I am in the market to either buy a BluRay Disc Player or a High Definition DivX player or to wait until the "wrinkles" have been ironed out.
Here is what I have heard: BluRay and HDDVD do not yet incorporate menus and those who have already bought HD DVD Players are just plain out of luck b/c their players will be obsolete soon enough due to an upgrade. I do not wish to plop down half a grand on something that will be obsolete in a year.
I really like the DivX codec and the players are out there and cheaper than BluRay players. The BluRay players seems like the better of the two in terms of market saturation and movies. I would also think that buying PS3 would be a good move as that is something Sony would tend to upgrade and keep up-to-date with any updates available, which I would think that the set top players would tend to suffer more neglect. Of course, this is all speculation on my part and that is why I am posting here. Who knows, I may not even need a player as I have high definition output from my computer via component and DVI- if there are any places on the web where you can rent/buy 1080i/p movies that may just be a cheaper route.
Any opinions? Should I wait a while before I buy a player? Do I even need one? Really I just want to enjoy my High Definition TV more so no real need, just a want- a want that can wait at that.
Thanks,
j razz
Here is what I have heard: BluRay and HDDVD do not yet incorporate menus and those who have already bought HD DVD Players are just plain out of luck b/c their players will be obsolete soon enough due to an upgrade. I do not wish to plop down half a grand on something that will be obsolete in a year.
I really like the DivX codec and the players are out there and cheaper than BluRay players. The BluRay players seems like the better of the two in terms of market saturation and movies. I would also think that buying PS3 would be a good move as that is something Sony would tend to upgrade and keep up-to-date with any updates available, which I would think that the set top players would tend to suffer more neglect. Of course, this is all speculation on my part and that is why I am posting here. Who knows, I may not even need a player as I have high definition output from my computer via component and DVI- if there are any places on the web where you can rent/buy 1080i/p movies that may just be a cheaper route.
Any opinions? Should I wait a while before I buy a player? Do I even need one? Really I just want to enjoy my High Definition TV more so no real need, just a want- a want that can wait at that.
Thanks,
j razz