Need some input, all opinions welcome.

I currently have a month old Samsung 4254 hooked to the dish network dvr via hdmi. Now i found out that I could record HD PPV movies I paid for and pretty much have them forever and also it came to my attention that I can attach a Hard drive to the dvr and store endless supply of movies. I have been wanting a Blu ray player but after finding this out I have held back. My question is this should I go with my plan and purchase a hard drive and movies for 5 bucks each or go with a blu ray player and spend the extra money. Of course the only things stopping me is I dont know how good blu ray looks compared to these satellite HD movies.

Sorry if this was posted elsewhere been looking forever.

If you are a big movie fan, and you want the best, Blu-ray is the ticket. It has more bandwidth (better image quality) than HD movies from Cable or DBS.

I agree with Ken. If you really are interested in the best PQ (and audio if your system can support it) go with Blu-ray. Your provider may have good PQ with their PPV or it might look like DVDs, I've seen it both ways. And you don't have buy all your movies, you can rent BDs from someplace. Not every movie is worth owning if you ask me.

In terms of bandwidth which can give better image and audio quality, Blu-ray is the best choice. If you can't wait, buy one today....

However, if you can hold off a year, the improved Profile 2.0 players will come out. Not only will they cost about $100 less, but they will support the improved 2.0 features.

The current 1.1 players will still work, but they will not support the newer features.

The current cost for Blu-ray today is starting at $400, in a year it's expected to be $300, in 2 years about $200. So, if you chose to get it now, you will pay more than if you chose to wait. HOWEVER, if everyone chose to wait, Blu-ray would die from lack of sales...

Bob Diaz

Note the 2.0 profile mentioned above has to do with interactive content downloads from the Internet. If you just care about watching the movie itself in high-definition, there is no reason to wait, beyond faster disk load times.

The fastest Blu-ray player available today -- aside from the PS3 -- is the Panasonic DMP-BD30, which loads most disks in 30-35 seconds. In a year, we should see players that load disks in closer to 10-15 seconds.

Well thanks for the help guys I guess im gonna have to go blu ray