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I'm definitely warming to the idea of BluRay but there's a snag. Our existing Home Theatre set up is not HDMI capable. This means several things. If I wanted to take advantage of e.g. Dolby HD I'd need a BluRay player with 7.1 analogue output to feed my pre HDMI receiver. The player still wouldn't be able to upsample standard DVDs though as the TV is also pre HDMI. And, not least, the additional cabling would be a bit gruesome.
Possible strategies include replacing the receiver and TV. They are both 8 years old so have seen decent service. This would also allow us to go flat screen saving a chunk of footprint. The downside of course is that instead of spending $500 on a BluRay player we would be looking at maybe six grand. A second option would be just add a BluRay player and not worry about the newer audio formats. Option 3 would be the 7.1 analogue option though frankly I think that's a bit daft. Lots of cables and more expensive player for marginal benefit. Option 4 is to sit tight and wait for both BluRay and flat screen prices to drop a bit more and for wireless connection and other useful network related things to become more stable and widely available.
Being me, I shall probably wait.
Possible strategies include replacing the receiver and TV. They are both 8 years old so have seen decent service. This would also allow us to go flat screen saving a chunk of footprint. The downside of course is that instead of spending $500 on a BluRay player we would be looking at maybe six grand. A second option would be just add a BluRay player and not worry about the newer audio formats. Option 3 would be the 7.1 analogue option though frankly I think that's a bit daft. Lots of cables and more expensive player for marginal benefit. Option 4 is to sit tight and wait for both BluRay and flat screen prices to drop a bit more and for wireless connection and other useful network related things to become more stable and widely available.
Being me, I shall probably wait.
