Blu-ray newbie - which player to purchase?

[ps3andlovinit]

Originally Posted by rmatt

Most stores run a spiff program where they tell these kids there will be a bonus if they sell some of the overstock in the back room. This is a common problem with HDDVD players.

They've been saying that since last year when the PS3 was launched. These 3 things..

1. No studio support
2. More expensive discs
3. Will be dead by next year (2007) so don't waste your money on blu-ray.

Nothing to do with overstock I'm afraid. I went on a fishing expedition and it was the same bullcrap being repeated across the board. The first guy wasn't too happy when I called him on his bullcrap..he was used to J6P and getting away with his lies.

[Weez_Dawg]

Originally Posted by ps3andlovinit

I went on a fishing expedition and it was the same bullcrap being repeated across the board. The first guy wasn't too happy when I called him on his bullcrap..he was used to J6P and getting away with his lies.

That sounded fun

[ps3andlovinit]

Originally Posted by Weez_Dawg

That sounded fun

Especially when you show them their own in-store discs of where the studio support is.

That's the best way too shut them up pretty quick...although I'm sure they will still spout the same lie to the next customer..

[bluraydog]

does the ps3 do upscaling for your old dvds and does the s300 do it cause i thought i read somewhere that it does but i could be mistaking.

[rmatt]

Originally Posted by bluraydog

does the ps3 do upscaling for your old dvds and does the s300 do it cause i thought i read somewhere that it does but i could be mistaking.

the new ps3 firmware update does upconvert sd-dvd's and ps2 games.

[babyBlu]

Originally Posted by bluraydog

does the ps3 do upscaling for your old dvds and does the s300 do it cause i thought i read somewhere that it does but i could be mistaking.

Yes, it was a recent firmware update, 1.8 I think. I use my PS3 for standard dvds as well, and it is pretty darn good. I don't know about the s300, probably, because it is standard with most BD players.

[bluraydog]

so if i where to get a ps3 it would not do it straight out of the box it would need an update and if so how do i go about getting that update, the net i figured but not to sure, is it free? do i need any special equipment for it? by the way thanks for all the responses and help u guys make a newbie feel right at home!!!!!!!

[rmatt]

you can download the update free right out of the box.

[babyBlu]

Originally Posted by bluraydog

so if i where to get a ps3 it would not do it straight out of the box it would need an update and if so how do i go about getting that update, the net i figured but not to sure, is it free? do i need any special equipment for it? by the way thanks for all the responses and help u guys make a newbie feel right at home!!!!!!!

I don't know the answer to if it would work out of the box but the update is free via internet. You can either hook your PS3 up to the internet and update it that way directly. Or you could do what I do and download it from playstation.com to a memory stick or a writable disk then insert that into PS3, faster IMO.

[jermwhl]

I used to work at BB and they give you these cheesy-ass cbt classes releated to the department you work in. It wouldn't surprise me that these classes they are giving employees in HT dept are raving HD-DVD, hence the sales tactics to sell HD-DVD. I've always taken what BB employees tell me with a grain of salt.