Starship Troopers Blu Ray won't play in my player

[Inazuma]

Reading this thread makes me glad I skipped Blu Ray movies altogether. Why do Blu Ray players need to be updated anyway? How hard is it to just play movies?

[Betamax001]

I'm glad you got it to work. Blu Ray's look so much better than DVDs 99.9% of the time. Some DVDs look OK (mainly bigger movies from big companies) but others just look like SHIT. (Mainly my anime and older DVDs)

Of course if you don't have an HDTV, then it's really not important

[Luke]

I'm glad you got it to work. Blu Ray's look so much better than DVDs 99.9% of the time. Some DVDs look OK (mainly bigger movies from big companies) but others just look like SHIT. (Mainly my anime and older DVDs)

This coming from someone with the handle "Betamax001" makes the post funny.

[MrPopo]

I'm glad you got it to work. Blu Ray's look so much better than DVDs 99.9% of the time. Some DVDs look OK (mainly bigger movies from big companies) but others just look like SHIT. (Mainly my anime and older DVDs)

This coming from someone with the handle "Betamax001" makes the post funny.

[CRTGAMER]

I'm glad you got it to work. Blu Ray's look so much better than DVDs 99.9% of the time. Some DVDs look OK (mainly bigger movies from big companies) but others just look like SHIT. (Mainly my anime and older DVDs)

This coming from someone with the handle "Betamax001" makes the post funny.

I don't think my name helps either. Well, I do have a HD CRT.

Another minor rant
As far as comparison, BlueRay is better then DVD in pic quality. However, the DVDs look decent in the Anamorphic editions. These fill the screen entirely, even my HD 4:3 CRT uses every corner, stretching the widescreen with no black bars at all. The actors lose weight by being stretched vertically, but the HD CRT is forgiving.

Why are a lot of "Wide Screen" movies pressed without this Anamorphic feature? Even on a Widescreen HD those stupid black bars.

[Betamax001]

I'm glad you got it to work. Blu Ray's look so much better than DVDs 99.9% of the time. Some DVDs look OK (mainly bigger movies from big companies) but others just look like SHIT. (Mainly my anime and older DVDs)

This coming from someone with the handle "Betamax001" makes the post funny.

Very true. I haven't thought of that Blu Ray is by far the BEST, but tapes and laserdiscs are alot more FUN!

Why are a lot of "Wide Screen" movies pressed without this Anamorphic feature? Even on a Widescreen HD those stupid black bars.

Alot of those are older DVDs from the late 90s when they essentially just plopped the Laserdisc on a DVD. But I hate those old letterboxed DVDs. Just an excuse to upgrade to Blu!

[CRTGAMER]

Why are a lot of "Wide Screen" movies pressed without this Anamorphic feature? Even on a Widescreen HD those stupid black bars.

Alot of those are older DVDs from the late 90s when they essentially just plopped the Laserdisc on a DVD. But I hate those old letterboxed DVDs. Just an excuse to upgrade to Blu!

Not me, too much already invested in Laser Discs and DVDs. Anamorphic DVDs actually look very clean, plenty of sharpness with my DVD upscaler and HD CRT.

BDLive is the biggest reason why I WON'T go BlueRay. I want my bonus content right on the disc not a temporary before removed online feed! Also, not all BlueRays include the extra DVD disc. Changing all the DVD players from the bedrooms and the portable in the car over to BlueRay can get expensive for a maybe temporary format? Remember Microsoft backed HD DVDs? No thanks, I'll only make the move if DVDs become obsolete. By then streaming will kill all the discs.

[Evildeadmanwalking77]

Agreed. I've read an article that was saying that eventually all physical media will be phased out and become obsolete. Makes sense if think about it. Yes, I jumped on the blu ray band wagon because it really does look better but that's it for me. There is no way in hell that I'm going for the 3D blu ray thing, waaayyy to expensive and I don't want to watch EVERYTHING in f'n 3D. I don't think it will catch on but that's technology though, constant changes to make things bigger, better, faster, etc.

[Inazuma]

Agreed. I've read an article that was saying that eventually all physical media will be phased out and become obsolete. Makes sense if think about it. Yes, I jumped on the blu ray band wagon because it really does look better but that's it for me. There is no way in hell that I'm going for the 3D blu ray thing, waaayyy to expensive and I don't want to watch EVERYTHING in f'n 3D. I don't think it will catch on but that's technology though, constant changes to make things bigger, better, faster, etc.

3D technology sucks so far. Even the 3DS needs to be positioned exactly perfectly or else it breaks the 3D effect. When we reach a point where we have glasses free 3D that works perfectly at any angle, you will want to watch everything in fucking 3D.

[Jrecee]

I'm glad you got it to work. Blu Ray's look so much better than DVDs 99.9% of the time. Some DVDs look OK (mainly bigger movies from big companies) but others just look like SHIT. (Mainly my anime and older DVDs)

This coming from someone with the handle "Betamax001" makes the post funny.

I don't think my name helps either. Well, I do have a HD CRT.

Another minor rant
As far as comparison, BlueRay is better then DVD in pic quality. However, the DVDs look decent in the Anamorphic editions. These fill the screen entirely, even my HD 4:3 CRT uses every corner, stretching the widescreen with no black bars at all. The actors lose weight by being stretched vertically, but the HD CRT is forgiving.

Why are a lot of "Wide Screen" movies pressed without this Anamorphic feature? Even on a Widescreen HD those stupid black bars.

Like George lucas with his damn original unedited trilogy. He finally releases them on DVD and they're not anamorphic.