When will PORTABLE BLU-RAY PLAYERS be released???

[Invincible_Ninja]

800x480 on a 10 inch screen may have been impressive 2-3 years ago, but it simply DOSE NOT cut it anymore.

I take my PDP EVERYWHERE & use it on a daily basis because it's WAY quicker at playing DVDs than my laptop.

BUT, content shot in HD looks like CRAP, I know because I own the "best" portable DVD player out there right now. (PHILIPS' PET1030)

It's high time SOME company (SONY, SAMSUNG, PHILIPS) went the extra mile & make a portable BD/DVD player with an LCD (or OLED) screen that has a resolution of AT LEAST 1280x800.

[Invincible_Ninja]

SOMEBODY has to make the first PBDP (portable Blu-ray disc player) SOON!!!
I think the whole thing should be chrome blue in color with a fabulous 10-inch screen with a resolution of 1920x1200.

[mbslrm]

The Next-gen PSP will have something like it....

[Blue]

It won't be Blu ray as it max's out at 1920 x 1080. Really the screen does not need to be anywhere that resolution. The TV / laptop argument doesn't stack up as you don't sit 50cm 20" from 50" TV. Your eyes would not pick the difference on a screen that's 10" from 720 or 1080. Nothing wrong with having a Blu ray player in it though.

[Invincible_Ninja]

Either SONY or SAMSUNG should step up & be the first to make a portable BD player. I HATE having to lug around a laptop to watch movies. But it IS possible to get more pixels into a smaller screen IF they want to.

[TallCoolOne]

Originally Posted by Invincible_Ninja

Either SONY or SAMSUNG should step up & be the first to make a portable BD player. I HATE having to lug around a laptop to watch movies. But it IS possible to get more pixels into a smaller screen IF they want to.

judging by the size of the first gen players though (HD DVD and bluray) they are ginormous beasts that resemble 70's VCR's, so i dont see this happening for a while. I guess Sharp's new BD player looks pretty sleak though.

[Nismobeach]

Originally Posted by TallCoolOne

judging by the size of the first gen players though (HD DVD and bluray) they are ginormous beasts that resemble 70's VCR's, so i dont see this happening for a while. I guess Sharp's new BD player looks pretty sleak though.

Don't forget the PS3.

[MrBogey]

I hope there's truth to the CES rumor that Sony may make the PSP available to dl mini-versions of movies off of the discs

[Invincible_Ninja]

I hope so too.

[bootman]

Originally Posted by Invincible_Ninja

It's high time SOME company (SONY, SAMSUNG, PHILIPS) went the extra mile & make a portable BD/DVD player with an LCD (or OLED) screen that has a resolution of AT LEAST 1280x800.

Might as well get a laptop with a blu drive!

[Invincible_Ninja]

Originally Posted by bootman

Might as well get a laptop with a blu drive!

I DON'T want a laptop for viewing DVDs because:

1. 15/17 inch screens are too big & ackward to look at while sitting at a desk, I want a 10 inch screen that has a ultra-clear high resolution image.

2. Battey life on nearly all modern laptops is pathetic.

[bubs]

Can you even notice the difference between 1080p and 480p on a 10" screen?

[ascian]

no kidding. a portable bluray player is the biggest joke i've heard of since dehydrated water.

[Invincible_Ninja]

A portable BD player is NOT facetious in any way.


There are a few U(ltra)M(obile)PCs out there now that have 7 inch screens with resolutions of 1200x800 or better.

There's NO reason for 10 inch screens to still have 800x480 resolutions.

[Sonny]

panny had a BD flip down screen for a car it was a prototype but you can prob still find it on the net. pic's & all. I'd want my BD's portable!!!

[WickyWoo]

There's NO reason for 10 inch screens to still have 800x480 resolutions.

Except they're really expensive especially the higher res you go, and there's no applications to use them yet, combined with the fact that at screen that small, especially at the viewing distances in a car (2-3ft) you won't be able to tell the difference over 480?

combine that with all the extra error correction you'll need in a car, there's really no point

[jon s]

technically it is impossible to manufacture a 1920x1080 screen that small. Panasonic just released their 46" 1080P screen and it's not that great (the smaller the pixel, the less light output is created, resulting in a dimmer image). Either way, you cannot really tell the difference on a screen that small (10").

[tron3]

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed this thread was discussed a while back and I explained it is not very feasable at the moment.

Blu-ray right now, as great as it is, is still a "boat anchor" technology compared to DVD. They need time to shrink the core components into fewer chips. Battery life will be a major issue. Takes a few years to really get this down to portable sizes.

Someone mentioned how smaller high resolution screens impede light. I suppose that is true, but enter OLED. They give off their own light.

It is possible if the industry wants to make them. But they are still struggling to recoup R&D and make money off the current crop of players.

I agree a portable blu-ray would rock, and I'd buy it just to take to friends houses and show them blu-ray on their HDTV. This would be a great kick in the pants to HD-DVD.

[Sonny]

its not the ''SIZE'' LOL that matters its the versatility!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! think McFly think.....Blu's on the go!!!

[tron3]

Originally Posted by Sonny

...think McFly think....

"Now make like a tree, and get out of here." - Biff / Back to the Future