevens]

What's ironic is that almost no consumer display devices will allow us to view Blue Ray at the high est resolution. At least, not yet.

[WriteSimple]

Originally posted by Matt_Stevens
What's ironic is that almost no consumer display devices will allow us to view Blue Ray at the high est resolution. At least, not yet.

Well the Sony Qualia does... Not cheap at US$30k but consumer nevertheless...


fuad

[RonAuger]

Originally posted by joekun
The capability to throw a 20' theater quality image at home for a reasonable price is going to change the whole dynamic of how movies are watched. I'm going to need a bigger wall :) You will still run out of light going that big unless there's huge breakthrough in lamp technology.

[rezzy]

Originally posted by dmoeller17
the last thing we need is MS in our electronics Ditto that.

[DblHelix]

9" CVRT will allow us to view full 1080p. Also I am sure sooner or later TI will have a 1080p DLP chip and I know that the Sony Qualia [sic?] does 1080p and I am sure others will follow for FP

[Marc Alexander]

What is a CVRT?

If you meant CRT, most 9" CRTs cannot even resolve a full 1920x1080i. You are talking one serious front projection system that can resolve 1920x1080p ($50,000 Barco?).

Mits Diamonds fully resolve 1500-1600 of the 1920 lines.

That being said, 1920x1080p displays will become relatively affordable in the next few years.

[George Montemayor]

The Sony G90 has reportedly been able to resolve 1080 lines and those can be had used for under $50k. Btw, 1920x1080 isn't 1920 lines but rather 1080 lines.

[tkmedia2]

Sony G90's are going from 10-20k depending on wear.

[Wunderchu]

Sharp AQUOS 45" LCD flat panel TV (LC-45GD4U) for $7999.99 (USA dollars)

displays full 1080p :)


http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1093467912955&skuId=6844098&productCategoryId=pcmcat33900050026&type=product

http://www.sharpusa.com/products/ModelLanding/0,1058,1427,00.html

[FredProgGH]

720p will do me just fine... :D

[jcmccorm]

You guys are off on the CRT prices. You need a 9" CRT to do it, but you can resolve 1080p with it. I'm running 1440x960 for DVDs.

A 9" Ehome can be had for ~$10K. A G90, as mentioned above, for less than $20K. And they look better than digitals :)

Bring on the HD...

Cary

[taz291819]

Originally posted by REWJR
7.1 discrete lossless audio with WMV-HD support (lets face it MPEG II is finished ) and players under 1/2 a $k please the color blue is significant in that you will be singing the blues when it arrives .

I've seen some high bit-rate mpeg-2 that looks unbelievable. My fear with mpeg4 or wmv-hd is they want to lower the bitrate instead of raising it.

[dvdguru]

I was there with the HTF and it was breathtaking. We saw a demo of Lawrence of Arabia on the big screen. First it was in 480p and then a line went across the screen changing everything to 1080p (I believe it was 1080p). You could hear audible gasps in the audience as it was like wiping the windshield of your car and seeing the clear difference.

At first it looked ok but the horses out in distance looked blurry. When they switched to HiDef it was just stunning and the horses in the distance looked sharp, clear and like horses :) We're all in for a treat when BluRay arrives on the market. Oh the wait...

[chris5977]

My understanding from this forum is that there is currently no such thing as a 1080p display that will accept an HDMI 1080p signal.

[Kristoffer]

Originally posted by Wunderchu
http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16690



direct link:

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htforum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=212575
The link is dead.:(

[Wunderchu]

sorry, the direct link is now updated;

new link: http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htforum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=225543

[trailergod]

the D5 LCD panels from EPSON coming out end of the year will have full 1080p

so I am sure by end of the year, full HD projectors from Panasonic and Sanyo at resonable prices will be annouced