First time for everything...

[EricJ]

(Which would normally go in Newbies column, as this would probably be the ultimate Newbie comment, except that it isn't a question: )

Have I mentioned up until now, I bought my first HDTV last August, and got my first PS3 set up over the weekend, and...I've still never actually SEEN 1080 Blu-ray movies in my life? (Except for maybe a demo disk of "Chicken Little" at Best Buy displays?)

Oh, sure, I know what HDTV broadcast looks like, and I've seen HD on-demand movies that I couldn't verify whether or not they were being shown in 1080...
But see, problem is, when I bought the PS3, there were only three or four movies released that I actually wanted to come home with, and they were all sold out--My five free movie deal (or two, actually, since the selection wasn't great) doesn't even get in the mail until Monday, and I held off on switching over my Netflix, so I have to wait till after the weekend to see if there's a copy of Fantastic Four for rental.
So, all this time, I've pretty much been taking all your word on good faith that this stuff actually looks good.

Until tonight, when--for lack of any other source--I finally worked the bugs out of registering for PSUnderground, downloaded the Paramount HD trailer to "Iron Man" in Full 1080, and, uhh....zoinks.
Okay, looks good. I'm sold. Now, bring on those Netflix rentals and free disks!--I wanna see what I bought!

[Deciazulado]

What a paient man you are. Go buy some blus right now!

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

What a paient man you are. Go buy some blus right now!

Oh, well, y'see, I'm even more patient than that--
Unlike most of the "I'm rushing out and buying 'Underdog' the day it's released!" crowd, I've been around long enough since the birth of DVD to know what "rental" is , I cultivate my home shelf with care, and I don't buy anything for a keeper unless it's on my favorite list...
Which, at the moment for Blu, constitutes Chicago, Unforgiven, and Chronos, and again, it was 0 for 3 at the impulse-shopping trip.

So, as DeepDiscountDVD usually has their online Annual 10% Off sale sometime in November, I figured it'd be more profitable to wait it out a few more weeks...
Now, if you'll excuse me, I've just got to go off and explode.