The Hang Out: Anal Commando Collector's Edition

[deadlegion]

I think most players are passable at this point. I feel that a dedicated scaler still has the edge on anything cheap though.

Maybe it's different now but a few years back scalers in some BD players were actually better than some other options. I mean PS3 upscaling was good.
Really depends on the chip involved.

Now it doesn't matter so much but there are probably still cheap chips being used in some things that don't do a good job. My old BD player has decent upscaling so I've never had any bad experiences so far

Never used any game consoles for playing DVD or BD myself though, always thought it was wasteful using them for things other than games but that's just me.

[Gypsy]

My PS3 gets way more use as a BD player than a game console.

[deadlegion]

Probably won't upgrade my receiver for some years even though the Yamaha I have is old now.

[Slacker Magician]

Maybe it's different now but a few years back scalers in some BD players were actually better than some other options. I mean PS3 upscaling was good.
Really depends on the chip involved.

Now it doesn't matter so much but there are probably still cheap chips being used in some things that don't do a good job. My old BD player has decent upscaling so I've never had any bad experiences so far

Never used any game consoles for playing DVD or BD myself though, always thought it was wasteful using them for things other than games but that's just me.

The PS3 is decent for BDs aside from how hot it gets. Aside from excellent content handling, aspect ratio and zoom controls are the biggest reasons I prefer a scaler. I can't live without them at this point .

[deadlegion]

My PS3 gets way more use as a BD player than a game console.

Yeah plenty of people have said that for years "PS3 good cheap BD player". But my old BD player was a lot cheaper than a PS3 and does the same job (I had it long before I had the console).

To me the PS3 was never a cheap BD player until recently, and even now there are cheaper options that are just as good.

[Gypsy]

Yeah I mean, I'm just not going to buy an extra unit when I have the PS3 already for games.

[Slacker Magician]

It was a solid choice when the PS3 hit around $300 if you also wanted it because it was a PS3 . If I were going to buy a standalone BD player it'd be one of the region free Oppo players. I'll probably get one at some point but, I'm going to have to make sure I don't get one of the crappy new ones that will be complying with the MAFIAA's new encryption crap.

[deadlegion]

The cheap BD player I got is all regions and cost $60. For BD you have to change region by code via the menu.
Every other BD player here under $100 (that I know of anyway) is BD region locked.

[deadlegion]

Yeah I mean, I'm just not going to buy an extra unit when I have the PS3 already for games.

You don't use it for games tho

[Gypsy]

You don't use it for games tho

Early on I played and beat a lot of games on it. I just watch a lot of movies too.

[deadlegion]

Early on I played and beat a lot of games on it. I just watch a lot of movies too.

Cinavia?

[Gypsy]

Had to google that.

[deadlegion]

I still see posts about it (usually there's a sadface.gif or something) when I'm looking at torrents.

[deadlegion]

[Gypsy]

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