Media type High-density optical disc
Encoding MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC (H.264), and VC-1
Capacity 25 GB (single layer)
50 GB (dual layer)
Read mechanism 405 nm laser, 1x@36 Mbit/s & 2x@72 Mbit/s & 4x@144 Mbit/s & 6x@216 Mbit/s[1] & 12x@432 Mbit/s
Developed by Blu-ray Disc Association
Usage Data storage,
High-definition video
and PlayStation 3 games

Blu-ray(tm) Disc (BD) Discussion Thread | V1 .... go HERE
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/537639

Blu-ray(tm) Disc (BD) Discussion Thread | V2 .... go HERE
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/609663


HD Review : http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/

http://www.hometheaterspot.com/fusionbb/sh...php?tid/140243/

***** MUST GET BD *****





FUTURE REALEASE


Region A - USA:

April 29
27 Dresses (Fox)
First Knight (Sony)
The Golden Compass (New Line)
Motley Crüe: Carnival Of Sins (WEA)
Ocean's Eleven (Warner) individual release
Ocean's Twelve (Warner) individual release

May 6
The Air I Breathe (Image)
The Devil's Own (Sony)
First Sunday (Sony)
Nine Inch Nails: Ghosts I-IV () Deluxe and Ultra Deluze editions include 96kHz/24bit Stereo Blu-ray
Ozzfest: 10th Anniversary (WEA)
P.S. I Love You (Warner)
Shall We Dance? (Disney)
Saawariya (Sony)
Twister (Warner)

May 13
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Fox)
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (Disney)
Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone/The World's Strongest double feature (FUNimation)
Epic Conditions: The Weather Channel (Warren Miller)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Fox)
Mrs. Doubtfire (Fox)
Shinobi (FUNimation)
Untraceable (Sony)
Youth Without Youth (Sony)

May 20
Anger Management (Sony)
Company: A Musical Comedy (Image)
National Treasure (Disney)
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (Disney)
Nature: The Desert Lions (Questar)
Nature: Shark Mountain (Questar)
Nature: Under Artic Ice (Questar)
Nature: In the Valley Of Wolves (Questar)
Short Circuit (Image)
WWE: Wrestlemania XXIV (Warner)

May 27
Rambo: First Blood Part II (Lions Gate)
Rambo III (Lions Gate)
Rambo (Lions Gate)

June 3
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (Warner) part of the Dirty Harry Ultimate Collection box set
The Dead Pool (Warner) part of the Dirty Harry Ultimate Collection box set
Dirty Harry (Warner) part of the Dirty Harry Ultimate Collection box set
The Enforcer (Warner) part of the Dirty Harry Ultimate Collection box set
Magnum Force (Warner) part of the Dirty Harry Ultimate Collection box set
Sudden Impact (Warner) part of the Dirty Harry Ultimate Collection box set
Fearless Planet (Image)
The Longest Day (Fox)
Patton (Fox) 70mm D-150
The Recruit (Disney)
The Sand Pebbles (Fox)
Semi-Pro (New Line)
Signs (Disney)
Weeds: Season 3 (Showtime/Lions Gate)

June 10
Otis: Uncut (Warner)
Sea Monsters (National Geographic)

June 17
Bears (Razor Digital) IMAX
Wolves (Razor Digital) IMAX

July 1
Ganges (BBC/Warner)
Gangs OF New York (Disney)
War, Inc (First Look)
Wild China (BBC) series

July 8
Batman Begins (Warner) available in disc only and limited edition gift set versions
Batman: Gotham Night (Warner)
The Dark Crystal (Sony)

July 22
Electroma (Vice Records)

September 9
Westinghouse (Inecom Entertainment Company)

On or Before Summer '08
Battle Of Britain (MGM)
A Bridge Too Far (MGM)
Finding Nemo (Disney/PIXAR)
Red Dawn (MGM)
Ronin (MGM/UA)

September 23
Rob Hatford: Live Insurrection (Metal God)

Q3
An American In Paris (Warner) Technicolor
Barry Manilow Live!(Image)
Batman ('89) (Warner) part of the Batman Anthology box set
Batman Forever (Warner) part of the Batman Anthology box set
Batman Returns (Warner) part of the Batman Anthology box set
Batman & Robin (Warner) part of the Batman Anthology box set
Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire: Live at the Greek (Image)
The Dark Knight (Warner)
Gigi (Warner)
Heart: Alive in Seattle (Image)
How The West Was Won (Warner) CINERAMA
Moody Blues: Lovely to See You Live (Image)
Roy Orbison: Black and White Night (Image)

October 7
Sleeping Beauty (Disney) Technirama and sequential Technicolor

October 28
Tinker Bell (Disney)

November 4
The Shawshank Redemption (Warner)

Q4 or 2008
The Adventures Of Robin Hood (Warner) Technicolor
Black Devil Doll ()
Casablanca (Warners)
A Christmas Story (Warner) Ultimate Collectors Edition
Clash Of The Titans (Warner)
Excalibur (Warner)
Forbidden Planet (Warner)
The Grand ()
Grand Prix (Warner) SuperPanavision
Heat (Warner)
The Matrix (Warner)
The Matrix Reloaded (Warner)
The Matrix: Revolutions (Warner)
Mutiny On The Bounty ('62) (Warner) UltraPanavision
Otis: Uncut (Warner)
V For Vendetta (Warner)

2009
Ben-Hur ('59) (Warner) UltraPanavision
Caddyshack (Warner)
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (Warner)
Constantine (Warner)
The Dukes Of Hazzard (Warner)
Gone With The Wind (Warner) Technicolor
North By Northwest (Warner) VistaVision
The Perfect Storm (Warner)
Poseidon (Warner)
Smallville Season 5 (Warner)
Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (Warner)
The Wizard Of Oz (Warner) Technicolor
Woodstock (Warner)

Blu-ray Player SPEC :

Sony


BDP-S300
Discussion thread

Profile: 1.0
HDMI: 1.1
Ethernet: No

Audio-
Internally Decode TrueHD: No
Internally Decode DTS-MA: No
Bitstream TrueHD: No
Bitstream DTS-MA: No
Analog Output: 5.1

+ Video output can be set to 'Source Direct' to by pass all upconversion
+ Relatively inexpensive, can be had for $299 on sale.
- Profile 1.0



BDP-S500
Discussion thread

Profile: 1.0
HDMI: 1.1
Ethernet: No

Audio-
Internally Decode TrueHD: Yes
Internally Decode DTS-MA: No
Bitstream TrueHD: Yes
Bitstream DTS-MA: No
Analog Output: 5.1

+ Video output can be set to 'Source Direct' to by pass all upconversion
- Profile 1.0
+ Built-in decoders for Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD (NOT DTS-MA)




*BDP-S1 (discontinued, can be found open box for $199 - $300 at BB and others)
Discussion thread

Profile: 1.0
HDMI: 1.2
Ethernet: No

Audio-
Internally Decode TrueHD: Yes
Internally Decode DTS-MA: No
Bitstream TrueHD: No
Bitstream DTS-MA: No
Analog Output: 5.1


- Profile 1.0
+ Excellent player with solid heavy chassis.
+ Fantastic PQ
+ Much improved with new firmware
- Does not play CDs
- although much improved with firmware, slow boot-up



*PS3 ($399 40gb)
Discussion thread

Profile: 2.0 (via firmware 2.20)
HDMI: 1.3
Ethernet: Yes

Audio-
Internally Decode TrueHD: Yes
Internally Decode DTS-MA: No
Bitstream TrueHD: No
Bitstream DTS-MA: No
Analog Output: 2 Channel stereo


++ Most upgradeable player on the market
+ Profile 2.0 (via firmware update to version 2.20)
+ Fastest boot and load times of any player on market
+ Excellent PQ and AQ over HDMI
- No 5.1 analog outputs
- No front display
- No IR, remote (sold separately) is bluetooth and incompatible with Harmony and other IR universals (3rd party work around exists)(IRTBT IR to Bluetooth adapter)
+ Good DVD upscaling
- No support for DTS-MA (yet??)
+ plays MP4s and DivX/XviD AVI's, but it does not play HD versions of these formats. It can also play these files off removable media (USB HDs and flash memory).

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Panasonic

*BMP-BD30 ($400 - $500 street price.)
Discussion Thread

Profile: 1.1
HDMI: 1.3
Ethernet: No

Audio-
Internally Decode TrueHD: No
Internally Decode DTS-MA: No
Bitstream TrueHD: Yes
Bitstream DTS-MA: Yes
Analog Output: 5.1


The Panasonic DMP-BD30 is often said to be the best stand-alone BD player out there at the moment for those that have receivers that accept the new codecs via bitstream.

+ Profile 1.1
+ bitstreams all of the latest audio formats (inlcuding TRUE HD and DTS MA) over HDMI to compatable recievers.
+ Excellent 1080P BD PQ
+/- DVD upsaling is competent - not the best upscaling BD on the market
+ Known issue with outputing PCM via HDMI (LFE issue) has been resolved via firmware 1.6



*BMP-BD50 (Not yet released)
Discussion thread

Profile: 2.0
HDMI: 1.3
Ethernet: Yes

Audio-
Internally Decode TrueHD: Yes
Internally Decode DTS-MA: Yes
Bitstream TrueHD: Yes
Bitstream DTS-MA: Yes
Analog Output: 5.1

+ Profile 2.0 (BD Live)
+ BD-30 LFE bug fixed via firmware, so BD50 should hopefully be LFE bug free
+ Internally decodes all audio formats

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Sharp

BD-HP20
Discussion Thread

Profile: 1.0
HDMI: 1.3
Ethernet: No

Audio-
Internally Decode TrueHD: Yes
Internally Decode DTS-MA: No
Bitstream TrueHD: No
Bitstream DTS-MA: No
Analog Output: 5.1

+Fast loading player


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Pioneer


*Elite BDP-95FD
Discussion Thread

Profile: 1.0
HDMI: 1.3
Ethernet: Yes

Audio-
Internally Decode TrueHD: Yes (only for PCM over HDMI)
Internally Decode DTS-MA: No
Bitstream TrueHD: Yes
Bitstream DTS-MA: Yes
Analog Output: 5.1 (DD+ and TrueHD output as DD over analog 5.1 [page44 of user manual] )

+ Home Media Gallery feature allows you to browse and play movies, music and photos stored on media servers connected on an identical Local Area Network (LAN) as the player.


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Samsung


BD-P1400
Discussion Thread

Profile: 1.0
HDMI: 1.3
Ethernet: Yes

Audio-
Internally Decode TrueHD: Yes
Internally Decode DTS-MA: No
Bitstream TrueHD: Yes
Bitstream DTS-MA: Yes
Analog Output: 5.1



BD-UP5000
Profile: 1.0
HDMI: 1.3
Ethernet: Yes

Audio-
Internally Decode TrueHD: 2ch
Internally Decode DTS-MA: No
Bitstream TrueHD: No
Bitstream DTS-MA: No
Analog Output: 7.1

+Reon chip
+HD-DVD playback


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Denon

*DVD2500BT
Discussion thread

Profile: 1.1
HDMI: 1.3
Ethernet: No

Audio-
Internally Decode TrueHD: No
Internally Decode DTS-MA: No
Bitstream TrueHD: Yes
Bitstream DTS-MA: Yes
Analog Output: None

Blu-ray transport, single HDMI connection on the back.

+Built like a tank, heavy duty chassis
-Based on BD-30 from Panasonic, same LFE bug
-Expensive
+ RS-232 port


*DVD3800BD
Discussion thread

Profile: 1.1
HDMI: 1.3
Ethernet: No

Audio-
Internally Decode TrueHD: Yes
Internally Decode DTS-MA: Yes
Bitstream TrueHD: Yes
Bitstream DTS-MA: Yes
Analog Output: 7.1

+ Built like a tank, big heavy chassis
+ Realta chip should provide Excellent SD DVD playback
- Expensive
+ RS-232 port
+ High quality analog outs (including BNC connectors on the component outputs)




This post has been edited by megatron007: Apr 23 2008, 10:38 PM

my rm20 BD arrived..

This post has been edited by mfa333: Mar 8 2008, 01:47 AM

wah sudah version 3!!!

Walao..poison version 3...

You guys having so much blue ray...let me borrow at some cost..hehe

BD fans reporting in

True BD fan will should not own HD-DUDs!!

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Added on March 8, 2008, 7:42 am
Sony in Talks with Microsoft, Apple About Blu-ray

Sony Electronics US President Stan Glasgow has revealed that the company is currently in talks with software giant Microsoft with regards to the Blu-ray format. No specific products were mentioned, but it is expected that Microsoft will offer a Blu-ray X-box 360 Add-on, similar to what they offered for the now dead HD DVD format. As it stands, Microsoft's gaming console is at a distinct disadvantage to Sony's PlayStation 3 which includes a Blu-ray player in every console.

Sony is also in talks with Apple, who has been extremely quite about offering Blu-ray drives despite being a part of the Blu-ray Disc Association. It was rumored that Apple was prepared to offer a Blu-ray drive with the latest upgrade of their MacBook Pro laptops, but that there were size and power consumption issues. It is expected that Apple will incorporate Sony's new drives, which are much smaller and use less power, this summer when they are released.

Additionally, Sony predicts that the price of Blu-ray players will fall to $299 by the end of the year. This is not much of a stretch, with the upcoming Sony BDP-S350 carrying a retail price of $399 and coming out way before the 2008 holiday season.

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=1091

This post has been edited by aiman04: Mar 8 2008, 07:42 AM

Alright Megatron. I got ur PM. No worries.

I will be back here once I get my PS3 lor.

Microsoft: "We'll support Blu-ray"

Amid rumors that Microsoft is in talks to add Blu-ray support to its Xbox 360 game console, CEO Steve Ballmer has indicated the company's intention to support the remaining high-def format.

As reported by The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took part in an onstage conversation at the company's Mix08 Internet conference in Las Vegas Thursday, where the topics discussed included Microsoft's high-def plans following the discontinuation of Toshiba's HD DVD format.

Without offering specifics, Ballmer said the company will work to support Blu-ray.

"We've already been working on, for example, in Windows, device driver support for Blu-ray drives and the like," Ballmer stated. "I think the world moves on. Toshiba has moved on. We've moved on, and we'll support Blu-ray in ways that make sense."

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Mic...y%E2%80%9D/1550

bro aiman, im true BD fans la, bought HD DUD just for fun, i want pijak2 that HD DUDs



shipped on 3rd march, yesterday sudah sampai, 5 days only

LOL at pijak pijak each other..

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Added on March 8, 2008, 9:49 ameh, why this thread blu-ray shouldn't be in audiophiles section ar?

This post has been edited by ar188: Mar 8 2008, 09:49 AM

i thought u puasa BD till july?
pinjam the 5 USD coupon

This post has been edited by Synco: Mar 8 2008, 09:53 AM

Ehh ..... let me watch the hd-dvds first before you start pijak-ing. Janganlah bazir.

anothernew thread? wow

i ingat encharted this month? Nay?

BD fan here too.. cause no money bfr to buy HD-dvd. hhaha

u use free shipping ar?

In before V4

haha, already v3...
must at least put my name in the 1st page of it.

Is there anyone here who ordered from Amazon during the 'buy two get one' promo who has not received their packages? Mine was sent out 15th Feb, due by 5th Mar. Previous orders took 10days.

Any way to check with customs or post office, if I did not receive a notification letter?

Why not ask Amazon to resend your order?