Recent content by jonesbruce91361

The gripe about the 3D glasses is naive and ultimately insulting. Lots of us wear glasses everyday, including sunglasses and pretty ugly coke bottle lens glasses and few of us complain or even notice it. That said, nobody said 3D is or has to be for everyone. It is a natural progression of the...

This still doesn't answer the question guys--and gals--why is Direct ahead and why have they been ahead for so long now? It used to be generally acknowledged that Direct was the sports place and Dish was the movie place. Go with whom you felt give you the most of which. As it stands, and has...

What is with you guys? Am I the only one aware of the other Direct HD channels like their Starz package, more HBO, and other premium channels. Voom was fine, but most people are either sprots nuts or movie nuts, and I believe most movie nuts would prefer to have all the premium HD channels...

laser disc to dvd? Has anyone had any luck recording from old laser discs to standard DVD's? I mean, I know it can be done, but does the PQ stay the same, get worse or (hopefully) better? In other words, is there something inherent in DVD's (3/2 pull-down, whatever) that improves the laser...

Good Lord, an intelligence observation as opposed to the usual sophomoric bitching!

It's no joke! Both channels us and running in KC! B. Jones

Both Sci-Fi HD and USAHD are up and running in Kansas City. No Cartoon Network yet.

Yes, I was aware of that and I understand that. But that still does not answer the question: what is a Blu-Ray besides a brand name. The DVD Forum aside, are there any other products that play HD video that are called something other than HD DVD? I'm not aware of any. So a customer at Best Buy...

But isn't this part of the whole problem? What distinguishes Blu-Ray from an MP3 or a LP record or say, a pink Chevrolet? Or is there another name for a fairly recently developed process that's just like old DVDs only better? Seriously, formats aside, the tangible product you hold in your...

I'm sorry, guys but that just makes no sense to me. I always thought DVD was a generic term. So what--Blu-Ray is claiming to have invented a whole other process? No wonder the world is confused.

Yes, but it's all still just HD DVD. You don't old DVD's "Green-Ray" or "Better-Ray" or any ray. It's just HD DVD in a different format, right?

Not to get into a fight here, but: There is DVD. Then there is HD DVD. Blu-Ray IS HD DVD. So from that perspective it does make sense for the damn thing to be called HD DVD's. But if Blu-Ray wins the format war I doubt they'll change their name. I do believe (if they win) they'll eventually...

As for DVD upconvert players, I strongly recommend the Helios which supplies an amazing 1080i picture and is the only unconvert player in the world right now that you can use with component ports. Bruce

I have the same trouble with my Dish HD receiver not working with my TV through the HDMI port. I bought a Toshiba HD DVD player and the player's HDMI port works spectacularly with my setup so I know its not my TV. I finally called DISH and spoke with a very nice, apparently very reliable...

TMC in HD? If Dish is now running TBS in HD and if Ted Turner is still involved, can we HOPEFULLY expect to see TMC HD in the near future? Thoughts, anyone?