ajoesmith Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 Not really looking to know how to do it, i know but i dont have a blu ray player. I have a fulll HD TV and coming is a HD media player and what id like is SOME HD CONTENT TO PLAY ON THE TV! Just to test to see how good it is! so has anyone ripped/converted blue ray movies or HD dvd movies? Ive tried downloading them but there 8-10GB's! its taking a week to download them as Australian internet speeds are crap! anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nex_necO Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 Buy a PS3 and some blueray movies. A PS3 is obly about 2-3 good reps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc savage Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 I just download my HD content; I bought some front loading hard drive trays and a couple of 500gb SATAs; I DL the content on my desktop and swap the drives to my media center PC to play it. Some thoughts on this: You need a pretty decent processor to handle 1080 playback; I would suggest a low end core 2 duo. Almost any fairly new video card should work just fine. Use VLC or MPC to handle playback as they are the most efficient. Yes, the files are huge but I am usually getting several at once, after a while you will have more movies than you know what to do with anyway. There's always rapidshare and such if you are impatient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiker01 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 With a PC BluRay player or player/recorder and using Slysoft's AnyDvd software and Nero, you could do it! Buy one of those Terabyte USB drives! If you wanna test HD on your new HD TV, I have an OPPO 980H that upconverts to 1080I/1080P and could read USB external drives that I'm thinking of selling since I got my PS3! PM me AJ! Hike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronus Posted August 31, 2008 Report Share Posted August 31, 2008 For testing purposes, someone should just rip him a short action sequence from a movie to check the quality... that should do the trick and won't be 8-10 gb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carlsbadrolex Posted August 31, 2008 Report Share Posted August 31, 2008 I just picked up an HP media center PC (one of the ultra-compact ones). It has a blue -ray player and tv tuner in it and I installed an additional 500gb hard drive. It cost me under $500 and it is hooked to my HP 24"lcd with HDMI input. Works beautifully as a small mini-home theater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 For testing purposes, someone should just rip him a short action sequence from a movie to check the quality... that should do the trick and won't be 8-10 gb. There are more than enough short HD clips out there. Try here: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/hd/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronoluvvv Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 (edited) do they have Blockbuster or Netflix in Oz ? www.vimeo.com is full of user-created HD content i use it to store my baby movies Edited September 1, 2008 by takatak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blade007 Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 I have ripped and downloaded both HD and BD movies. I am running them from my PC after having bought a PC BD+HD combo drive. I was going to get a PS3 as well, but the combo drive worked out a much cheaper option at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 The quality is mindblowing, I am also powering a 1080p signal to my fullHD tv. once you get the taste for BD you will never go back. except if you download all your DVD rips.. hehe I watched a few Blu Ray movies on my brother in law's 1080 Bravia. Damn ... I need one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blade007 Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 I watched a few Blu Ray movies on my brother in law's 1080 Bravia. Damn ... I need one. for me it was a very close call between Bravia and Samsung, ended up pulling the trigger on the samsung.. it was the glossy finish that sold it to me. I heard a lot of good things about bravia so you cant really go wrong there. If you have a bit more extra cash, I would recomend KURO. highly rated and claimed to be THE best fullHD tv around. I think its plasma... All in all, there are many options to upsample the standard DVD too. buy a standalone upscaling player or do it the easy way on the pc. TBH its close, but no cigar... If you are looking to rip BD/HD-DVD to your pc, I would suggest you make an ISO of the disc, if you have enough storage that is. On average, my BD rips cost me around 40-50GB each. Personally I dont bother with convering/ripping to MKV. too time consuming and lossy. the whole purpose of BD is the hi-def. So again, many many different options there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takashi Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 I got mine usually from newsgroup It's a paid subscription monthly but you get the latest, the best. 1080p files are big (usually 8Gb and up like Ajoesmith stated) and you need a decent computer to run it. Furthermore, if sound is also a concern, don't go HTPC path as there is still limited capability on outputting the DTS HD or Dolby Digital HD (you got only PCM or normal DTS/DD). My recommendation, get those HD DVD on sale or go the PS3 route (however, there are many tests/reviews done, the Bluray playback on PS3 is mediocre...). For sample of 1080p clips, I can't help but to suggest www.apple.com/trailers Play it back using Quicktime or you can use K Lite Mega Codec Pack too (for PC XP/Vista... for apple just run it using your in built quicktime). Choose those HD (usually about 100Mb files for 2-3 minutes trailer). Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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