Mediaplex is using the Sony Ruby for this playtest, and the picture quality is God-awesome!

No problems bro, hope you enjoyed the HD presentation.
Not a problem , bro. It was a pleasure to meet you all, and discuss this and see it in your faces the excitement of HD. Im glad i can share it with you guys, and that everyone now knows what i was babbling about.

It was a very successful meetup , guys, thanks again for coming.

A milliions thanks and appreciation to :-

Garry, Allan, and the dedicated crew of Mediaplex for hosting this event, you guys ROCKS! I can never dream of owning Sony Ruby nor do i have the space to even have Ruby in my home. This is a dream come true for me.

Alkt for lugging his PS3, without him, we cannot see that ultra gorgeous GTHD trailers, F1 with that drool-inducing raindrop effects, and all those Bluray movies. Itu Bluray jangan buat harta aaaa?

Mr Ez for being the first to arrive. Appreciate the support, bro! I know someone's very excited and saw his face when Alkt turns on the F1 demo on his PS3!Raindrop, raindrop!

Fariz/Munky for attending as well. Nice to put a face to the nick in person.Now i know who im chainsawing when i cut this "Fariz" character in GoW!

Bro Ninja for dropping by after work. Terima kasih kerana sudi datang , domo arigato gozaimasu! Alaaah, lupa nak tanya ko, ko nak tak GPS addon aku, ada bawak tadik tapi lupa terus nak tanya ko! Got this GPS addon but hardly make full use of it, aku teringat lagi masa kita merayau carik Maxis Utopia coverage pakai prepaid hotspot card tuh, so i thought you can make full use of this.

Redbull for coming as well. I hope we have patch things up between each other, and we could share AV technical stuff , i need your input on the audio side of things, bro!.

Tot31 for coming as well. Dont worry bro, we're cool, we all share the same interest and we are all passionate about our hobby. Shiny Xbox 360 casing from Decalgirl tu cemana?

PS360 for coming as well as bringing THE REFERENCE MOVIE for Bluray, Ice Age:Meltdown. Im sure everyone here agrees that our jaws practically dropped to the floor when we saw the movie for the first time on 1080p, the furs, the hair, the water, the muthafcuking details! Im ordering Ice Age :Meltdown on Amazon RIGHT NOW!

Zaakath for coming as well. Braving the traffics of KL isnt a pretty picture, im glad you could make it bro.

MK84, FINALLY! FInally we meet up, and it was a pleasure to meet you! I can only imagine how awesome your home projector setup, 84 inch! If only i have the space! (

Bro Arj for coming as well. It's always a good sign when you could get an official LYN staff to come to your event, shows that affirmation of support kinda thing. This is THE GUY to go for audio-related matters, people, along with Redbull and MK84!

Insecure for dropping by. A very quiet person which matches his online persona...but dont pray pray aaa, this guy's the bomb with his PS3! Share the Bluray discs nanti bleh boss?

YJtay, i have to give special thanks to him, he has never cease to fail to come to all the events i have arranged in here, although we hardly know each other. Very nice fella, and he is THE MAN with the INSIDE INFO on where to get the best deals in town (and out of town...Singapore for example) for your next-gen consoles. Thanks again for coming, bro!

Terencey/Zeliant for coming as well. We have met or brush shoulders a couple of time when you frequented Imbi Mario, i didnt know that was you. Or was it Djinn's place? Anyway, it was a pleasure meeting you, a very bubbly character and gaming enthusiasts as well.

There is another person from the forum, and also frequents TNL as well, i recognize him from his face....but i didnt get his forum name. Bro, terima kasih kerana sudi datang. Ampun lah dalam tu gelap, pastu tak dapat kita borak lelama, sebab bunyik enjin keta Tokyo Drift memekik!

Im sorry if i missed out anyone here, it was dark, and attendees were coming in and out of the auditorium (which was labelled 4D Cinema, if you guys notice it), and i was sitting my ass down near the corner front so that more people can come in and join in the fun. If there are any flaws , ada kekurangan , harap maafkan, i wish i can provide more than what's available, foodstuff or drinks, but the venue wasnt mine, and im not sure if Garry and Co. would appreciate food inside their auditorium. I hope you guys have fun, and learn a few things, i know i did.

Observation time.

- HD-DVD wins hands down against Bluray in terms of features, their U-Control and In-Movie Experience beats the crap outta Bluray's skimpy offerings.

- Bluray wins with a slight advantage when it comes to lossless audio, IMO. You guys were there and may have different thoughts on this, but i am basing this on the two samples of Mission Impossible 3 for both HD-DVD and Bluray that we have watched. The audio clairty, quality and punchiness seems more prevalent in the Bluray version than the HD-DVD, it was pretty subdued in the HD-DVD version. However, the Tokyo Drift audio samples blows the $hit outta things as well, so it's a pretty mixed bag.

-Bluray wins HANDS DOWN when it comes to picture quality. Can you say Ice Age:Meltdown, people? We were having a hard time comparing picture quality between the two MI3 , but when bro PS360 brought it in, and popped it into Alkt's PS3, no doubts about it. Ice Age blows everything out of the water, including other Bluray titles as well. Not to say HD-DVDs arent on par, but the whole PQ of Ice Age is so vivid and bursting with life, it's hard not to stare at the screen with your mouths wide open!

-No comparison was made between 360 and the PS3, since nobody brought a 360. PS3 looks slick and razor sharp on Ruby, i was bloody impressed. Im sure people were having a hard time discerning the real life picture and the ingame version of the Nissan car in the GT:HD trailer, it is THAT GOOD! GT:HD in 3 more days, fellas! Woohoo!

-I cannot make any observation or comparison notes on the difference between PS3's Fight Night 3 and 360's version. PS3's version shines with the "Get in the Ring" mode, which is basically a Super Punch-Out on SNES but with ultra-slick high definition graphics. Anybody who have the 360 version and played/watched the PS3 version care to comment?

Once again, i'd like to express my utmost gratitude and thanks to all for coming. This event wouldnt be this festive and happening without you guys. Also a hearty thanks and appreciation to Mediaplex, to Garry and the rest of the crew there , without them, this would have not been possible. Thanks for coming guys, hope to do this again, the next format wars, or the next gen consoles(after PS3/Xbox 360/Wii) comes around!

Muahahahah most definitely bro! Id dint know you have this talent of poisoning people....sneaky, sneaky!

You were there? Tak perasan pon

String, the projector that was running just now, the one on the table, was the Sony Pearl, Ruby's younger sister. Ruby is the bigger one which is mounted on the ceiling. I can only imagine how the images would look like on the Ruby

Why do I miss all these good stuff?

Wish I was there to experience the HD movies, coz I am thinking of getting the add-on next year probably. Needed to know what it actually feels and look like.

Oh well, guess I have to try to make it another time then.

ya la... it was on Pearl, not Ruby. Btw, i'm still quite a noob on audio stuffs la..... still learning here. But on displays related ok la i guess.... since my line of work handles a lot of display stuffs.

This post has been edited by redbull_y2k: Dec 21 2006, 11:17 PM

Oooops. i stand corrected, thanks. Kalau Ice Age already look like that on a 1080p Pearl, i dont know how it would look on Ruby....any major difference in specs?

Dinner with family is more important, we can have more of these later. Spread the cheer bro!

Now i have big fat problem!!!

Forgot to change the display to 720p back just now. Now i can't change anything on my LCD TV. use back the normal a/v cable also cannot change. looks like i'll have to go over to Mediaplex again tmr. luckily i'll be around that area

Well, many thanks to string for arranging the meet

This post has been edited by alkt: Dec 21 2006, 11:25 PM

erm..... press the Power button for more than 5 secs to reset the display setting. Mcm biasa, ayat tadi gak.... "tak reti pakai PS3 ke bang"

Thanks string for the HD-DVD demo.. and also to Alkt for bringing his PS3 all the way from home.. great to see both PS3 Blu-Ray and HD-DVD in action.. and the games too.. i'm actually on leave already from today until 2nd Jan..

I'm actually planning to buy the GPS add-on next week.. kalu mau bagi pinjam, boleh gak.. i can test first and decide before buying it next week..

Anyway, your Homestar Portable tak sampai lagi?

oh let me try 1st

tak guna tol korang ni... buat bila orang takde. Bukanlah saya nak salh kan u kan.. oahahah...

hope to have another one in 07?

We finally have the verdict, which format is better, in their own aspects eh? ) Audio/Video goes to Bluray *arguable*, Content/Extras goes to HD-DVDs*non-arguable, hands down winner*. Doesnt make the job of deciding which format to go any easier. HD-DVD players are well capable of 1080p with the new second gen players, while the Bluray discs are going up in size to 50GB and incorporating VC-1 compression for space-saving and adding more contents stuff.Bluray discs actually have U-Control/In-Movie-Experience like feature, it's called Blu-Wizard, and only one title has that feature, it's Black Hawk Down. Ordering that with Corpse Bride and Ice Age Meltdown as we speak.

Tu ler, lupas nak pass tadik. Homestar Portable dah sampai, tapi as usual, everything in Nippon, so i need to eat more soba with soy sauce and miso soup to understand these.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Dec 21 2006, 11:57 PM

, memang tak guna we all nih If we have major releases in HD-DVD or Bluray that incorporates new features and standards, another playtest might be feasible. Remember, HD-DVD players comes with Ethernet connection, not just to update firmwares, but also to incorporate internet connectivity into movie interactivity. Who knows, the studios might add new exciting features in the future!

kenal azhari mediaplex? nice fella. eh garry yang english dia ada accent sikit kan? Mr. Tan pon takde tadi, dia pergi perth. Have they got their Mitsubishi HC5000 yet?

Thanks Redbull. malu nyer i

Btw String, got update! it's 1.32 now

Yup, kenal Azhari. Dier familiar sangat area Keramat nih. Yup, Garry is the one with the accent, although i think he's a bit overwhelmed with work, and also overwhelmed with the size of the crowd inside the auditorium just now.

Yay, updating now! Maybe they gonna add new titles for PS1 downloads.

lol... no probs.

ohoho ok

kalau jumpa die cakap farhan kem salam. hehehe.

oklah i'm off for walking around seeing small shops

tadaaaaaa

babai

PS: string kem salam PS3, Wii, Ngan 360 for me, and misses BRAVIA X.

Wow...wish I was there to see all this eye opening stuff.

alkt: Jangan tipu lah...i know you just looking for an excuse to go back and test somemore.. hehehe j/k = ))))

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