soundproof: As to people stating a huge difference between Full-HD and HD-Ready, at normal viewing distances ... I'd want to ask whether the playback chains were similar. In case that was directed at me, to clarify: I'm saying that the difference between Blu-ray (or I guess HDDVD) and upscaled DVDs is more obvious on a 1080 screen than it is

355f: Greg: Well obviously on a 720 set like the BV4 (or indeed 428XD) you'll not notice the difference as much as you do on a 1080 set, for sure. But, and again maybe I'm 'special' but, the difference was very obvious to me. If you can't see it, of course don't bother with BR. But I'm amazed you can't! I should add the

Well obviously on a 720 set like the BV4 (or indeed 428XD) you'll not notice the difference as much as you do on a 1080 set, for sure. But, and again maybe I'm 'special' but, the difference was very obvious to me. If you can't see it, of course don't bother with BR. But I'm amazed you can't! I should add the caveat that

& soundproof: @Greg I don't care either way, Greg. I'm very happy with the quality of my upscaled DVDs - though I do enjoy the higher quality sound of the HD disc formats. But there's a lot of misinformation from either side in the so called "war." The threadstarter linked to a statistic that's worth taking a look at. BLU

Well, yes it's possible, but not a great solution. You'd need a computer to drive it and sadly the mac mini can't do that (it can only drive the 23"). And a Mac Pro might be a little bit of overkill for a home entertainment system! Obviously you could use any PC that has a capable graphics card. Then you could add a digital tuner (elgato's

scott451: my two cents, the format war had better get moving. i get more and more of my hd content in electronic (and even streaming) format. if the majors don't get things decided, the business model could change to bypass the physical media altogether ! - scott Now that is very true!

soundproof: Greg: HD-DVD players are being sold for ever cheaper, and the HD-DVD group is having to pay studios (the small minority of major studios that aren't part of the blu-ray group) for a limited period (note: these are not HD-DVD only for good) of exclusivity on new releases - looks to me like blu-ray has already won. YMMV, of course. I'd

David: I have also disabled the motor assist open, it makes a ridiculous whining noise which is unbearable - it sounds like it's in pain! Yes, it's an 'interesting' noise, isn't it. Did you see (or has anyone posted) the Business Week article from last week about B&O and the design of the Serene?

355f: Greg: With SD content only, I'd maybe agree - although a well set-up (professionally calibrated) 8G Pioneer probably still has the edge IMO (obviously, this is subjective). I've seen this and the Sony with my own SD content, as well as blu-ray discs. To be fair, the Sony did look quite impressive, if a little brash, oversharp and lacking

With SD content only, I'd maybe agree - although a well set-up (professionally calibrated) 8G Pioneer probably still has the edge IMO (obviously, this is subjective). I've seen this and the Sony with my own SD content, as well as blu-ray discs. To be fair, the Sony did look quite impressive, if a little brash, oversharp and lacking depth (being