Can a Blu-Ray player up convert Wide screen DVD's into full screen?

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Asim

I've always been wondering

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Usually your Television has a "zoom" feature to remove black bars if they bother you.

Remember that Movies are shot in dozens of screen ratios. The movie theater used to have those red-velvet curtains that would move in/out/down to frame the image so you did not notice the black bars.

BluRay players are trying to give you the exact movie image so .. you see the bars on a 16:9 television.

If you watch a HDTV show on BluRay - then it exactly fills the screen.

Adjusting DVD Playback without black bars?

garda0354

I am viewing Blu Ray movies on my 32" LG 720p Widescreen HDTV. My Blu Ray player is a PS3 plugged in with an HDMI cable. I was wondering how to configure my TV and player so that movies take up the entire area of the screen (aside from using that zoom feature)?

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not all Blu-Ray movies are true 16X9.
it's going to depend on the director, but a lot of movies are shot in wider than widescreen so those black bars are normal.

example apocalypto is 1.85:1 or 16.65X9 wider than widescreen

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Is the picture better with a regular Blu Ray player or a PS3?

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Tim M

I know PS3 can play Blu Rays, but I would assume the picture is better on a device that's sole purpose is to play Blu Rays. Unlike the PS3, which is to play games. Which Blu Ray player would you recommend? Thanks.

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honestly even if the picture would be a tiny bit better which it really isnt, id get the ps3 anyway since it has more functions. its a cheap blu-ray player at the very least.

Is is possible to get a 1080p picture from a 1080p blu-ray player that's connected to a 720p tv?

angel_girl

My friend says that when she plays a movie on her blu-ray player, she gets a 1080p picture, even though her tv is only 720p. Is this possible?

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No.

All HDTV's convert the input video signal to the resolution inside the TV.

This means your friends BluRay player is out-putting 1080 but the TV then down-converts the video to 720 for processing and display.

Same way if you feed the HDTV a standard def DVD which is 480. The TV will up-convert the video to 720.

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How to burn pictures and video clips from camera and play on home television through blu-ray player?

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Tyler

They are from the Olympus Stylus Tough 8000 underwater and out of the water camera and i have burned them to a DVD-R disc through my computer and am looking to watch on tv on our Sony Blu-Ray player. I have tried loading the disc but it displays a message saying that the disc format cannot be played. What do I do? Do I have to buy a different disc or use a program to specially format the disc for dvd use?

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Convert and Burn video to Blu-ray Movies for PS3, Blu-ray Player, HDTV

E.M. HD Video Converter is a wonderful video converter that lets you not only convert your favorite video to AVCHD which can work on PS3 and Blu-ray player, but also convert all video to HD (high definition) video formats like HD MPEG2 TS Video, HD H264 TS Video, HD WMV Video, HD DivX Video, HD Xvid Video, HD H.264 Video, HD Quick Time Video, HD MPEG4 Video, HD FLV Video, HD MKV Video. besides, E.M. HD Video Converter can easily burn all video and AVCHD video (mts, m2ts, ts) to DVD, DivX DVD.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=e.m.+hd+video+converter

Whats the difference between a blu ray player that is wifi enabled or wifi ready?

paco511

Looking at getting a blu ray player and not familiar with them.
What should I look for in a blu ray player?

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Wifi enabled means it has it's own Wifi adapter built in. Wifi ready means it will do wifi if you buy a wifi adapter (usually a USB Dongle). what to look for depends on what you want. Some have netflix and pandora apps some do not. Some have a hard time playing some movies. so I would google Blu ray player reviews and find the best one for you.

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Whats the difference between a blu ray player that is wifi enabled or wifi ready?

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paco511

Looking at getting a blu ray player and not familiar with them.
What should I look for in a blu ray player?

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Wifi enabled means it has it's own Wifi adapter built in. Wifi ready means it will do wifi if you buy a wifi adapter (usually a USB Dongle). what to look for depends on what you want. Some have netflix and pandora apps some do not. Some have a hard time playing some movies. so I would google Blu ray player reviews and find the best one for you.

What's the difference between a WiFi Ready and a WiFi Built In Blu-Ray player?

Herrminato

I'm looking to buy a Blu-Ray player and just want to know what the difference between a WiFi Ready and a WiFi Built In player is?

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"Wi-Fi Ready" means that the player manufacturer also makes a Wi-Fi adapter (sold separately) that can be plugged into the player's USB port. Only their adapter will work with the player, so you can't shop around for a cheaper adapter from another manufacturer that would also work with that player's USB port.

"Built-in Wi-Fi" means that the wireless adapter is already an internal component of the player, so you do not need to buy a Wi-Fi adapter for the player.

All Blu-ray players that offer network streaming services will have an ethernet port that supports a wired connection, that is a standard component for those players. So if you wanted to save money you could buy a player without built-in Wi-Fi and then connect an ethernet cable from the ethernet port of the player to your router. It may not be as convenient to run an ethernet cable to your router, but it is cheaper option and a more stable connection than wireless.

You could also connect that type of player to another kind of wireless network adapter using an ethernet cable. Those adapters are not the small USB sized adapters sold for Wi-Fi ready players. They are sometimes called wireless gaming adapters, and can act as a bridge between any wired network devices and your wireless network router: http://www.google.com/products?q=wireless+gaming+adapter&hl=en&aq=0&oq=wireless+gam .

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How can I fix my dvd player?

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m8x3w

I have a Toshiba 5 disc carousel changer, SD-3805 hooked up to a Sharp TV, and whenever I try to watch a movie on it, the screen will go black and you can't see anything. But then it will come back on in a few minutes. How can I fix this?

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It is time for you to purchase a new blu ray disc player. Toshiba is not a very reliable brand. It would cost more to repair it than just buying a new one. Panasonic is the most reliable player in the market. Hope this will help you out.

How can I connect a DVD or Blu-Ray Player to my surround sound system?

tricolore_

I'm planning on getting an upscaling DVD player or a Blu-Ray player shortly. I already have a 5.1 surround sound system that has a 5 disc changer, but the video quality is fairly bad... Since most of the players do not connect to surround sound directly, how would I connect the two?

I figure that if I hook up the DVD player to my TV and then project the sound from my TV to my surround sound system (which only accepts standard 2 cable audio input), I would lose the surround sound.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks, both great answers already, I'll try and pick a best answer soon.

Also, I've noticed that I get a MUCH better picture quality through my XBOX 360 than my home theater system. My Xbox is hooked up by HDMI (so I'm already up to date with the technology in that department).

When I use my surround sound with this setup, I still get sound in the two rear speakers, although it's not close to as impressive. I guess I have to find a solution in the middle.

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OK, if you get a Blu-ray player, which is the only way to go, you need to update your receiver as well. Since Blu-ray came out, literally everything went out of date. A receiver that does hdmi switching, video upscaling, & Dolby TrueHD surround is needed. As well as a flat screen TV that has 1080p resolution. Then everything has to hooked up via hdmi cable. But, see if your current surround sound system has a digital optical input. If so, you can hook up the audio portion to the system & then hook up the video portion directly to the TV. Then you'll get the audio & video quality your looking for. But at the same time, if your video source is grossly out of date, then you need to start there. Save the pain n' suffering & start replacing. That's what everyone who is into Blu-ray is doing. I attached a link to two products that I recommend. G'day!

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Is a Mac Mini an acceptable home theater pc?

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Richie D

looking to add a home theater pc to my setup. i love OSX so i would love to use that in my setup, but understand the limitations (front row really sucks). plus i'm sure it's more expensive than just building a media center pc. is it worth it to spend the extra money just to use OSX?

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No. It's not worth the extra money, especially because most home theater PC software is for windows. The mac mini doesn't have HDMI or a blu-ray player, so you won't be able to watch blu-ray's or take advantage of 7.1 or uncompressed audio. Also, you can't upgrade a mac, but if you build your own, you can always upgrade the components whenever blu-ray 2 or 9.2 sound or HDMI 2 or whatever else you could dream up comes out a few years from now.

Try something like this:
http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=3563&p=7

What is a good gaming laptops to get?

Angel

I know ASUS and Alienware are supposed to be good, but lately Ive been hearing Alienware is not that great anymore and ASUS certain parts break down pretty fast and their customer service is bad. Are there any good ASUS or Alienwares out now? in the 1,500-1,600 or less range.

Can some people name some good gaming laptops as well as brands, I keep coming across some but then they'll be some sort of error with them.

Memory 8 GB or more with ability to upgrade
Hard drive 750 GB or more
CPU i7 3r d gen.
Graphics Card 2-3 GB or more
Windows
Display 15-17 inch etc.

Although i want a gaming computer i wont be gaming on it much, I just want a gaming computer because they tend to have more memory, and hard drive space etc.

thanks
Thank you both..Alex i had checked that laptop out and i read reviews about freezing and touch pad issues...have you experienced any issues with that? and what yr is your ASUS? are there any others you would recommend?
Also anymore suggestions are appreciated thanks

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The most important factor of a gaming laptop is the graphics processor. The stronger the graphics, the better the gaming unless particularly slowed by the CPU or a ram shortage or other factors.
Video editing needs a lot of ram and a faster CPU. Stronger CPUs and graphics power take more battery power, so if they still have a standard 6 cell lithium ion, a faster laptop has a shorter battery life.
Weight is also a factor in the portability, and many people are more interested in the portability. You get a much more powerful desktop PC with a bigger monitor at the same price as a gaming laptop.
For brand quality and reliability in general, I use the customer survey published annually by PC World magazine. December 2011 is the latest, with this year due out soon.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/244419/laptop_reliability_and_satisfaction_macbooks_rule.html
Although Macbooks are known as more reliable, their price to performance is terrible. They cost a lot for the CPU and graphics performance level, and the OSX operating system has a smaller list of compatible software. Also, Lenovo has 3 product lines; Essential, Ideapad, and Thinkpad. Thinkpads are considered the most robust and best keyboards and have other excellent characteristics, but they do not get high level graphics because they are business systems.

Most laptops have 2 slots for DRAM. 8GB laptops are generally 2x4GB, and that is usually plenty. The graphics ram is more important to be GDDR5 instead of DDR3 type rather than how much ram. The graphics level is important, but the ram can be shared system ram as DDR3 and so having 2 GB dedicated graphics ram is only really good if it is GDDR5 ram. In DDR3, just add it to the system ram.
You can see a reported CPU and graphics score average at this site on two tabs:
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php

One of the bargains in the industry is the Lenovo Y580 at Lenovo.com, but shipments are now delayed and prices were increased. They were perfect during black friday sale with $900 price on what is now $1,039.20. There are a few left at resellers.
3rd Generation Intel Core i7-3630QM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX660M 2GB GDDR5, backlit keyboard, 15.6" screen in 1080p, 8.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz, 1TB 5400RPM+16G SSD, Blu-ray/DVD-RW, 6 Cell Li-Polymer, 2x2 wireless, bluetooth, HD CAM, HDMI, and a good set of extra features like one button recovery. You would have to wait for delivery. The only thing some people don't like is the screen has glare of overhead or lights behind you, but it has an extra wide color gamat with more accurate reproduction. In stock at Newegg for $1110 is DVDRW instead of bluray and a 750GB with 16GB acceleration SSD:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834310661

The only manufacturers of laptops selling under their own name is Asus and MSI. Laptops are designed and produced by them and Clevo, Wistron, Quanta, Invertec, and a few other manufacturers all in China. The brands are actually just sales and service and procurement organizations doing selection of keyboards, HDDs, LCDs, and other sub-components made by other companies. Lenovo Thinkpad still has design teams some formerly of IBM and a lab for reliability testing in Japan.

At $1210 is an MSI with similar specs to the Lenovo Y580, but in a 17.3" anti-reflective screen, no SSD, and is DVDRW:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152369
You can see gaming performance here:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html
If not gaming heavily, there would be no need to spend more as it is mostly only moving up the graphics power. Extra ram over 8+2GB is not very important.
I show the full HD 1920x1080 resolution since you are at the price point to get it.

This is a nice choice at Amazon of a Samsung:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Series-NP700G7C-T01US-17-3-Inch-Laptop/dp/B0098O6FIU
It's only flaw is bluray and DVD player, but does not show DVD writing. It may have it, but does not state it so probably does not. The color is yellow/orange. The screen is a 17.3" extra bright 400 nit. The HD 7870M is a little better than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M. It has a 1TB HDD. The Samsung brand is a high quality one. It is heavy at 8.4 pounds.

You can browse around, but if you like the color (see it at various sites for sale by google of the model number), and don't miss DVD writing (you can buy an external one), the Samsung is an excellent choice. Just browse around Newegg by looking at laptops sorted by price at 100 per page, and then select at left the i7, and slidebar for 1920x1080, and parameters of GB of ram and HDD. You can also check Amazon, but they are harder to search.

With the article about quality, a site that shows reported CPU and graphics power and another with gaming by GPU and the places to buy being Newegg, Amazon, Tigerdirect, BHPhoto.com
it is just a matter of deciding what suits you.

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What's the best Blu-Ray player for a low price?

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Tyler

I wanna get a good Blu-Ray player but I'm on a budget. Are there any good Blu-Ray players for less then $150. I know Walmart has a few for like $80, generally those are the cheaper made systems. I usually prefer Philips, Sony, or Visio. I'm not opposed to LG either.

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If you want a dependable blu ray disc player that will last then look at the Panasonic mode BD-75 or 85 which sells for under $100. Those bargain price players are not worth the money and they do not last. I own a first generation Panasonic player model BD-10, which is over 4 years old and played over 300 blu ray disc movies without one problems. Hope this will help you out.

What is the best deal you got in black friday?

dany49811

like if you got a really good discount on something.
i don't know, like a Blu-Ray dvd player or a ps3 or something
also try to keep it with electronics flat screen tvs,video games,mp3s,ipods, etc.

Thanks for answering :)

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Time to spend with my husband. We have a 'rule' in our household. We never go out the front door (except to put peanuts out for the birds and squirrels under the tree in our front yard) on Black Friday. Fortunately, we have enough money we don't need to 'bargain shop' and we don't like the big crowds. In one Walmart, one employee was crushed to death by stampeding customers, another was injured. Our time was well spent ... but we have to go do some shopping tomorrow, for some more Christmas decorations, and maybe we'll start shopping for each other. Our other gifts are bought and put away already ... at great prices, of course! They've been 'built up' since last January ...

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How Do I update the firmware on my Sony Blu Ray player BDP S300 for Mac OS X Leopard?

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jthunt_sk8

I have Mac OS X 10.5.6 and i cant get an update for the firmware of my blu ray player unless i have windows please give me a link or some help on what i can do!

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Go to the Apple web site, under support. They may have an update for you.

is there a blu ray player that can stream media from my mac to the blu ray player?

jimmybob 2

i want a blu ray player with netflix, and the ability to stream from my computer (mac) to my tv. anyone know how to do this?
and no, i don't want to move my DESKTOP mac all the way downstairs to hook it up to my tv

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The Mac is hooked directly up to the HDTV, not the Blu ray, you can use DVI, VGA or HDMI to connect the computer to the HDTV HDMI is the best but your computer has to have it...

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What use are the built in sound decoders on my blu ray player?

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bdiddydawg

Hi i just bought a blu ray player that has built in audio decoders for all the new stuff like DTS-HD etc. How does this work? Can i get those decoders to play through my regular 5.1 system or do i still need a 7.1 reciever to play them? I was looking a receiver with all the HD type decoders on it but do i need them on both the blue ray and the receiver?

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You need either your player OR your receiver to decode the audio formats, but you don't need both. If your receiver doesn't have HDMI 1.3 you'll need your player to decode it. The catch is your player will have to have analog outputs and your receiver will have to have analog inputs. Now you're 5.1 receiver probably has the inputs, but your player probably doesn't have analog outs-most do not. If you list your receiver and player models I can take a look and see if it's possible.

If you're receiver and player don't meet these requirements, you'll need to consider that when buying a receiver. You can find a receiver that will do 7.1 and decode the audio formats internally for about $400+

Is there some way to connect my surround sound to the rest of my equipment?

Q. Is there some way to connect my 5.1 Earthquake Nova surround sound to my Xbox 360, 46" Samsung LN46A500T1F-HDTV, and Cox Cable box through my blu-ray player. I can only connect the surround sound to the blu-ray player since the surround sound only has the six rca/analog connections.

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If your s/s has an audio input, connect your devices to the available tv ports and run an a/v cable from the tvs audio output to the s/s audio input. You might have to change the sources when doing different things but mine stays on tv/video and has surround sound all the time. If I watch a movie, I switch it to dvd and so on.

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How can I watch Star Wars Despecialized Edition without burning it on Blu-Ray?

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YYZ

I really want to watch Star Wars Despecialized, but I don't own a Blu-Ray player, let alone a Blu-Ray burner. How can I circumvent this problem? Is there a link to a video file I can just download and watch from my computer? I would even be okay with burning a standard-definition DVD, but I don't know where to find that, either.

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You would better buy a blu ray converter. I think the blu ray converter at this website is good to use: http://www.bluray-converters.com/blu-ray-to-ipad-ripper/

What kind of data can you save on a Blu-ray player?

MARIANA P

I have no clue about blu-ray players, we are about to buy our first one. I read stuff online that sound Chinese to me. This is what I got so far: you can play blu-ray and normal dvds in it. Thats all I understand. What else can I do with my blu-ray player? I read something about storing data. THANKS! I know, I sound very dummy.

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If you want to store data on a Blu-ray disc, you need a Blu-ray burner. As far as what kind of data you can burn to a Blu-ray disc, you can burn anything to the disc. As far as what you can do with a Blu-ray player other than watch Blu-ray and DVD and listen to CD's, that depends on the Blu-ray disc player you get. Some of them connect to the internet and play streaming movies from Netflix and Amazon. Again it depends on the model of your Blu-ray disc player but the main thing you do with it is to watch movies.

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If I buy a external usb hd can I play movies off of it on a console or dvd player?

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Kyro

Can I plug it into a tv usb and just play movies off a hard drive?

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First of all, I assume you're talking about an external hard drive. The answer is yes and no.

Some TVs will recognize the drive directly connected and some won't. Which is why I advise against plugging into a TV and instead using an intermediary device like a DVD player, PS3, Wii, XBOX360, or like a Blu Ray player or something else which has external hard drive support.

Next, you have to format the drive to FAT32. I found a nice little free app that does it well. E-mail me at hogger129@gmail.com and I will give you a link to it. It's quick and easy to use. You can also use the Command Prompt on your computer, but it takes a lot longer.

Next, you have to realize that the FAT32 file system makes it so that you cannot have any files over 4GB. Just the limits of the system. NTFS is better, but so far, I have not found any kind of devices like I mentioned above that will recognize an NTFS drive - just computers.

You will need a program to rip your DVD or Blu Ray movie or whatever you want to make a copy of onto your external drive. I recommend DVDFab. It's payware, but it works and works well. Other alternatives if you would rather have freeware are DVD Shrink and Freemake Video Converter. Shrink makes an iso image file and Freemake will convert it into the proper format.

I would recommend converting your rips to generic .avi since nearly all those devices I mentioned above will recognize it. PS3 and Blu Ray players will recognize .mp4, but I recommend using generic .avi since it will also work on PS3 and Blu Ray players as well as the other devices I mentioned above.

Then that's it.

If you have trouble, let me know and I can make a YouTube video on it.

I have a blu ray player built in to my laptop?

michaelint

But i can not play my blu ray movie. What sowftware do i need that is FREE.
thanks

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All laptops I know of come with player software. I'd be very surprised if yours didn't too. Since there are royalty costs for drivers you probably won't find freeware players, but check the link for a test of 4 players.

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Whats the difference between ypbpr and hdmi?

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iAndro!d

I heard HDMI is 1080p and ypbpr is 1080i but my TV says the HDMI is 1080i @60hrz the only diff I find is the HDMI is a little brighter more color I guess even tho my TV say both are 1080i is the HDMI still better

Answer
Component cables are capable of carrying a full bandwidth 1080p signal, so with all things being ideal, a component cable and a HDMI cable can bring you the same level of quality.

Component Cables

However, things are not ideal because support for that signal is unofficial: the CEA did not approve it as part of the standard.
Even if it had been approved, the Xbox 360 and PS3 could have supported analog 1080p, but not for AAC-protected content (i.e. it could work for a game but not for a Blu-ray). Hereâs a discussion about that.
Sonyâs own site says that their component cables only go up to 1080i, and I think they may have even constrained it in the settings menu. So, with a 1080p T.V it should be possible for you to get a theoretically better picture if you connect it to the PS3 via HDMI.

HDMI to DVI Cable

Hereâs the bigger picture though:


As others have pointed out, you canât beat the convenience of HDMI: One cable carries both the audio and video.
Some Blu-ray titles have encrypted/HDCP content that is not viewable in hi-video resolution except through HDMI. So HDMI instead of component frees you from that possible incompatibility.
Many Blu-ray titles offer really amazing audio via the latest audio codecs. They are better than traditional DTS and Dolby Digital because those were compressed and the back channels in 7.1 were matrixed.

The best of the newest ones like 7.1 DTS HD Master Audio give you discrete, uncompressed audio that will blow your mind if you have a good system and good earsâ¦and they need more bandwidth than the regular old coax or optical audio cable can offer. For those, you either have to have a Blu-ray player that converts them to analog and outputs them over 8 separate wires (which the PS3 does not offer), or (tada!) use HDMI.

Bottom line with all that background info: If you can get your whole system (surround audio, TV, PS3) connected via HDMI 1.4, youâll get the best possible sound and video and have the least possible compatibility issues.

Is there a real difference between HDMI and component cables?

Alex

I have a Sony Grand Wega LCD rear projector HDTV. I have digital cable installed and am running component cables from the HD-DVR to my television. Would I notice a huge difference if I switched from the component cables to a HDMI cable? I know that YPbPr is for analog signals and YCbCr is for digital signals, but I honestly don't know which cables I have.

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Between an HD-DVR and an LCD HDTV such as your Sony Grand WEGA you probably wouldn't notice much of improvement in image quality if any.

If you're not using an HDMI or DVI-D interconnect between your video source and your display then you are using an analog YPbPr component video interconnect.

You're essentially correct that âYPbPr is for analog signals and YCbCr is for digital signals.â YPbPr and YCbCr are not âanalog component inputsâ; YCbCr is the COLOR SPACE FORMAT used for DIGITAL component video and YPbPr is the familiar color space counterpart for ANALOG component video. All digital video content on DVD-Videos, HD DVDs, and Blu-ray video discs is encoded as YCbCr component video.

Using an HDMI connection between a digital STB, DBS receiver, or DVD disc player, rather than analog YPbPr component connection, would indeed eliminate one digital-to-analog conversion step as well as âone less analog to digital conversionâ step when using a digital display such as a high-definition LCD TV or monitor. Compliant HDMI connections should invariably provide an advantage when using digital displays even if masked by other equipment-related image quality shortcomings.

HDMI is currently positioned to become the preferred digital interconnect for consumer audio-video equipment though, as mentioned, compatibility issues do remain.

Aside from the issue of audio or video quality, using HDMI-HDCP compliant connections should mitigate potential problems that may arise in the near future when ICT enabled HD video content becomes more commonplace (ICT enabled HD video content is inevitable.)

The HDMI specification also provides for a Consumer Electronic Control (CEC) bus on CEC enabled equipment, which is intended to provide enhanced interoperability. This allows HDMI-CEC enabled A/V equipment to automatically communicate with each other across a compatible system. This provides the ability of âplug & playâ auto-configuration with the potential to minimize the number of remote controls as well as the overall number of key-presses required to execute various control functions. (The downside is that the HDMI âplug & playâ auto-configuration may not always provide the best possible equipment configuration. This is more an issue of a manufacturerâs implementation of HDMI-CEC than a shortcoming of the HDMI specification itself.)

The enhanced audio and video features supported by the use of HDMI 1.3a compatible A/V equipment are as follows:

   ⢠Preserve the full, unaltered transmission of the new lossless Dolby® TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio⢠compressed digital surround sound formats between compatible A/V receivers, A/V pre-amplifier/amplifier combos, or A/V control centers and compatible A/V sources. (Note: Onkyo has just released a couple of new A/V receivers* that support HDMI 1.3a, Dolby® TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio⢠decoding);
   ⢠Lip Sync - automatic audio/video syncing capability (helpful whenever a large quantity of video processing occurs in 1.3a compliant A/V equipment);
   ⢠Deep Color⢠- 30-bit, 36-bit and 48-bit (RGB or YCbCr) color depths; a larger color palette eliminates on-screen color banding for smoother transitions between colors;
   ⢠Extended color gamut (IEC 61966-2-4 color standard) "xvYCC" support. ("xvYCC" is an abbreviation for extended-gamut YCC color space for video applications.)

Though not a 100% guarantee the best assurance of HDMI compatibility, along with the potential to offer the highest quality of audio and video performance, is to purchase A/V hardware that is certified as SimplayHD, SimplayHDT, or is certified by a third-party HDMI Authorized Testing Center (ATC) as fully compliant with the HDMI specifications.
 

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Can someone tell me the difference between Blu Ray discs and DVDs?

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G1Main

Is Blu Ray better?
Best Blu Ray player?(is the PS3 good?)
What are the new features of Blu Ray discs?

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Data-wise, a DVD and a blu-ray can hold the same types of data. In fact, they can contain any data you like, it's just a matter of finding a device that can read that disc to write or retrieve that data. A DVD can hold multimedia and data files... and a blu-ray can hold multimedia and data files... it's just that a blu-ray can hold many many more of them. Here's why:

I'm sure you've heard by now that blu-ray discs require the use of a blue laser to read the data. In fact, the primary reason for blu-ray's superiority is due to some breakthroughs in optical technology. The wavelength of the blue laser could be reduced to 405nm from the red laser's 650nm... meaning that basically the same amount of information could be stored and retrieved in a smaller area. Making the disc layer thinner and slightly increasing the laser aperture size eliminated unwanted spreading and bending of the light waves to keep it well focused.

-Yes, blu-ray is better both physically and capability-wise.

-The best blu-ray player overall is considered to be the PS3, as it supports all of blu-ray's capabilities. It took a while for Sony to release a firmware update that allowed decoding of DTS HD Master Audio, but it is now a full-featured profile 2.0 blu-ray player. The best standalone player is considered to be the Panasonic DMP-BD50.

-Features of blu-ray have yet to be fully unlocked. Of course the capacity allows for high bit-rate video at full high definition, and uncompressed audio. Everyone knows that (or should by now). But, with BD-Java programming capability and bringing the internet into it with BD-Live, the possibilities become astounding over DVD. I mean, it's not going to change your oil or balance your checkbook or anything... but, from an entertainment standpoint it's a pretty exciting medium. The movie companies finally have a medium with capabilities that can provide their customers with a full immersion experience in their living rooms.

DVD is the big brother and is still a damn good medium. But, moving into high definition and interactivity beyond that of navigation menus and Easter Eggs, DVD just doesn't cut it. However, there is no war between DVD and blu-ray. If there were, Sony would not have made it so all blu-ray hardware must support DVD. It's just a step-up from previous technology. I don't doubt that soon blu-ray and HVD (holographic versatile disc) will be in the same boat.

Will this work for solar charging 100watt solar panel charging a Interstate SRM-24?

tucher87

Im planning on starting a little solar panel set up and I am wondering about charging and using my battery. I plan on using a small tv and probably a PS3 fat for the blu ray player. If I have a solar panel 100watts that has a maximum output of 5.5Amps would it be able to keep up with using a small tv during the day and at night a couple 12 volt lights and possibly a bluray player for a movie. I can not find any amp hour ratings on this battery yet it says its a deep cycle battery. Any ideas if this battery will be able to handle this.

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>Will this work for solar charging 100watt solar panel charging a Interstate SRM-24?

You haven't supplied nearly enough information to give a good answer, but here are two obvious problems:

- The original "fat" PS3 is an energy hog. Roughly 175 watts (~20 amps into inverter) playing a Blu-Ray. Even newer models use a lot more energy than a good stand alone player.

- The SMR-24 is not a true deep cycle battery. Don't expect the same kind of life that you would get from a true deep cycle battery. You can find "hours at amps" info at: http://www.interstatebatteries.com/cs_eStore/content/product_info/marine_f.asp The amp-hour ratings of all batteries depend on how fast you discharge them.

For example 4.6 amps (~55 watts from battery) for 15 hours is about the same as saying 69 amp-hours at a 15 hour discharge rate.

After replacing the PS3 with a modern player, the feasibility depends on the details. For example:

Where will it be located? The actual output of the panel depends on how much sunlight falls on it, and that depends on location & installation..

How much power do each thing use in watts? Add them up. Descriptions like "small TV" & "12 volt light" don't cut it.

How many days of overcast do you want the battery to cover? How small a power budget can you live with?

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Using my TV's Ethernet port to play ripped Blu-Ray movies directly from my computer?

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Rob Gane

I would eventually like to start my collection of Blu-Rays, but I had an idea that instead of buying a Blu-Ray player and hooking it up to my TV, I would just buy a Blu-Ray writer for my PC and rip the movies to play directly from my computer. Would this work? How does the quality and performance compare as to playing it from the disk on a BR player?

Thanks.

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What you need is a way of streaming media to your tv. You need to find out wether your tv accepts media servers...eg. servio, xbmc, plex. and does it use services like samba and or upnp. If yes then use your pc to stream files via either upnp samba to your tv with a one of the above programs ( there are more like mediatomb for linux.)

The quallity will stay the same so long as you ripped the blueray without compressing or lowering quality.

Just make sure the connection can stream fast enough for the film to buffer. I recomend using a direct LAN connection or homeplugs with a gigabit connection.

Hope this helped.

How to hardcode subtitles on a movie?

Keeya

I was wondering how i could *hardcode* subtitles onto a movie (.mp4, .mkv). I do NOT want to have the option to turn off the subtitles. I want to permanently embed the subtitles onto the movie file. Is there any application that i could do this with on a mac? everything i have tried still gives me the option to turn them off. For this reason, my blu ray player will not read the .srt file. I must permanently overlay the subtitles onto the movie. Any solutions?

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I know you have to mux the subtitle file and I'm familiar with MKVMerge GUI a Linux and Windows program. I've looked everywhere for a Mac program, forcing Google to use as many synonyms as I could think of, with no luck:-( Either a program is for Windows or, if it's a Mac program, it's older than the hills and no longer supported. I'm sure you can mux subtitle files with Final Cut Pro, or probably the Sony Vegas Pro everyone recommends but I'm just as sure that you probably don't want to spend $800 or more to embed subtitle files.

You might have better luck getting some help if you posted this question on an Apple forum.

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What is the best free Blu-ray software recommendations?

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Suki

Just need some Blu-ray player/ripping software for my iMac, free ones will be prefered.

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There is no free Blu-ray software available in the market now, you can refers to below to choose some useful ones: http://blog.bluray-player-software.com/best-blu-ray-software-blu-ray-player-blu-ray-ripper-blu-ray-copy/

How can i play a blur ray disc on my macbook pro?

Kraatmisea

I bought an external blu ray player, but my macbook pro still won't let me play blu ray discs... is there a free blu ray (virus FREE) software that i can download in order to support a blu ray disc?

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For free try VLC with the libbluray

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

http://www.videolan.org/developers/libbluray.html

or pay for BluRay Player software

http://www.macblurayplayer.com/index.htm

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How to connect my computer to my sony s370 blu ray player?

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Terri

I know that there is a way to connect my computer to stream to my sony s370 blu ray player. I would like to know if I would need a cable of some sort to connect them and if so what kind?
I've been looking this up for days and would love if someone could help me figure this out.

Thank you in advance.

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What you have to do is get a router then you connect the Blu ray and the computer to the router using cat5 or cat 6 cable or you could also go wireless if you have the proper adapters and equipment for that and then you create a network, for the computer and the blu ray, most routers will do this fairly easily using an included disk that you insert into the computer, the network is also connected to the Internet, the blu ray does not have a browser so you cannot go any where on the internet nor can you transfer anything you want from your computer, the blu ray is limited to certain sites on the Internet it can visit and certain things it can do. The blu ray will not connect directly to your computer but I think there may be a way to send still photos from the computer to the blu ray that will appear on the TV screen.

Should I buy a computer to play movies and streamline videos online instead of a blu ray player?

David

I'm thinking about buying another computer to hook up to my tv instead of a blu ray player. I would like to download and stream movies and tv shows. But I don't know if the quality would be very good. What do you think?

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If you own a 360 that is a great alternative as you could stream everything on your pc to 360 via windows media player. No need to connect pc to tv, you just stream everything wireless.

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If you buy a 720p tv and a 1080p blu-ray player, what will happen?

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sharbysyd

I saw that there are 720p and 1080p tv sets available. I also saw a 1080p blu-ray player. What happens if you play a 1080p blu-ray on a 720p tv? Will it work ok? Will the picture still be good?

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With HDTVs, they scale the image to the native resolution. If you have a 720p HDTV, it will scale low res and high res images to 720p. This will happen if you connect a BluRay player to a 720p TV.

The image will still be amazingly sharp like HDTV programming.

Is is possible to get a 1080p picture from a 1080p blu-ray player that's connected to a 720p tv?

angel_girl

My friend says that when she plays a movie on her blu-ray player, she gets a 1080p picture, even though her tv is only 720p. Is this possible?

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No.

All HDTV's convert the input video signal to the resolution inside the TV.

This means your friends BluRay player is out-putting 1080 but the TV then down-converts the video to 720 for processing and display.

Same way if you feed the HDTV a standard def DVD which is 480. The TV will up-convert the video to 720.

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