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Those of us who use it care. I watch Blurays weekly, as do many other people.
This; compression for the NAY.

P.S. Didn't you just post a picture of a XBox game, aka physical media, on Facebook yesterday?

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I just watched the video on how to swap hard drives, all of 15 seconds to do..

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Winning.

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This is true! I still think its a dead concept though!

PCs have used online services like Steam for years to download games free of any physical media. I really hope the next generation of consoles use a similar service.

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I see plenty of ripped blurays on the torrents that look great when i play them. To each his own i guess, spend your money on what you like.

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lol, that is funny its tom.

Also thanks mike. I'm keeping both fellas.

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I don't buy all movies on blu ray, but there are select few that i do where i feel that the blu ray format will look awesome on. Avatar is one of them.
Yes there are plenty of ripped "Blu Rays", and i put blu ray in quotes because a 4gb file for a movie is compressed to a quarter of its size. See the list below, this is a list of uncompressed blu ray movies and their true size.
I don't see any 4gb files do you?

2 Fast 2 Furious........................................... .......18.2GB
A History of Violence.......................................... .18.5GB
Appaloosa......................................... ................16.2GB
Arlington Road.............................................. ......21.7GB
AVP............................................... ...................22.8GB
AVP2.............................................. ..................19.9GB
Batman Begins............................................ ........16.0GB
Black Snake Moan.............................................. ..22.3GB
Body Of Lies.............................................. .........21.0GB
Bridge To Terabithia........................................ .....16.2GB
Bulletproof Monk.............................................. ....15.5GB
Cars.............................................. ....................20.3GB
Chain Reaction.......................................... ..........16.2GB
Constantine....................................... .................13.2GB
Crash............................................. ...................18GB
Crimson Ties.............................................. .........20.8GB
Daddy’s Little Girls............................................. ..21.0GB
Dark City-Director’s Cut........................................15.9GB
Daylight.......................................... ...................20.5GB
Deja 'vu............................................... ..............22.0GB
Die Another Day............................................... ...22.8GB
Enemy Of The State............................................. 16.9GB
Fantastic 4 2-Rise Of The Silver Surfer....................20.6GB
First Sunday............................................ ...........18.8GB
Four Brothers.......................................... ............16.1GB
Gattaca........................................... ..................20.6GB
G. I. Jane.............................................. .............16.8GB
Gone In 60 Seconds........................................... ..14.0GB
Gothika........................................... ...................15.2GB
Gridiron Gang.............................................. .........20.7GB
Hancock........................................... ..................18.7GB
Hellboy II-The Golden Army....................................19.7GB
Hitman............................................ ...................12.1GB
Hostel II................................................ .............17.0GB
I Know What You Did Last Summer..........................19.6GB
I Robot............................................. ..................22.5GB
Journey To The Center Of The Earth........................16.4GB
Jumper............................................ ...................21.8GB
Land Of The Dead.............................................. ..14.6GB
Lethal Weapon............................................ ........19.4GB
Lethal Weapon 2................................................. .19.5GB
Matrix Revolutions....................................... .........15.1GB
Max Payne............................................. .............17.8GB
Men Of Honor............................................. .........17.5GB
Mercury Rising............................................ .........21.1GB
Mr & Mrs Smith............................................. .......22.6GB
Night At The Museum............................................ 16.6GB
Outbreak.......................................... ..................14.7GB
Payback Straight Up-Director’s Cut..........................15.6GB
Perfect Stranger.......................................... ........19.7GB
Phone Booth............................................. ...........15.3GB
Pirates Of The Caribbean-Curse Of The Black Pearl.....21.7GB
Purple Rain.............................................. ............14.5GB
Rambo............................................. ...................19.0GB
Reign Of Fire.............................................. ..........14.3GB
Resident Evil-Apocalypse........................................ 12.8GB
Revolver.......................................... ....................21.7GB
Righteous Kill.............................................. ..........20.9GB
Rock N' Rolla'............................................ ............14.1GB
Rocky Balboa............................................ ............22GB
Scary Movie............................................. ............11.9GB
Serenity.......................................... ....................16.7GB
Shoot 'EM Up................................................ .......17GB
Stargate Continium......................................... .......15.1GB
Starship Troopers.......................................... ........22.4GB
Step Up To The Streets.........................................18 .2GB
Stir Of Echoes............................................ ..........18.3GB
Stuck............................................. .....................12.2GB
Superman Returns........................................... ......21.2GB
S.W.A.T........................................... ...................14.5GB
The Bank Job............................................... .........16.3GB
The Bourne Supremacy......................................... ..16.6GB
The Chronicles of Narnia 2-Prince Caspian..................22.6GB
The Chronicles Of Riddick........................................19. 1GB
The Condemned......................................... ...........16.7GB
The Day After Tomorrow.........................................1 5.0GB
The Departed.......................................... ..............17.2GB
The Game Plan.............................................. ........17.4GB
The Haunted Mansion........................................... ..12.0GB
The Incredible Hulk.............................................. ...16.5GB
The Lost Boys.............................................. .........12.3GB
The Matrix Reloaded.......................................... .....16.0GB
The Omen 666............................................... ........15.7GB
The Replacement Killers........................................... 18.7GB
The Rock.............................................. .................20.1GB
The Shining........................................... ................16.1GB
The Sixth Sense............................................. ........18.4GB
The Skeleton Key............................................... ....16.4GB
This Christmas......................................... ..............22.3GB
Total Recall............................................ ...............20.2GB
Tyler Perry’s Meet The Browns..................................14.5GB
Ultraviolet....................................... ......................12.9GB
Untraceable....................................... ....................19.0GB
Van Helsing........................................... .................19.0GB
Wanted............................................ .....................17.3GB
War............................................... .......................19.2GB
Wild Hogs.............................................. .................17.3GB
Wyatt Earp-Special Edition........................................14. 3GB
xXx-Special edition........................................... ........16.0GB

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Post more examples, Tom. That wasn't quite enough for anyone to get the point. ;)

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Blueray pron is where its at. You can see every vein, pore and follicle! WOO

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I dont see why you make such a big deal about uncompressed file sizes. I think the avg BR rip i download is about 7 gigs and most look great in 1080. I'd say the quality of the rip depends on who ripped it and such. Such as back in the day when the Axxo 700meg movie rips looked better than most of the 1.5 gig rips.

Do you hate mp3s and only listen to FLAC files too?

I never thought someone who once upon a time stuck woodscrews into his car would be such a stickler about things like this ;o

ANYWAY, you guys have fun dropping dollars on blurays and i'll just keep downloading them for free.

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TPAL! That might be gross

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Lossy Audio Vs Lossy Video (all audio and video compression methods are lossy meaning you will see a loss in quality of the video or audio) are two entirely different things. Audio you will hear a loss in quality, but the problem is that most people have gotten used to the poor compression of an MP3, but ask an audiophile and they will slap you across the face if you mention those three letters.
I enjoy big screens, I have a 60" plasma, and will be doing a 200" projector screen for my home theater. Yes you can notice a big difference between a ripped/downloaded blu ray and an actual blu ray. On bigger screens you can especially see the artifacts generated during the compression phase. In the blacks it looks washed out and i guess you could say Chunky. Im not saying that i don't watch and dl blu rays and such, but when its a movie like The Dark Knight, or Avatar, or other big budget movies where there is lots of fast movement and explosions ill pay the 30 bucks and get the blu ray and enjoy the quality.

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i can add more if you want. that was just the list that was below the 25gb limit for single layer blu rays.

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Hey what is your review about your new Xbox? I am thinking of purchasing it should I?

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I haven't really used it that much, we really don't play video games so I'm happy it was free.
Kinect is really fun, even though we don't have any of the dance games.

I don't like that you have to pay for online access, so I use my PS3 for netflix.

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X-Box 101: When you die or lose a game, then proceed to shout obscenities, call people derogatory racial slurs, and threaten people's lives.

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Proper.

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:Like:

And the whole streaming/downloaded bluray's vs disc media.

it's not even a contest. I buy a lot of blurays but still stream all sorts of 1080p stuff. Hell even normal comcast rentals or tv or even direct TV that is 1080p looks like shit compared to a blu ray.

I spent a shit ton of money on my nice TV and to use it in a worthwhile fashion you need a good starting point. Shit in shit out otherwise. If you want to watch steaming or downloaded movies, buy walmart tv's and be happy as you won't see the advantage.

This reminds me of people who used to and still do say they don't see a difference between HD and SD tv. It's not that they don't some people just don't want to pay for the difference.

Reminds me of good HDMI cables vs shitty ones too, I have done back to back and its easily noticeable when using a proper constructed cable. If you watch enough movies/play enough games its worth it to get the good stuff, if not I would probably cheap out too.