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On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:13:56 -0500, krw wrote:

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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips chrisv wrote:
some silly copy-protection reason. Perhaps there exists, somewhere, a
player that can upsample DVD and send the upsampled signal out the
component-video jacks, but I have not heard of it.

Try the cheap brands (ie, Cyberhome, Apex, etc) rather than the major ones
that actually advertise (Sony/Panasonic/Samsung, etc.) I don't know if they
have any (yet) which will do upsampling on the component ports, but they
were the first to sell players in the US which could be de-regioned and
de-macrovisioned.

There are DVD players that are de-macrovisioned? Really? :-)

When you have DVDShrink you need no de-anything ;-)
Heard that AnyDVD is even better, but so far I have not come across a
dvd that could not be Shrinked, that including removal of region, copy
protection, and whatnot.

NNN

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On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:13:56 -0500, krw wrote:

In article ,
says...
In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips chrisv wrote:
some silly copy-protection reason. Perhaps there exists, somewhere, a
player that can upsample DVD and send the upsampled signal out the
component-video jacks, but I have not heard of it.

Try the cheap brands (ie, Cyberhome, Apex, etc) rather than the major ones
that actually advertise (Sony/Panasonic/Samsung, etc.) I don't know if they
have any (yet) which will do upsampling on the component ports, but they
were the first to sell players in the US which could be de-regioned and
de-macrovisioned.

There are DVD players that are de-macrovisioned? Really? :-)

When you have DVDShrink you need no de-anything ;-)

We'll see. ;-)

Heard that AnyDVD is even better,

Seems to have been withdrawn, from at least some sites.

but so far I have not come across a
dvd that could not be Shrinked, that including removal of region, copy
protection, and whatnot.

Who would do such a thing!

--
Keith

krw wrote:
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krw wrote:


I see a catch-22 here though. DVD is incredibly cheap. BR doesn't
give *that* much more.


Add to that the near absence of BR jukeboxes, and I see BR players as
something that needs replacing already. No way I'm taking my 250+ DVDs
from my 400 changer and putting them back in their boxes for BR. Once
they do come out with BR changers in quantity, they'll have to come out
with once of decent size (I see references to a 200 disc changer, WAY
too small unless you can chain them together), It'll be quite a while
before the price is reasonable (I'm seeing $2500+, kinda rules out the
daisy-chaining option, even if available).

Personally, I've yet to see such a huge difference that it could warrant
upgrading my TV and receiver, let alone buying the player.

GTD writes:
It'll be quite a while before the price is reasonable (I'm seeing
$2500+, kinda rules out the daisy-chaining option, even if available).

Personally, I've yet to see such a huge difference that it could warrant
upgrading my TV and receiver, let alone buying the player.

Yeah... now BR has "won the war", there are reports that prices for BR
players have already started going up.

-Miles

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GTD writes:
It'll be quite a while before the price is reasonable (I'm seeing
$2500+, kinda rules out the daisy-chaining option, even if available).

Personally, I've yet to see such a huge difference that it could warrant
upgrading my TV and receiver, let alone buying the player.

Yeah... now BR has "won the war",

But will they "win the peace"?

there are reports that prices for BR
players have already started going up.

Apparently not.

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Keith