i cant pull up ebay from work (assinine filters....:O), but that sounds like one of the vendors Ive bought from..

 

I dont have a blue ray player. I have a 42" plasma with HDMI connections. Just waiting until a PS3 isnt $500 anymore.

 

Heard of it. Just can't see spending 30 bucks on a home movie right now. When I'm forced to change, I will. Loving my BOSE DVD system. - Og

 

Uhhhhh... what rock have you been living under? Hasn't been 5 bills in awhile. Now go get one slacker!

 

No highs, no lows, it must be BOSE.

 

You got that right. Another person swindled by the marketing geniuses at BOSE!!

 

Hey, hey, hey. If you want to feel important, BOSE is the way to go. At least it sounds important. Haters. :o - Og

 

I love my blue ray, I will say if your going to do it dont skimp on the hdmi cable either. I bought an average cable and then the 150 dollar cable for comparison and was going to take back whichever was not worth it. The $150 had a lot less distortion and "noise" but for me it was worth it. The average one was more then adiquate though either way I will no longer watch anything other then blue ray movies!

 

if you REALLY want it to sound better, I use an HDMI cable for video only (now this is through my ps3 mind you...) and use an Optical cable for Audio...the difference in sound from a DVD to a Blu Ray is unbelievable, no joke.

 

Not to say you didn't see it, but the odds on not in your favor. HDMI passes data digitally so there is no chance of "noise" in the signal due to the cable. You are seeing things my friend. There is ONE possibility... cable length.

BUZZZZ! Wrong answer. The data flowing through the HDMI is exactly the same as it is via a toslink (optical) connection. It sounds the same unless your reciever is doing something funny.

 

so how much are PS3's? Maybe I'll come out from under my rock and get one

 

Your BB just sucks, we have only had two blu rays not release when the DVD did. Those were Cloverfield and There will be Blood. And that was because they were originally slated for HD DVD release. And our most expensive regular movie Blu Ray is 34.99 plus tax. The more expensive ones are the box sets.

 

$399 just about anywhere...

 

Seems your right, was reading on a raging debate about this and it seems there is ZERO difference in sound quality between Optical vs. HDMI.

I did however find this:

These are excerpts from http://www.ultimateavmag.com/news/020506hdmi/ By Shane C. Buettner
“On HD DVD and Blu-ray both codecs will boast lossless coding for up to eight discrete channels of audio at resolution at least as high as 24-bit/96kHz. The catch is that the new codecs will only be carried digitally in their native form over HDMI 1.3."
"HD DVD is also spec'd to carry up to eight discrete channels of uncompressed PCM at resolutions up to 24/96, while Blu-ray is spec'd to go all the way up to 24/192.”

Came out before HDDVD bit the dust but it seems to be that HDMI will actually produce better sound with Blu Ray...

 

That's interesting. I'm curious if they will ever get to that point, encoding at those bitrates. If you have the right equipment it should sound stellar!

Anywho, just remember folks - if its digital it just about doesn't matter what crappy cable you use. The data is there or its not. In the analog world, the cable is king and interconnects absolutely DO MAKE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE.