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[mello yello]

I dont want this to be another HD DVD vs Blu Ray flamefest thread.....no siree Bob.  

I want this to be a SD vs HD flamefest thread instead.  


In view of some of the uppity nature of certain "other" camps I thought I would remind everyone that we Standard Definition DVD owners are quite happy with our products at the moment...thank you very much  

I believe this Club not only has the most members by far but the advantage we hold over these "other" camps is....


.......ITS ALREADY HERE      




I currently own a modest little Marantz DV 4300 and let me tell you Sonny....(not Sony...Sonny)....I love my little Black Pearl......just the way she is...sleek, black and silky smooth.



So get down to your local video store,  beg borrow or steal from one of the millions of freely available DVD titles on the market at the moment and  enjoy  that awesome DVD quality picture and awesome surround sound........today!!!!!......(also in THX where available).


So Gentlemen, Fire up your Lasers, spin that platter, sit back and enjoy that latest movie, that latest music DVD or any of all that freely available porn......today!!!

Dont wait till March!!!!

Dont risk your hard earned dollars on a cheap foreign import from  Ebay

Dont buy a Sony (oops..product endorsement there...bad mello)

Get down to your local and support your local businessman

Hurry in today.......and stick it right up this new "format" aka Money Pit known as "High Definition" ..pffftt

...buy a SD DVD and enjoy the movies today just as the director intended it ....without all that fancy schmancy HD upscaling .....actually reminds me of the old colourising old Black and White movies debacle of the Eighties.

If the director intended a SD or a 16mm movie to be shown in HD he would have blooody well shot it in HD !!!!



Anybody else own SD?  

Any news or developments?    



Highjinx you are welcome to defect at any time.....Skid that goes for you too



Remember folks.....its already here!!!!.....and cheap as chups  



  

[mav]

Sorry my SD days are done.

[AndrewW]

mello yello, on Nov 14 2006, 09:53 PM, said:

Remember folks.....its already here!!!!.....and cheap as chups  

and they'll even throw in moire / edge enhancement / macro-blocking / compression artefacts for free  :ph34r:

[mello yello]

mav, on Nov 14 2006, 10:59 PM, said:

Sorry my SD days are done.

As soon as the PS3 arrives right?  

[dazbug]

mav, on Nov 14 2006, 10:59 PM, said:

Sorry my SD days are done.

Ditto.

Never ever will i buy another Sd dvd again.

Once you see HD DVD, you will NEVER go back.  Makes it look like vhs. (and im serious!  i thought my hdmi upconverted pic looked almost hidef, ...boy was i wrong)

good luck with the thread though

[Trigg]

I watched Trasporter 2 on SD DVD on Sunday. The transfer was spectacular. The audio really had me immersed in the movie! I can't see how anything can beat SD DVD for the price I got it at!!!! And Best of all the DVD was purchased in Bali for $2 bucks!!

[mello yello]

AndrewWilcockson, on Nov 14 2006, 10:59 PM, said:

and they'll even throw in moire / edge enhancement / compression artifacts for free  :ph34r:

Is that what happens when they upscale?  



Seriously I am way not into any artificially  upscaled old movies.

A lot of my favourite movies are the older non HD originals and to me it would be like getting a DVD version of an old VHS copy.......for quite a huge lightening of my wallet...naww not today thanks

  

[Skid_MacMarx]

I may have to become like Santa® and charge franchise fees soon

good to see someone supports AC3  

[mello yello]

Trigg, on Nov 14 2006, 11:04 PM, said:

I watched Trasporter 2 on SD DVD on Sunday. The transfer was spectacular. The audio really had me immersed in the movie! I can't see how anything can beat SD DVD for the price I got it at!!!! And Best of all the DVD was purchased in Bali for $2 bucks!!

Yes Trigg!!!  

My point exactly.....SD is good enough for heaps of movies ...at its current price

  




edit....oops I didnt realise you were a pirate  
Ahoy me hartee  

[dJOS]

mav, on Nov 14 2006, 10:59 PM, said:

Sorry my SD days are done.

Same, I've watched several SD-DVD in the past few days and they are just so soft and lacking in visual & sonic detail.  

[Mr.Bitey]

I love my SD DVD's :-)

and my laserdiscs.... no actually - those laserdiscs are ****, I fired one up the other day and it was **** - sounded ****, looked ****.. looks like it, smells like it - is it.

I remember buying Twister on DVD (from the US) when it first came out - the shitty, poorly compressed (its a disgrace actually) single-sided - watching it on my laptop (after hacking the software to allow region 1) on my SD 4:3 RPTV - and it looked **** (still does)..

So whats the point Bitey?? I hear you ask.. well things have come a long way - the new version of twister is much better and the DVD version looks and sounds better on DVD than it does on laserdisc (which I baught too for some Mon$ter Price)...

Im pretty happy with SD DVD - except for the odd jaggie here and there... im upscaling to 1080i and things are looking pretty good..

Im sure HD-DVD or Pox-Ray will eventually get there - once theyve locked it down so hard no one can watch anything.. then again perhaps its all a m00t point.

Bitey

[dJOS]

dazbug, on Nov 14 2006, 11:01 PM, said:

Once you see HD DVD, you will NEVER go back.  Makes it look like vhs. (and im serious!  i thought my hdmi upconverted pic looked almost hidef, ...boy was i wrong)

So very true, denon 2910 cost double what my Toshiba A1 cost and produces excellent results, but it is beaten to a bloody pulp by HD-DVD content on my A1.

mello yello, on Nov 14 2006, 10:53 PM, said:

I believe this Club not only has the most members by far but the advantage we hold over these "other" camps is....
.......ITS ALREADY HERE      

So are carburetters, but you wont catch anyone ('cept nascar & hot rodders) using them instead of Fuel injection these days.

[mello yello]

Knock knock knock...hello !!!!  

Could all you HD fanbois please contribute in your own respective threads thank you....this is for serious SD enthusiasts ......(both of us...maybe three)  


(pack of argumentative troublemakers)    

[ozcal]

dazbug, on Nov 14 2006, 08:01 PM, said:

Ditto.

Never ever will i buy another Sd dvd again.

Once you see HD DVD, you will NEVER go back.  Makes it look like vhs. (and im serious!  i thought my hdmi upconverted pic looked almost hidef, ...boy was i wrong)

good luck with the thread though

Despite MY's  left of center approach    this thread may well have some value.Most folk especially newbies are not going to go down the h-def road any time soon so it should be useful to talk about what's worthwhile  in the old   technology.
Gordon

[mello yello]

mr.bitey, on Nov 14 2006, 11:08 PM, said:

I love my SD DVD's :-)

Ahoy there bitey....grab a drink  

[Mr.Bitey]

Trigg, on Nov 14 2006, 09:34 PM, said:

I watched Trasporter 2 on SD DVD on Sunday. The transfer was spectacular. The audio really had me immersed in the movie! I can't see how anything can beat SD DVD for the price I got it at!!!! And Best of all the DVD was purchased in Bali for $2 bucks!!

FYI: Those Bali/Hong Kong jobs are usually recompressed jobs - if its unencrypted and on a DVD5 then its not quite right :-)

Cheers,
Bitey

mello yello, on Nov 14 2006, 09:41 PM, said:

Knock knock knock...hello !!!!  

Could all you HD fanbois please contribute in your own respective threads thank you....this is for serious SD enthusiasts ......(both of us...maybe three)
(pack of argumentative troublemakers)    

I upscale - can I stay Mello?? - I know im unpure.. but I cant help it..

Bitey
:lashing self:

[mello yello]

mr.bitey, on Nov 14 2006, 11:16 PM, said:

I upscale - can I stay Mello?? - I know im unpure.. but I cant help it..

Bitey
:lashing self:

Upscaled SD ...only from a native SD source though, is good enough for membership bitey.

[Mr.Bitey]

I think its time to consider:

Would a good SD-DVD Transfer look better than a BAD HD-DVD transfer?

Cheers,
Philosophitey

[mello yello]

ozcal, on Nov 14 2006, 11:11 PM, said:

Despite MY's  left of center approach    this thread may well have some value.Most folk especially newbies are not going to go down the h-def road any time soon so it should be useful to talk about what's worthwhile  in the old   technology.
Gordon

Tell em the price Son  

[Mr.Bitey]

mello yello, on Nov 14 2006, 09:49 PM, said:

Upscaled SD ...only from a native SD source though, is good enough for membership bitey.

Absolutely - SD DVD all the way here!!

Cheers,
Bitey

[mello yello]

mr.bitey, on Nov 14 2006, 11:20 PM, said:

I think its time to consider:

Would a good SD-DVD Transfer look better than a BAD HD-DVD transfer?

Cheers,
Philosophitey

Ahhhh......

Ever watched SD over bad HD on FTA?  

I have...and thats a very good point that probably wont get answered properly till all this gear finally arrives...but.....I have a sneaking suspicion you already know the answer, Glasshopper

  

[Skid_MacMarx]

I know, I know Mello its that  v a s t  collection of Porno SD-DVDs that you've got and you're worried...that you will have to replace the lot...

[Mr.Bitey]

mello yello, on Nov 14 2006, 09:54 PM, said:

Ever watched SD over bad HD on FTA?  

Nods in SD Silence...

Cheers,
Quietey

[Skid_MacMarx]

some would say its been a Combat Zone in the HT section lately

[mello yello]

Skid_MacMarx, on Nov 14 2006, 11:28 PM, said:

I know, I know Mello its that  v a s t  collection of Porno SD-DVDs that you've got and you're worried...that you will have to replace the lot...

Now theres a development Skid.....Couples 4 Pack @ $24.99 , thats 4 movies for the price of one.

And I hear they do all their own stunts!!!