Toshiba’s BDX2000 Blu-ray Player Hits Best Buy

[Lordoftherings]

Are they using Sony parts?

[ObsoleteFuture]

as of 11/3, Amazon is stocking this at : $188.79!

wanna see some reviews first. anyone think the price will be dropping sooner than later?

[ObsoleteFuture]

anyone thought of replacing that hd dvd player thats takin up space to the new BDX2000?

[Liqwid]

Originally Posted by Lordoftherings

Are they using Sony parts?

"It's got Sony guts."

[GizmoDVD]

Originally Posted by ObsoleteFuture

as of 11/3, Amazon is stocking this at : $188.79!

wanna see some reviews first. anyone think the price will be dropping sooner than later?

It will. Better players with more features can be had for 2/3rds the price.

[ObsoleteFuture]

Im pretty aware of that. I also wanna get the newest Sony BDP-N460, but thats a lil pricey. Mainly want for Youtube, and to update my older Sony S350. another i want BD60, that;s for $140

[Rich86]

Originally Posted by ObsoleteFuture

anyone thought of replacing that hd dvd player thats takin up space to the new BDX2000?

Nope - what would be the point since it is not capable of playing my HD-DVD titles?

[ObsoleteFuture]

you haven't upgraded your HDs to Blu? that's what I've done for a good chunk of titles

[vinnie97]

There are still over 100 exclusives...and some folks are content on using their HD DVD hardware until it dies, whenever that may be, so no, they haven't paid the cost for the same movie again. I'm not one of those people but at the same time, I am considering not bothering replacing my HDs with their Blu counterparts, as it is pretty much money down the drain and there won't be much loss if I am unable to see some of the films again.

[Rich86]

Originally Posted by ObsoleteFuture

you haven't upgraded your HDs to Blu? that's what I've done for a good chunk of titles

If it was actually an upgrade, I might consider it - but since 99% of them are pretty much identical from a pq/aq perspective - why throw away the money to no purpose? Better to spend the funds on a blu-ray title offering I do not already have in HD. And, as Vinny mentioned, there are still all those HD titles only available on HD-DVD.
My HD-DVD players and titles are perfectly happy co-existing with my blu-ray players and titles.

[ObsoleteFuture]

Fully understood, but... Ya'll don't care for the audio upgrade to DTS-HD MA? Or certain new transfers being used, new art/cover work, EXTRAS etc? One example: I can think of is: An American werewolf in london is better overall.

also, the prices aren't too bad. and if you wait a lil bit, you can get some newly released Univsersal titles at $12/13

[vinnie97]

Nope...the differences are minutiae to me. I still haven't found any objective proof that DD+ is sonically inferior to lossless audio (A-B switching doesn't count...only volume-matched double blind testing is permissible).

[Juio]

Originally Posted by vinnie97

Nope...the differences are minutiae to me. I still haven't found any objective proof that DD+ is sonically inferior to lossless audio (A-B switching doesn't count...only volume-matched double blind testing is permissible).

Don't some BD movies with dobly true hd tracks have a bitrate around 1.5 mbps which is the same as DD+?

[Rich86]

Originally Posted by ObsoleteFuture

Fully understood, but... Ya'll don't care for the audio upgrade to DTS-HD MA? Or certain new transfers being used, new art/cover work, EXTRAS etc? One example: I can think of is: An American werewolf in london is better overall.

also, the prices aren't too bad. and if you wait a lil bit, you can get some newly released Univsersal titles at $12/13

The differences when they exist at all (which is pretty rare) are very minor at best and not worth the money. I have no intentions of ever replacing my HD-DVDs with Blu-rays of the same title unless there is something very special about the Blu-ray being considered which makes it a highly desirable replacement (a lossless codec audio track isn't enough to warrant consideration). My HD-DVDs are terrific and will serve for a very long time. Like I said before, better to spend the money on titles I do not already have in HD (which I do far too frequently . . .).

[vinnie97]

Originally Posted by Juio

Don't some BD movies with dobly true hd tracks have a bitrate around 1.5 mbps which is the same as DD+?

Dolby TrueHD is lossless and thus tends to be at a much higher bitrate than 1.5 Mbps. Was there one in particular you were thinking of?