Today, I went to Best Buy and was with my cousin looking around at new t.v. sets, because he plans to buy one with a sound system for his new house he's gonna be in. Well, today I saw Blu-Ray (Sony's touted 'superior' format for the next gen format wars.)

Well first I must say, I have quite the eye for every little detail, but I have to say that Sony better get their act together if they really wanna push Blu-Ray. Ok first off, I have to know if they were showing the movies through an HDMI component, or just regular video components. Well I asked, and looked behind the t.v. and it was connected to an HDMI port. The Blu-Ray player was some Samsung, connected to some Samsung t.v. (Yeah, helpful I know... :P ) It said the t.v. displayed 1080p and the tech specs looked like there were all awesome. However, the problem was.... I barely saw major differences that made Blu-Ray "superior." First off, the thing I was first watching was a short clip of Batman Begins. This looked incredible, with some great crisp clear pictures. However, it looked MARGINALLY better than what the DVD  player next to it showed. I mean, I could see the different, but there were a few other people, the "mass market" type who were like "Oh look Batman on DVD."

Well I informed them it wasn't on DVD, it was Blu-Ray, and they go "What's Blu-Ray?" I informed them all about it, and they looked at the DVD player, and they said "What's the difference?" Then man saw the price tag and is like "What the hell? That's crazy, $1000 for a DVD player? What makes this special?" I tried showing him the difference in clarity, but he wouldn't see it. So... it seemed to me he didn't notice it. Well then after the short Batman Clip ended, a few other movies (which I skipped through) showed barely anything different. They had Hitch playing, 50 first dates, Matrix, and a few other movies. None of them really stood out though, and really showed that Blu-Ray was "superior." I must admit, I was doubting the difference too, in 1080p the only difference was some brighter colors, and only action movies benefited from this. I mean Hitch in 1080p? Come on.... and they marginally looked better than the 720p DVD player sitting next to it.

Well after that, I looked around for some games, but there was nothing in my interest. I think I'm holding out later this year, for the better games. As for music, well I came across a Delerium CD. Of course Best Buy won't have Bjork, my favorite artist, I should find some stores that do, but none do. Perhaps I'll shop online for more albums, I need more! Well it's called "Archives" It's two volumes, I have vol. 1, and it's going well so far. haven't listened to it all, but it's just the perfect mood of ambience, I expect from them. Good music for those who like to just play music for the background. (This really doesn't have words, that's not their music.) I was thinking of also buying Chimera from them, but I didn't. Maybe next time...

Anyways.... have you people seen Blu-Ray players yet? What do you think?