[citation][nom]chookman[/nom]What is a "Flagship sound system" any who? You show me some content in 7.1 or 7.2 from what i know the majority of content (including BD) is all 5.1...Did the salesman tell you to buy a HDMI cable worth $150? You got ripped off HDMI signals are in digtal so you will either get a signal or you wont its not like analogue connections/cables that can be plagued with interference.I agree with malveaux. And the fact that those numbers are inflated by PS3 sales would mean a drop so the comparison of DVD or even less.[/citation]
Cable does matter, the amount of data slipping through that cable requires a good clean signal to get the best out of it.
I was just trying to explain the thing i did to even try and milk the best quality out of bu-ray but again, it was good quality but my HD-DVD player pumped out a bit more quality, the faces/rock/background were so defined, a tad more then the Blu-ray.
Since Blu-ray doesn't have competition anymore, movie producers don't have to use the larger 50GB discs for higher quality because..really, whos going to compare when a huge majority only has blu-ray?
As for my sound system http://www.sony.com.au/homecinema/catalog/product.jsp?id=HTDDW7000#
Basically all i'm saying is when you expand the 1080P screen to 100 inches, you can see a difference.. Or its my Blu-ray player that isn't pumping out what is needed, either way its a bit frustrating. All companies imo need a form of competition.