Comments on: HD DVD or BluRay? http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/14/hd-dvd-or-blueray/ Utterly random, incoherent and disjointed rants and ramblings... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:38:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/14/hd-dvd-or-blueray/#comment-6987 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:41:13 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/14/hd-dvd-or-blueray/#comment-6987 I don't know about the upscaling. My cousin has one of those hueg 36" plasmas that you hang on the wall so like Fr3d said, I think they won't look as good o as they might on a smaller monitor. <strong>@Jake</strong> - I never saw that error. Odd. But yeah, it's not a joke - I wanted to see which one of the two seems more popular. Anyway, I will be watching for that error message. Thanks. I don’t know about the upscaling. My cousin has one of those hueg 36″ plasmas that you hang on the wall so like Fr3d said, I think they won’t look as good o as they might on a smaller monitor.

@Jake - I never saw that error. Odd. But yeah, it’s not a joke - I wanted to see which one of the two seems more popular.

Anyway, I will be watching for that error message. Thanks.

]]> by: ZeWrestler http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/14/hd-dvd-or-blueray/#comment-6986 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:23:30 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/14/hd-dvd-or-blueray/#comment-6986 given the sony rootkit and other evil things sony has done, and the fact that i wish to see the ps3 fail, i would vote hd. given the sony rootkit and other evil things sony has done, and the fact that i wish to see the ps3 fail, i would vote hd.

]]> by: Fr3d http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/14/hd-dvd-or-blueray/#comment-6985 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:01:51 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/14/hd-dvd-or-blueray/#comment-6985 @<strong>jambarama</strong>: Upscaling is awful. Have you actually tried watching a DVD on a native 1080p display (like a 24" monitor)? It doesn't look that good... It's watchable, from a distance, but a good 720p or 1080p version of whatever you're watching is so much better :) @jambarama: Upscaling is awful. Have you actually tried watching a DVD on a native 1080p display (like a 24″ monitor)? It doesn’t look that good… It’s watchable, from a distance, but a good 720p or 1080p version of whatever you’re watching is so much better )

]]> by: jambarama http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/14/hd-dvd-or-blueray/#comment-6984 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:33:11 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/14/hd-dvd-or-blueray/#comment-6984 The DRM in HD-DVD is more fully (and easily) broken. If you have to get one, thats what I'd recommend, that way you can shift the medium easier. If I could recommend anything, get a cheap PC on one end with a DVD player. Then you get DVD upscaling, and you can use stuff like Miro an Joost. If you feel adventerous, get a capture card, run all your connections through it, and set up MythTV or something similar (sage, mediaportal, etc). Nothing looks better than pure 1080p DVI-out to a nice tv. Then you get your game machine (PC) attached to the nice tv. If you'd rather get a more "consumer" device, get a nice DVD player with upscaling and HDMI output. They run for $60-70, use the extra money you save to buy a bunch of DVDs. Upscaled DVDs look pretty good. The DRM in HD-DVD is more fully (and easily) broken. If you have to get one, thats what I’d recommend, that way you can shift the medium easier.

If I could recommend anything, get a cheap PC on one end with a DVD player. Then you get DVD upscaling, and you can use stuff like Miro an Joost. If you feel adventerous, get a capture card, run all your connections through it, and set up MythTV or something similar (sage, mediaportal, etc). Nothing looks better than pure 1080p DVI-out to a nice tv. Then you get your game machine (PC) attached to the nice tv.

If you’d rather get a more “consumer” device, get a nice DVD player with upscaling and HDMI output. They run for $60-70, use the extra money you save to buy a bunch of DVDs. Upscaled DVDs look pretty good.

]]> by: Jake http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/14/hd-dvd-or-blueray/#comment-6982 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:36:12 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/14/hd-dvd-or-blueray/#comment-6982 Well, I got an "Error 2147746065" when I tried to BluRay. My first guess was that it was a joke and you wanted everyone to vote for HD-DVD, but there appears to be plenty of votes for BluRay. Oh well. Well, I got an “Error 2147746065″ when I tried to BluRay. My first guess was that it was a joke and you wanted everyone to vote for HD-DVD, but there appears to be plenty of votes for BluRay. Oh well.

]]> by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/14/hd-dvd-or-blueray/#comment-6979 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:32:10 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/14/hd-dvd-or-blueray/#comment-6979 [quote comment="6977"]They probably oversell VPSs too :P[/quote] Most likely. lol Fr3d said:

They probably oversell VPSs too P

Most likely. lol

]]> by: Fr3d http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/14/hd-dvd-or-blueray/#comment-6977 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:17:30 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/14/hd-dvd-or-blueray/#comment-6977 The load average should be below however many CPU cores you have... So for a single core, single CPU server it should be under 1.0; a dual core, single CPU should be under 2.0 and a quad core, dual CPU server should be under 8.0, etc. They probably oversell VPSs too :P The load average should be below however many CPU cores you have… So for a single core, single CPU server it should be under 1.0; a dual core, single CPU should be under 2.0 and a quad core, dual CPU server should be under 8.0, etc.

They probably oversell VPSs too P

]]> by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/14/hd-dvd-or-blueray/#comment-6974 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:41:06 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/14/hd-dvd-or-blueray/#comment-6974 Generally speaking, you kinda want to be below 3, no? Dreamhost sucks. They do offer virtual private servers though. I wonder if that would improve my performance. I probably should find some other host though. I'm just to lazy to look. :P Generally speaking, you kinda want to be below 3, no?

Dreamhost sucks. They do offer virtual private servers though. I wonder if that would improve my performance. I probably should find some other host though. I’m just to lazy to look. P

]]> by: Fr3d http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/14/hd-dvd-or-blueray/#comment-6973 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:03:20 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/14/hd-dvd-or-blueray/#comment-6973 That's something I forgot in my earlier comment, HDDVD players are cheaper than Bluray :) @<strong>Luke</strong>: The highest "ok" load average for a server is 8, and that would be on a dual-quad core system... and I doubt dreamhost have any of those. I suggest moving to a less <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overselling" rel="nofollow">over-sold</a> host ;) That’s something I forgot in my earlier comment, HDDVD players are cheaper than Bluray )

@Luke: The highest “ok” load average for a server is 8, and that would be on a dual-quad core system… and I doubt dreamhost have any of those. I suggest moving to a less over-sold host )

]]> by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/14/hd-dvd-or-blueray/#comment-6972 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:51:16 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/11/14/hd-dvd-or-blueray/#comment-6972 Thanks. I fixed the typos. :) I guess people who have neither are most vocal because they are trying to decide which one to buy. There are hybrid drives out there but they cost over 1k which is more than most people are willing to pay these days. Those who already have a HD player are invested in one of the platforms, and will naturally support it over the other. <strong>@Fred</strong> - there is nothing on dreamhoststatus.com but I believe the shared server I'm on is under a really heavy load. The load average is shooting up to 30 right now, and it doesn't go below 10 which is not a good sign. I guess someone is getting dugg, slashdotted or something like that. For a change, I don't think it's me. Thanks. I fixed the typos. )

I guess people who have neither are most vocal because they are trying to decide which one to buy. There are hybrid drives out there but they cost over 1k which is more than most people are willing to pay these days.

Those who already have a HD player are invested in one of the platforms, and will naturally support it over the other.

@Fred - there is nothing on dreamhoststatus.com but I believe the shared server I’m on is under a really heavy load. The load average is shooting up to 30 right now, and it doesn’t go below 10 which is not a good sign.

I guess someone is getting dugg, slashdotted or something like that. For a change, I don’t think it’s me.

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