Qy: Future of high end BD playback - Blu-ray Forum

Teazle · 07-29-2008, 04:43 PM

Right now PS3 is (arguably) king for BD playback; shortly to be deposed by a new round of standalones featuring colour upsampling etc.

My question is, looking ahead over the next 2-3 years, will high end standalones offer the best picture quality or will HTPCs with beefy video cards be better still?

(Will playback software + video cards do everything the best standalones will do in dedicated hardware?)

If the answer is "Too early to tell, must wait and see" that's ok. I'm not trying to invite futile speculation, just wondering if anyone knowledgeable about hardware has the answer already. TIA.

dadkins · 07-29-2008, 05:05 PM

One thing that stands out about PCs in general that no stand-alone can do(including the PS3) is the ability to burn BDs - BDAV & BDMV.

I have 2(two) BD laptops.
Portable, able to run on batteries, Full HDMI with audio, BD-Live enabled, playback of pretty much all known file formats, etc...

One can build a serious monster HTPC with any one(or more) of a miriad of BD drives, ROM and/or burner(s).

One must also consider(no matter what may or may not be "illegal"

) that one can store all types of media on a PC/HTPC for playback.

The HTPC/PC is now, and always will be, the better device.

07-29-2008, 04:43 PM	#1
Teazle Power Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Canada Blu-ray reviews:1	Qy: Future of high end BD playback Right now PS3 is (arguably) king for BD playback; shortly to be deposed by a new round of standalones featuring colour upsampling etc. My question is, looking ahead over the next 2-3 years, will high end standalones offer the best picture quality or will HTPCs with beefy video cards be better still? (Will playback software + video cards do everything the best standalones will do in dedicated hardware?) If the answer is "Too early to tell, must wait and see" that's ok. I'm not trying to invite futile speculation, just wondering if anyone knowledgeable about hardware has the answer already. TIA.

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07-29-2008, 05:05 PM	#2
dadkins Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Hercules, CA Blu-ray collection:35 Blu-ray reviews:2	One thing that stands out about PCs in general that no stand-alone can do(including the PS3) is the ability to burn BDs - BDAV & BDMV. I have 2(two) BD laptops. Portable, able to run on batteries, Full HDMI with audio, BD-Live enabled, playback of pretty much all known file formats, etc... One can build a serious monster HTPC with any one(or more) of a miriad of BD drives, ROM and/or burner(s). One must also consider(no matter what may or may not be "illegal" ) that one can store all types of media on a PC/HTPC for playback. The HTPC/PC is now, and always will be, the better device.

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