Universal no longer hd-dvd exclusive.

you really are a blueray fan boy arent you. i assume you own a blue ray drive player so if you do remember that stupid statement when you have buy a brand new £300 player which will only do what you exsiting player does but with some more add on menus nice deal. but if you had a HD drive you have to NOTHING!

Some of your recent posts are pathetic. As for anyone moaning or discontent because they perhaps backed the Red team and the Blue team seems to be winning then i say silly you for not backing both in the first place particulary as neither format was a longterm certainty so it was always a 50/50 risk. BD wasnt finalised as james mentioned nothing was guranteed for future support on any players and quite frankly just because HD-DVD was finalised its a pointless thing to discuss because the way it is , is the way it is.

Firmware upgrades are also possible via downloads from a thing called the "internet" and burned to DVD if perhaps any such players will get them as mentioned . Try and get over the lack of ethernet on certain players. The PS3 is the safest and still best player for most people to purchase Sony are not going to screw over their widest available player installed userbase.
 
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Some of your recent posts are pathetic. As for anyone moaning or discontent because they perhaps backed the Red team and the Blue team seems to be winning then i say silly you for not backing both in the first place particulary as neither format was a longterm certainty so it was always a 50/50 risk. BD wasnt finalised as james mentioned nothing was guranteed for future support on any players and quite frankly just because HD-DVD was finalised its a pointless thing to discuss because the way it is , is the way it is.

Firmware upgrades are also possible via downloads from a thing called the "internet" and burned to DVD if perhaps any such players will get them as mentioned . Try and get over the lack of ethernet on certain players. The PS3 is the safest and still best player for most people to purchase Sony are not going to screw over their widest available player installed userbase.
im pathetic do one! i think your find even with ethernet connections on the majority of blue ray players it wouldnt work as the hardware isnt up to scratch to allow future firmware update in the first place execpt the PS3 of course which can be updated for future firmware releases in the future. why i cant voice my opion why i think blue ray isnt the right choice for the high def market is beyond me read up most standalone blue ray players cannot be updated as the hardware isnt compatiable with the latest firmware to be released. i was just voiceing my opion that if HD was the main high def choice you would not have to do this, and orginal owners of standalone blue-ray players willt have to buy an new player to access all the other features of new blue ray titles is this fair of sony to make customers buy players again?.So im pathetic for saying this lol that what forums are for opions discussions
 
im pathetic do one! i think your find even with ethernet connections on the majority of blue ray players it wouldnt work as the hardware isnt up to scratch to allow future firmware update in the first place execpt the PS3 of course which can be updated for future firmware releases in the future. why i cant voice my opion why i think blue ray isnt the right choice for the high def market is beyond me read up most standalone blue ray players cannot be updated as the hardware isnt compatiable with the latest firmware to be released. i was just voiceing my opion that if HD was the main high def choice you would not have to do this, and orginal owners of standalone blue-ray players willt have to buy an new player to access all the other features of new blue ray titles is this fair of sony to make customers buy players again?.So im pathetic for saying this lol that what forums are for opions discussions

Because you are inaccurate maybe?

The majority of BR players ARE PS3's (by a very long way) and any newly released BR stand-alones are upgradable via disc at the very least (and hardware HAS to be "up to scratch") , and any salesman who is trying to flog off old stock (cheaply or not) without making the distinction clear is just as much at fault imo

You also realise of course that there is a very tiny percentage of people who buy a given disc actually bother with the extras? Im not saying its right that some players cant access new players, but the majority of purchasers wont ever encounter a problem
 
Not wanting to get drawn into any HD-DVD/BR rubbish, but I do think that the whole BR profile support of existing standalone players is a bad thing..

Even if it doesn't affect the majority of BR players due to the PS3, it is still unnecessarily screwing people over for something that should have been 'set' a long time ago.... there are no valid excuses for that..

It is the society we live in, for some odd reason, a lot of weak minded people have been brainwashed into making the HD-DVD and BR thing a 'war' and as such will accept any old crap as long as their side 'wins'...

The only casualties in this one are ourselves...
 
So 1.1 disks are on the way.

I ordered the Resident Evil Trilogy Boxset last week.
Just reading the review of the third film now...

http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/1212/residentevilextinction.html

'Resident Evil: Extinction' is also one of the first Profile 1.1-enabled Blu-ray titles, and includes a new interactive feature that can only be viewed on Profile 1.1-compliant Blu-ray players (such as the Playstation 3 or the Panasonic DMP-BD30). Players without this function can access all of the traditional supplements and the Blu-Wizard feature described above, but not the following:

Under the Umbrella: Picture-in-Picture – Working similar to the "In-Movie Experience" feature on selected Warner Bros. HD DVD titles (and presumably soon Blu-ray as well), Under the Umbrella provides a running stream of picture-in-picture video footage viewable during the movie playback. Included are interviews, storyboards, and behind-the-scenes material. A small bit of it is taken from the separate featurettes, but much of it is new and only viewable here. A lot of it involves Milla blathering on about random nonsense. I have no doubt that Profile 1.1 features will improve with time, but at least in this early example, the feature is pretty rudimentary, feeling a lot like the very earliest of Warner's IME tracks, before they refined the process. The PiP windows (popping up in various corners of the screen) are extremely small. They run fairly regularly, but have a number of long gaps. Irritatingly, the volume for these audio clips is set much lower than the movie soundtrack, which will blare deafeningly between segments. The PiP can be run simultaneously with the audio commentary, and I recommend this approach since both play back at similar volume levels, though obviously the commentary will drop out when the PiP windows appear. All in all, I didn't find any of the content in Under the Umbrella particularly interesting. I expect that as disc authors get the hang of it, they'll eventually do a better job.

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Interestingly, after I posted the above post, I went to purchase War (Jet-Li) on bluray.
I noticed there's a review for that too... it's also a 1.1 disk.

Lionsgate offers up a smorgasbord of exclusive features, but the content isn't as deep or compelling as one might expect. Note that 'War' is a Profile 1.1-enabled title. As such, you must have a Profile 1.1 Blu-ray player to access many of the following features.

PiP Visual Commentary -- Unfortunately this isn't a full PiP experience, but rather a static shot of director Philip Atwell talking about the film. Once you get past the pointlessness of his on-screen presence, the commentary itself is pretty good. It takes him a while to get going, but he provides some decent information on the production and his work with the actors. I appreciated his candor, but the track does suffer from long stretches of awkward silence where Atwell gets caught up watching the movie itself.

The War Chest Interactive Track -- As the movie plays, an icon pops up that gives you access to the nine previously discussed "War Chest" vignettes.

B-Roll PiP (HD, 1 minute) -- This behind-the-scenes FX featurette places a window overlay over a scene from the film and explores the implementation of its bloody special effects. This was worth the time, hassle-free, and packed with interesting content. Unfortunately, it's also less than a minute long.

Yakuza Fighter Game -- Wow. This is a terrible game. Basically, two fighters stand across from each other. You select nine moves from a series of options (high and low block, high and low punch, and high and low kick). When you've selected all nine moves, you press enter and watch your character follow your pre-selected orders. Not only is it boring beyond belief, there's no strategy whatsoever -- two players enter random movements and watch a clumsy fight. Bah.

Blu-line Slider -- An overstated feature that allows you to hop to specific, pre-determined scenes. It's essentially a fancy chapter browser.

Bookmark Feature -- Allows you to bookmark your favorite scenes and return to them even after your player has been shut off.
 
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im pathetic do one! i think your find even with ethernet connections on the majority of blue ray players it wouldnt work as the hardware isnt up to scratch to allow future firmware update in the first place execpt the PS3 of course which can be updated for future firmware releases in the future. why i cant voice my opion why i think blue ray isnt the right choice for the high def market is beyond me read up most standalone blue ray players cannot be updated as the hardware isnt compatiable with the latest firmware to be released. i was just voiceing my opion that if HD was the main high def choice you would not have to do this, and orginal owners of standalone blue-ray players willt have to buy an new player to access all the other features of new blue ray titles is this fair of sony to make customers buy players again?.So im pathetic for saying this lol that what forums are for opions discussions

Funny man, no your pathetic for trying to make an issue out of "but ifs" when you wake up in the real world you will realise that when you buy into a new format/hardware your taking a bit of a gamble and should expect new better features/specs and hardware to improve with of course prices dropping. People invest in new technologies because they want to experience their benifits quickly. In doing so knowing hardware/specs may improve or change, what matters most to them is getting to expereince it at the earlist possible chance more than likely knowing come better hardware they can upgrade in the future. Your average consumer isnt the guy thats going to rush into buying when the hardware is most expensive and the amount of titles available is very limited, that is for the AV enthausiast which most early adopters apart from PS3 sales of hardware have been up till now.

VHS didnt release with VideoPlus or PDC and with nice fancy onscreen menus, digital counters and manual tape markers. The technology evolved like pretty much any other. I remember Sky digital appearing, many people bought one, they then released Sky+ but heck my box couldnt be upgraded, oh gees their we go. Welcome to the real world of electronics and not your opinionated version. Deal with it, if you buy into a new technology/format its never guranteed and the hardware you purchase will improve and reduce in cost, whens it ever been different.
 
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