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Ten reasons you NEED to be an early adopter of a high-def movie format
Modern Home Theater has a Top Ten list up on why you should be an early adopter of ether Blu-ray or HD DVD. A few deal with the obvious picture quality increase but they do have great points on studio support and the industry in general. Sure, it is a good chunk of change to drop down ether $500 bucks for a HD DVD player or $999 for a Blu-ray player, but you just might have to take one for the team buddy. If someone doesn't buy these things but rather take the "sit back and wait role," then how are the prices going to drop and why would the studios release their libraries?Interesting read.[via digg]
Oppo's new HDMI-equipped upscaling DVD player - DV-970HD
Oppo, maker of everyones favorite DVD upscaler, has just announced another model - the DV-970HD. This time around the player features HDMI output rather then the DVI. Oh man, it just doesn't end there ether. This player is loaded with goodies like 4-in-1 media card readers and USB input, PAL/NTSC support, 5.1 analog audio output, and optical/digital coax outputs. It supports DivX, DVD-Audio, SACD, and Xvid. This slim little player even has the ability to utilize the digital path of DIM but keep the resolution at a 480i in order to feed an external scaler. Man, there is just to much to talk about with this player. Oh and did we mention it was only $149 and included a HDMI cable?[thanks for the tip Kevin]
