Just wondering, does it hurt?

LOL...

Luckily I'm not a Honda user anymore, and never ever used Nissan. But I will keep my distance from those 2 cars...

Hehe... Now I know what Honda & Nissan do together, I have to keep that info under wrap...

Don't have the appropriate lubricant for a threesome... Even fully synthetic isn't good enough!

Ni ada yg nak kena baling bintang ngan Ninja ni...


Woi, Jepun model not only Nissan & Honda la...

This post has been edited by aiman04: Jan 3 2008, 04:03 PM

Or ah long...


Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Jeff, go to this avsforum, they have a tier thread which ranks BD in picture quality. There you can decide which title that you like most, while taking the picture & sound quality as a big factor. That's quite important if you want really feel the HD experience.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=858316

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Added on January 3, 2008, 9:33 pmStringfellow beat me there.

This post has been edited by aiman04: Jan 3 2008, 09:33 PM

Friends,

Have your plastic money ready.

If you notice the most recent BOGO, there were no Disney titles.

Now there's a new sales for Disney tiles, up to 50% off:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=...g=bluraynews-20



Cheers,
Aiman

I got 5 titles. Suprising to see Casino Royale is now pushed to TIER 0.

RX-V1800 is NOT low end lah... It's in the bottom high end.

I personally recommends it. Very excellent sound quality.

Check out the avsforum.com for owners feedback, mostly praises, some asking about tweaking things, that's it. Very few complaints.

Yes, it can decode DTS-HD MA, but your PS3 cannot send it to the receiver in bitstream, it will be downgraded to DTS 5.1.

That's why we need the firmware update that allows PS3 to decode DTS-HD MA internally and send it to the receiver as Linear PCM. PS3 already decodes Dolby TrueHD internally, so no worries about that format.

EDIT: Removed the Onkyo comment, some may disagree.

Cheers.

This post has been edited by aiman04: Jan 4 2008, 09:42 AM

Sorry Stringfellow, I have nothing against Onkyo.

In fact, I did recommend it for our fellow members through PMs.

And, I got the RX-V1800 for below RM4000.

I have edited my post above, actually before I saw your post.

This post has been edited by aiman04: Jan 4 2008, 09:46 AM

Hehe... This thread is kind of weird lately.

Three different post for the same link, "agree to disagree"...

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Added on January 4, 2008, 10:15 amRX, yes, if your PS3 can decode all formats (right now almost all, only DTS-HD MA can't), what you need is a receiver that can receive linear PCM, which mostly have.

But better be ready for the future, maybe someday you have a player that can bitstream DTS-HD MA or Dolby TueHD, I'd prefer my receiver to process the signals.

Hey RX, the Yamaha model suits your name very well...

This post has been edited by aiman04: Jan 4 2008, 10:17 AM

From Desa Home Theater Kepong through special, very special deal.

I thought not to reveal the shop online, I feared that everyone will rush there asking the same price, and the shop will hire a hitman to go after me.

But what the heck, I'm actually giving free publicity for them. Try to bargain for the best price.

Got lot of work in office today...

Anyway, to answer your question, YES.

LPCM is actually taken directly from the mixing studio! This is the source which are used to encode to other formats, DTS-HD, Dolby TrueHD, etc.

What the PS3/receiver does is just re-process them back to LPCM. (But of course, they can actually improve the sound through their own bitrates and stuff)

That's why Disney usually just use LPCM, don't need to pay Dolby & DTS labs for the license.

This wasn't possible before, only after these new discs format arrive, they actually have enough space to add this track.

EDIT: Stringfellow beats me again. How weird.

This post has been edited by aiman04: Jan 4 2008, 10:59 AM

Boom2 sound is more about your receiver & speakers, but yes you can actually feel more boom2 bass with DTS-HD actually...

The main difference is the bitrate, so yes, LPCM, DTS-HD, and Dolby TrueHD will give more crystal clear sound, feel the bulet coming from front to back, and straight to your heart...

I think RX meant how you output DTS-HD MA from PS3. Can ar?

DTS and DTS-ES is the regular ones found in DVDs. For BDs, we got the more advanced one DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, and the advanced advance one is DTS-HD Master Audio.

I think Stringfellow can explain further. Got to go semayang...

Warner to Back Blu-ray Exclusively

Warner has announced that they will be switching to support Blu-ray exclusively. Warner has been supporting both formats since they were launched, but recent talk from top executives suggested that Warner couldn't continue down that road much longer, and that the all important holiday sales would help them make a decision. With Blu-ray winning every week in high definition sales this year, Warner has decided that The Future is Blu.

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=803

Hampeh... I went shopping groceries with the wife for a while, you guys already borong POP's BDs..

Warner has been releasing both formats, it's like a market test for the formats. Hence the bad packaging.

I'm sure it will improve now that they have make their decision. I think we can already see improvements with the Blade Runner release.

I've been saying all the time. Microsoft is the villain in this format war. HD-DVD can lose, BD can lose, or both can lose, but Micro$oft wins.

They should make a movie about this, with the tagline on the poster (imagine AVP):

Whoever Wins, M$ Also Wins

RX, yes you don't need receiver with DTS-HD MA and Dolby TrueHD (all receivers should support LPCM, old or new), but you'll still need a 7.1 capability. LPCM can support 7.1.

But, my suggestion is to get a receiver that support the new audio formats and has 2 or 3 or more HDMI 1.3a with up-conversion (I'm watching ASTRO on 1080i now ) then at least it should be future proof. Mana tau somehow your wife give you a DTS-HD/Dolby TrueHD bitstream capable BD player as a gift in future.

Then get her that thing lar... I know you're not cheap person...

Oops, yeah... You can connect the HDMI to TV, and audio through optical to receiver. But optical can support old audio formats 5.1 only... Haiya... Need the HDMI at least to send the 7.1 audio to the receiver.

Senag cerita, get a new receiver with the specs I mentioned above la! Maybe Yamaha RX-V1800?

Or Onkyo la, not too expensive...

Blu-ray

Warner Bros/New Line Cinema
Disney/Touchstone (Buena Vista)
Fox
Lionsgate
MGM
Sony Pictures (Columbia/TriStar)

HD-DVD

Universal Studios
Paramount/DreamWorks

Paramount & Universal represents less than 30% of the American film industry. And Paramount only has to be HD-DVD exclusive for only 15 months more.

This post has been edited by aiman04: Jan 6 2008, 08:36 AM

They also got BOGO for HD-DVD. So it's not about the format.

Nope. We need one format only. Not many people can buy both BD and HD-DVD players.

By the way, how can this be seen as greedy? The way I see it, studios like Paramount are the greedy ones. They force the people buy the HD-DVD Transformers, even some people in the BD camp bought the Transformers HD-DVD. That's where the movie's HD-DVD sale figure comes from. And then when the contract is over, they'll put it on BD and the same people will buy the same movie again. Why? Because BD is simply a superior technology.

This post has been edited by aiman04: Jan 5 2008, 01:10 PM