The Blu-Ray Upcoming, News & Info Thread

[Wor-Gar]

Took two of use to move my old Sony 32 inch Trinitron upstairs to my new apartment.

When I moved out years later, I tried to donate it, and no one wanted it. I couldn't give it away.

 

[Khev]

I remember paying $1500(!) for my 32 inch Sony CRT at Sears in 1996. I see that that's $2,477 in 2020 dollars. For a 32 inch standard definition square TV. With that TV and my Dolby Digital AC-3 Laserdiscs I thought I was really living the good life, lol.

 

[jye4ever]

Took two of use to move my old Sony 32 inch Trinitron upstairs to my new apartment.

When I moved out years later, I tried to donate it, and no one wanted it. I couldn't give it away.

Same here lol

 

[Wor-Gar]

I remember paying $1500(!) for my 32 inch Sony CRT at Sears in 1996. I see that that's $2,477 in 2020 dollars. For a 32 inch standard definition square TV. With that TV and my Dolby Digital AC-3 Laserdiscs I thought I was really living the good life, lol.

You were living the good life back then. Got mine the same time, same year.

I used to have movie night with that set up... Full Dolby surround speakers... and 32 inches of pleasure, minimized by letterbox.

To this day I still remember the rain FX behind me watching Jurassic Park. That was cool.

 

[rushmore223]

I remember paying $1500(!) for my 32 inch Sony CRT at Sears in 1996. I see that that's $2,477 in 2020 dollars. For a 32 inch standard definition square TV. With that TV and my Dolby Digital AC-3 Laserdiscs I thought I was really living the good life, lol.

And to think back in the 90's, before DVD, I used to pay between $30 and $125 for laserdisc movies.

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[Prime Clone]

Haha 4K is enough for me.

The more I investigate, the more I find 8K is overkill that requires a mammoth screen and close-up viewing to be worthwhile. Then there's my failing eyesight.

Jye may like to weigh in again...?

 

[jye4ever]

The more K the better
The more K the merrier

 

[darthviper107]

The more I investigate, the more I find 8K is overkill that requires a mammoth screen and close-up viewing to be worthwhile. Then there's my failing eyesight.

Jye may like to weigh in again...?

There's also very few movies in 8K, most are mastered at 2K

 

[jye4ever]

Don’t care I want 8k X-Men Dark Phoenix now

 

[Prime Clone]

The more K the better
The more K the merrier

There's also very few movies in 8K, most are mastered at 2K

Does that mean not much existing content will make the leap?

 

[jye4ever]

Does that mean not much existing content will make the leap?

You have to understand how the industry works.

They kept releasing 3d movies for years after they stopped making 3d tvs

They are dying to stop making physical media yet they are pushing 8k tvs while the streaming infrastructure in place can’t even handle 4k and during pandemic it could barely even handle HD.

Try not to think about it too much lol

 

[punisher1974]

I remember paying $1500(!) for my 32 inch Sony CRT at Sears in 1996. I see that that's $2,477 in 2020 dollars. For a 32 inch standard definition square TV. With that TV and my Dolby Digital AC-3 Laserdiscs I thought I was really living the good life, lol.

You and Wor-Gar had sweet set up for the time period. I had a full surround sound that system at the time but only a 27" tv. Watching letterbox Star Wars was great but so tiny compared to now. And Rushmore I remember the prices for laser discs but I never had that format. I went from VHS to DVD but I had a friend that would get the big movies on laser disc. I was jealous of the quality for sure.

 

[Prime Clone]

Try not to think about it too much lol

Thanks, I won't

 

[jye4ever]

You and Wor-Gar had sweet set up for the time period. I had a full surround sound that system at the time but only a 27" tv. Watching letterbox Star Wars was great but so tiny compared to now. And Rushmore I remember the prices for laser discs but I never had that format. I went from VHS to DVD but I had a friend that would get the big movies on laser disc. I was jealous of the quality for sure.

You and Wor-Gar had sweet set up for the time period. I had a full surround sound that system at the time but only a 27" tv. Watching letterbox Star Wars was great but so tiny compared to now. And Rushmore I remember the prices for laser discs but I never had that format. I went from VHS to DVD but I had a friend that would get the big movies on laser disc. I was jealous of the quality for sure.

Yup I also had surround sound for VHS SW lol

I replaced my super heavy Trinitron with this super heavy 1080i 65 inch beast:



This tv was bad ass at the time I watched LOTR EE DVD on this and played Rogue Squadron on the Gamecube on this.

My back hurt alot in those days lol

After that tv I started with the super expensive and still super heavy panasonic/samsung plasmas

It sure took a long time for LCD/LED to make things lighter and cheaper.

Ironic the OLED made them even lighter.

 

[punisher1974]

I remember when those hit the market. Awesome picture quality with the refresh rate for games. But they were like lifting a small car.

 

[jye4ever]

 

[rushmore223]

I think I had that TV! I remember it was $3,000.00, but I got it through work for $1300.00. I got tired of replacing the bulbs and decided to move on to a nice1080p LCD set.

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[jye4ever]

Man do you remember the insane prices on those original plasmas yikes

 

[punisher1974]

Man do you remember the insane prices on those original plasmas yikes

Yep like buying a car back then.

 

[Khev]

I didn't upgrade my 1996 32 inch Sony until I finally got a 1080p 42 inch LCD rear projection TV in 2004. Having that set when so many people still had standard def 4:3 CRT's made me feel like I was living on an episode of Cribs, lol.

Going back to the 90's though does anyone remember the very first Dolby Digital Laserdisc? I do. It was True Lies. How ironic that the film that was literally leading the industry in audio/video presentation at home would then forever languish in standard def purgatory from that point on.