Blu ray player

[slashaxl]

Hey everyone. Just a question , i have alot of avi files and looking for a blu ray for the big screen tv that plays these files. Found one online at best buy, just wondering if these files are compatible or do I have to convert to mpeg4 etc?

Also , what wires do I need for the HD experience? Thanks.

Player Features
Disc Capacity 1
Disc Input Tray
Supported Audio Disc Formats CD; CD-R/RW; BD; DVD
Supported HD Disc Formats BD-ROM, BD-R/RE
Supported HD Video Codecs H.264; VC-1; HD JPEG; MPEG 2; MPEG 4; AVC HD
Supported Interactive Formats BD-J
Supported SD Disc Formats DVD; DVD-R/RW; CD


Video Features
HDCP Compliant Yes
Progressive SD Playback Yes
Region Free Playback No - Region A/1
Standard DVD Upconversion - Component No
Standard DVD Upconversion - HDMI Yes
Supported Video Output Formats 480i/480p/720p/1080i/1080p


http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodd...S10132742&catid=25174&atab=3&logon=&langid=EN

 

[ig-88]

Do you have a Blu-ray recorder? And you're making your
own Blu-Ray discs? Not many people do.

If you do, you should have a software package(s) that is burning the Blu-Ray discs from files on your PC. That should take care of the video codec issues.

I remember with DVDs, it was a crap shoot getting them to work with DVD players. I don't know if things have improved somewhat with Blu-Ray.

If you're talking about DVDs in your Blu-Ray player, they should work if they worked in your old DVD player.

As for cables, you need an HDMI cable for HD, and a 1080p TV.

 

[slashaxl]

Do you have a Blu-ray recorder? And you're making your
own Blu-Ray discs? Not many people do.

If you do, you should have a software package(s) that is burning the Blu-Ray discs from files on your PC. That should take care of the video codec issues.

I remember with DVDs, it was a crap shoot getting them to work with DVD players. I don't know if things have improved somewhat with Blu-Ray.

If you're talking about DVDs in your Blu-Ray player, they should work if they worked in your old DVD player.

As for cables, you need an HDMI cable for HD, and a 1080p TV.

Just regular avi files at the moment, so I can play them on the big screen tv. Don't have a recorder for the blu ray files. Just want to put regular avi files on a dvd and be able to watch them on the big screen.

thanks

 

[onthebottom]

I'm pretty sure the PS3 supports AVI video (although only in the last year or so).... you can play from a DVD or just copy the files to the hard drive and play from the cross media bar.

OTB

 

[hungry]

Hey everyone. Just a question , i have alot of avi files and looking for a blu ray for the big screen tv that plays these files. Found one online at best buy, just wondering if these files are compatible or do I have to convert to mpeg4 etc?

Also , what wires do I need for the HD experience? Thanks.

Player Features
Disc Capacity 1
Disc Input Tray
Supported Audio Disc Formats CD; CD-R/RW; BD; DVD
Supported HD Disc Formats BD-ROM, BD-R/RE
Supported HD Video Codecs H.264; VC-1; HD JPEG; MPEG 2; MPEG 4; AVC HD
Supported Interactive Formats BD-J
Supported SD Disc Formats DVD; DVD-R/RW; CD


Video Features
HDCP Compliant Yes
Progressive SD Playback Yes
Region Free Playback No - Region A/1
Standard DVD Upconversion - Component No
Standard DVD Upconversion - HDMI Yes
Supported Video Output Formats 480i/480p/720p/1080i/1080p


http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodd...S10132742&catid=25174&atab=3&logon=&langid=EN

I believe if you want to play your avi or wmv files on your big screen, you can burn them on normal dvd's. Your dvd player has to support divx, it will say it on the player. Most new players automatically have this feature. If you don't, then you would have to convert the files to a normal dvd format.

 

[Casa_Nova]

As for cables, you need an HDMI cable for HD, and a 1080p TV.

If you TV is not that fancy you can also get by with component cables (red/blue/green) but I think you only get up to 720p with those where as HDMI is 1 cable for both audio and video.