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gel:

I have noticed that people with lcd's are a lot happier with blu ray than people with plasma's.

Where did you get this stats from? Making generalised, sweeping statements as usual.

I agree with manicm that there's no point in buying blu-ray discs of films more than 2 years old. Look at I am Legend, The Dark Knight, Ice Age 3 on blu-ray & you'll know the difference between a DVD & a blu-ray.

manicm:

From what I can gather, you'd be wasting your money on Bluray titles older than about 2 years - otherwise stick with DVDs for your old stuff.

Obviously there will be exceptions to this - I'm sure Mr Lucas is BDing Star Wars as we speak, and of-course LOTR.

Need to use discretion for older titles.

There are definitely some exceptions!

Dr. No, Zulu, Blade Runner and 2001: A Space Odyssey to name but a few....

I think I will leave generalised, sweeping statements to you big boss the oppo mobile phone stat man

and Blu ray more than 2 years old don't look like blu ray?

Most people with plasma's have only 720p screens and plasma's by nature are darker in colours.

Where as lcds a lot start at 1080i and have brighter colours by nature.

You don't here many people with lcds moaning about blu ray performance.

Of course 1080p plasma's are fantastic with blu ray but then there is the buzzing.

Is that factual enough for you bigboss.

What can I say...............gel always likes confronting those who don't agree with his views. The only thing I agree with gel is that the Pioneer LX-71 is an excellent player (although not the best). 

I've never had an issue with plasma buzzing. I've got a Philips 32PFL5404H LCD TV my bedroom & the Pioneer KRP 500A in my lounge. Philips, though good, is nowhere near the Kuro.

I think it really boils down to personal preference. You like LCD & I prefer the plasma. I've never said that LCD is bad & don't buy it. In fact, upto 37 or even 42 inches, LCDs are as good as, or even better than their plasma counterparts, notably Sony & Philips. But plasmas are no slouch either. What's the point in bashing the plasma around? People love it for a reason. Kuro has been unanimously declared the best TV ever to be made for a reason.

I made a sweeping statement about the Oppo because of lack of knowledge as to how big the company was. Andrew told me about Oppo, & I agreed with him. I didn't stick to my guns.

I have no interest in confronting others' views. All I do is give my opinion. It really doesn't matter even if this thread is locked. People will lose interest in it soon anyways......

 I think lots of blu ray's look fantastic new or old

gel:

Most people with plasma's have only 720p screens and plasma's by nature are darker in colours.

Where as lcds a lot start at 1080i and have brighter colours by nature.

Errm, you meant 1080p of course? 1080i screens are usually actually 720p screens. The only screen I've seen with 1080 lines that was limited to 1080i is the wireless Sony screen and that a limitation of the wireless connection, not the display itself.

Of course 1080p plasma's are fantastic with blu ray but then there is the buzzing.

As I said the only time I hear my KRP-500a buzzing is if the sound's off, I've never noticed it any other time. In fact a bunch of us were looking at photos from a digital camera on it on Saturday (with no sound, obviously) and nobody noticed any buzzing then either.

manicm:

From what I can gather, you'd be wasting your money on Bluray titles older than about 2 years - otherwise stick with DVDs for your old stuff.

Obviously there will be exceptions to this - I'm sure Mr Lucas is BDing Star Wars as we speak, and of-course LOTR.

So the exceptions are two series of films that aren't available on Blu-Ray? Interesting.

You're right though, those James Bond Blu-rays are sh*te.

Oh wait, no, I meant, you're wrong, not right, yeah that was it...

gel:

No I meant 1080i please read clearly

Ok, not sure I see what your point is then, there's no real advantage of 1080i over 720p, indeed, as far as I know, most screens that can only go up to 1080i are in fact 720p screens. I'm not aware of any screens that have 1080 lines that can't do 1080p (other than the one I mentioned). 1080i is not considered to be FullHD, any more than 720p is.

There's no real advantage?

My philips is 1080i

I have never said 1080i is full high definition please read CLEALY

gel,

if you don't stop provoking pointless arguments in every thread to which you contribute, I am afraid you and these forums are going to have a parting of the ways...